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DeSantis shifts right on climate change as Florida faces hurricanes

Ron DeSantis' shifting climate change politics: From 'green governor' to 'active hostility'
Zac Anderson

USA TODAY

After Hurricane Idalia smashed into Florida last month, flooding the Big Bend region with devastating storm surge and splitting a 100-year-old oak tree at the governor’s mansion in Tallahassee, Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed back against comments by President Joe Biden linking natural disasters to climate change.

Scientists believe the warming planet is allowing hurricanes to strengthen faster and pack a bigger punch because they feed off warmer ocean water. Idalia went from a Category 1 storm to Category 4 in a day.

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