As a result, these leaders are increasingly changing their message, and in some cases their policies, to acknowledge climate science and discuss mitigation, even as the Trump administration dismisses both. The new messaging comes as Democrats saw success in 2018 running on a promise to combat climate change and hammering Republicans as the party of deniers. Forty-six percent of Florida midterm voters said they were very concerned about climate change, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of more than 3,700 midterm voters in Florida. In February, Scott acknowledged in an opinion piece that climate change “is real and requires real solutions.”More recently, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., joined the Senate Climate Solutions Caucus, a fledgling bipartisan group launched in October. “Even though he has now talked about climate change for the first time, it's all about mitigation,” said Sierra Club Florida director Frank Jackalone.

Source: ABC News November 27, 2019 17:35 UTC