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Net zero with zero plans: Florida’s limits on limiting gas emissions

The Florida Capitol building

With Florida on the frontlines of sea level rise and the impacts of climate change, a lot of local governments are stepping up and trying to reduce carbon emissions on their own.

But what happens when the state government has other ideas?

South Florida is one of the areas most at risk for the impacts of sea level rise and climate change. And a lot of local governments are coming up with their own plans to fight climate change, to do their part in a global effort to reduce carbon emissions. But when one city made a bold plan to cut fossil fuel emissions, it led to a huge backlash from Tallahassee that puts a lot of these efforts in jeopardy.

Daniel Rivero is part of WLRN's new investigative reporting team. Before joining WLRN, he was an investigative reporter and producer on the television series "The Naked Truth," and a digital reporter for Fusion. He can be reached at <a label="drivero@wlrnnews.org" class="rte2-style-brightspot-core-link-LinkRichTextElement" href="mailto:drivero@wlrnnews.org" target="_blank" link-data="{&quot;cms.site.owner&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;0000016e-ccea-ddc2-a56e-edfe78d10000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20&quot;},&quot;cms.content.publishDate&quot;:1678401998388,&quot;cms.content.publishUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000185-c831-dae1-a78d-ecf9b3f30000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.content.updateDate&quot;:1678401998388,&quot;cms.content.updateUser&quot;:{&quot;_ref&quot;:&quot;00000185-c831-dae1-a78d-ecf9b3f30000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc&quot;},&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;anchorable.showAnchor&quot;:false,&quot;link&quot;:{&quot;attributes&quot;:[],&quot;cms.directory.paths&quot;:[],&quot;linkText&quot;:&quot;drivero@wlrnnews.org&quot;,&quot;target&quot;:&quot;NEW&quot;,&quot;attachSourceUrl&quot;:false,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;mailto:drivero@wlrnnews.org&quot;,&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;00000186-c88d-db71-a7b6-d8bdb98b0001&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;00000186-c88d-db71-a7b6-d8bdb98b0000&quot;,&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288&quot;}">drivero@wlrnnews.org</a>
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