Florida Fever Dreams

The politics of Florida sometimes feel so hopeless that all you can do is try to escape it by going out into nature. I’m lucky there’s plenty of it where I live – state parks, county reserves, trust lands, lakes, and springs. But with the heat index this week over 100 degrees, nature feels as punishing as politics. It’s as if his Satanic majesty, Ron DeSantis, now controls the weather like he does the Republican legislature. In fact, DeSantis, eager to ensure the climate of his state approximates that of Hades, signed a bill last year preventing Florida cities from endorsing 100% clean energy goals. It has so far succeeded. Only 4% of the Sunshine State’s electricity derives from renewables, whereas South Dakota gets 83%, Washington 74%, Texas 26% and Arkansas 7%. More

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