article_snippet: Outside of the Beltway, in Southeast Florida, it's been five years since Southeast Florida adopted a comprehensive climate action plan with 110 steps aimed at mitigating Southeast Florida dangers and reducing Southeast Florida's carbon emissions.
article_snippet: As research by Dan Kahan of Yale Law School shows, these counties took action not because Floridians are less divided over political issues, or less partisan, or more scientifically literate than the rest of America.
article_snippet: Instead, Southeast Florida officials engaged Florida officials constituents through scores of open forums convened by governments, businesses and community groups.
article_snippet: We recognize each other's differences," explained Susanne Torriente, Fort Lauderdale's assistant city manager, "but also recognize that if We work together We can make South Florida more resilient.
article_snippet: Given what Southeast Florida accomplished, Gov. Rick Scott's ban on using the terms "climate change" in state policy discussions to avoid polarization looks smart, not smarmy.
article_snippet: Southeast Florida is not alone.  