Local Florida governments would be banned from enacting climate change policies under new proposal

By: Mitch Perry

Outlets: Florida Phoenix

Published: February 12, 2026

Words: 597

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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Local governments would be severely restricted from implementing measures to reduce the effects of climate change under a bill approved Thursday by a Florida House committee.

The measure (HB 1217) comes nearly two years Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation declaring that the state would no longer be required to consider climate change when crafting energy policy.

The bill says that it is state policy to prohibit the adoption or implementation of “net-zero policies” …

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