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flag Florida advances bill to block local climate policies, citing cost and uniformity, amid national pushback on climate regulations.

flag A Florida House committee has advanced HB 1217, a bill banning local governments from adopting climate policies like net-zero goals or cap-and-trade systems, citing state-wide uniformity and cost concerns. flag The move follows Governor DeSantis’s 2024 directive to exclude climate change from energy planning and coincides with a federal effort to overturn the EPA’s 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health. flag At least 14 Florida municipalities and the Southeast Florida Climate Change Compact have committed to clean energy targets. flag Critics warn the bill could hinder pollution reduction and jeopardize federal funding. flag The measure passed along party lines and faces further review in both chambers, with a Senate companion pending.

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