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Elected officials in sweltering US states prioritizing fossil fuel cash over people (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 8 months ago by pelespirit to c/politics

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The state’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, accepted over $1m from energy companies in the 2022 election cycle and nearly $2m from agribusiness, another top contributor to the climate crisis.

Last month, DeSantis embarked on a campaign to scrub most references to climate change from state law. The very day DeSantis signed the bill into law, Key West registered a heat index of 115 – tying with the highest reading on record for any time of year.

The rightwing governor also came under fire in April when he signed a law preventing Florida municipalities from creating heat protections for workers. The legislation, which will go into effect on 1 July, was seemingly a response to Miami-Dade county farmworkers’ efforts to enshrine rights to mandatory rest breaks, access to water and shade, and other heat protections.

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[–] 31337 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think a lot of it is to just "own the libs." Perhaps to drive libs out of their states so they'll never be in danger of going blue. They pass all kinds of laws that make no practical sense like banning lab-grown meat, which doesn't really exist yet; and the heat protection bans mentioned in the article. I think these people are sadistic and "the cruelty is the point" with these people.

[–] vulgarcynic 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Man, that bums me out as a non religious person. Because if any of that mythology they claim was real, at least there would be consequence after life.