Scott's Florida DEP Orders Employees Not To Use Term "Climate Change"

"[Florida] DEP officials have been ordered not to use the terms 'climate change' or 'global warming' in any official communications, emails, or reports, according to former DEP employees, consultants, volunteers and records obtained by the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting.

'We were told not to use the terms 'climate change,' 'global warming' or 'sustainability,' ' said Christopher Byrd, an attorney with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Office of General Counsel in Tallahassee from 2008 to 2013. 'That message was communicated to me and my colleagues by our superiors.'

Kristina Trotta, a former DEP employee in Miami, said her supervisor told her not to use the terms "climate change" and "global warming" in a 2014 staff meeting."
     
Tristram Korten reports for the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting March 7, 2015.