Byron Donalds first bill would keep harmful algal bloom watchdogs working even if the government shuts down
Making good on campaign promises, freshman Naples Congressman Byron Donalds introduced his first bill Wednesday: the Harmful Algal Bloom Essential Forecasting Act.
This bipartisan legislation would keep scientists on the lookout for potentially dangerous blooms even during government shutdowns. The bill would require the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science to continue monitoring and forecasting, the same way some government services deemed essential to public safety like air traffic control, armed forces and border security have continued throughout past shutdowns.
In 2018-19, a 35-day shutdown, the longest in history, prevented federal satellites from monitoring blooms and publishing forecasts during a year that included lingering, virulent blooms of both red tide in saltwater and cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) inland that devastated wildlife and coastal econom
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Byron Donalds first bill would keep harmful algal bloom watchdogs working even if the government shuts down
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Securing a Safe, Just, and Climate-Ready Future for Florida
By Bianca Majumder, Cathleen Kelly, Salome Garcia, Yoca Arditi-Rocha, and Katrina Erwin
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Houses are seen along an eroded beach in Palm Coast, Florida, in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, September 2017.
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The effects of climate change and their inequitable distribution have become part of the daily fabric of life in Florida. Increasingly intense extreme heat threatens public health and air quality, and more powerful hurricanes threaten human life and infrastructure.
1 Recurrent flooding from sea level rise has become a widely known characteristic of the state, damaging homes, disrupting commutes, threatening water quality, and interfering with tourism.