ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - Climate change activists blasted Florida Governor Rick Scott on Monday for leading an "Orwellian" campaign to ban employees of the state's lead environmental agency from using such terms as ?global warming? and ?climate change.?
Despite coastal Florida's vulnerability to storm surges and rising sea levels, the state?s Department of Environmental Protection was directed in 2011 not to use the phrases in official communications, according to a report by the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting.
Employees were told not to use the phrases ?climate change,? ?global warming,? 'sea level rise,' or ?sustainability,? attorney Christopher Byrd, who worked with the department's Office of General Counsel from 2008 to 2013, confirmed to Reuters.
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