"Group Wants Probe of Whether Fla. Banned Climate-Change Talk"

"GAINESVILLE, Fla. —  Did Florida Gov. Rick Scott's administration ban state environmental scientists from using the terms 'climate change' and 'global warming' in their work?

Scott says no, but some former employees say supervisors forbade them from using the terms — a striking charge in a U.S. state considered by climate scientists to be one of the most at risk of damage due to sea rise and stronger storms in a warming climate.

Now, an environmental group is asking for a state investigation to get to the bottom of it.

Florida members of the group Forecast the Facts filed a complaint on Tuesday with the Department of Environmental Protection's inspector-general, asking for the investigative arm of the agency to find the truth."

Jason Dearen reports for the Associated Press March 10, 2015.

SEE ALSO:

"Florida Denies Official Ban on 'Climate Change' And 'Global Warming'" (Guardian)

"Florida’s War on Words 'Climate Change' Will Doom The Sunshine State" (DeSmogBlog)

"Dems Pull No Punches as Rick Scott Presses Climate Change Gag Denial" (Florida Politics)

"Florida Officials’ ‘Ban’ of the Term Climate Change Is Straight Out of the Bush Playbook" (Washington Post)