1,300 Tons Of Dead Marine Life In Pinellas Alone But DeAthsentence Still Won't Declare Emergency

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More than two dozen environmental organizations joined calls for Gov. Ron DeSantis to declare a state of emergency for the Tampa Bay area as Red Tide continues to leave dead fish along the coast and disrupt business across the region. An executive order would help organize and finance Red Tide clean-up efforts, said a letter signed by 29 organizations and organized by the Center for Biological Diversity. The Ocean Conservancy sent a letter saying a statewide effort, rather than local governments scrambling to deal with the disaster, would help mitigate the catastrophe.

“This is the whole job of having a centralized executive government,” said Jaclyn Lopez, Florida Director and senior attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity. “To provide this type of oversight and leadership, when there’s a crisis of regional magnitude, which is what Red Tide is.”

Lopez said the order would also: bring state oversight to cleanup efforts, make more state funding sources available and allow for a regional strategy to deal with the economic and environmental fallout. The state had sent nearly $1 million to help local cleanup efforts in St. Petersburg and Pinellas County as of last week.

“What we really need here is the freeing up of resources to actually get on the water and clean up the dead fish that are already in the water,” said J.P. Brooker, director of Florida conservation at the Ocean Conservancy. “As those fish decay, they’re going to release more nitrogen, which is going to fuel the Red Tide event even further.” The letters add to the chorus of voices calling for the governor to act. Last week St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman asked for an emergency order and received a sharp rebuke from DeSantis’ office, which said the state was already helping and accused Kriseman of trying to score “cheap political points.”

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https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2021/07/19/environmentalists-urge-desantis-to-declare-red-tide-emergency/

[The Jungle 1]

1. De stupidass

Hey De stupidass your entire state economy depends on tourism and the beaches. Your beaches are covered in dead fish.
You should just continue to ignore global warming and the uncontrolled use of fertilizer in your state.
We don't need no stinking government regulations!
Send fertilizer, Florida needs fertilizer.
Can you say rock and a hard place? Poor De stupidass

[Phoenix61]

2. Tampa votes dem so "oh well" meanwhile DeSatan is

picking up the 10% of clean up costs from Hurricane Michael in the panhandle that FEMA didn’t cover. Of course it’s reliably repuke there.

[bronxiteforever]

3. Declaring an emergency means recognizing reality

Facts, reality and truth are as fleeting in Florida as waterfront property on barrier islands.

[Chainfire]

4. Someone needs to haul a dump truck full of the deceased marine life to the capitol entrance.