More local elected officials in Florida are recognizing that global warming is a real threat to the state. They are calling for action that can be taken to help avert its worst effects. The Hillsborough County Commission last week passed a resolution calling on Florida's Governor and Cabinet to order a statewide Global Warming and Energy Reduction Action Plan . Hillsborough County has an extensively developed shoreline along Tampa Bay. Representing nearly half the population of Florida with over seven million constituents, these communities are among the first to feel the effects of global warming.
Scientific evidence is increasingly compelling.
Local communities, such as Hillsborough County, have already started to implement solutions with plans for energy conservation and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the greatest cause of global warming. But because the climate knows no county lines, the Hillsborough commissioners recognized that Florida must have a coordinated, comprehensive effort if all areas of the state are to be protected.