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Councilwoman DeFoor Opposes Ceding Greenhouse Emissions Control To State

District 14 City Councilwoman Randy DeFoor
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District 14 City Councilwoman Randy DeFoor

The Jacksonville City Council’s Special Committee on Resiliency is making recommendations the city can take to protect itself from climate change.

Meanwhile, the Florida Legislature is considering several preemptive bills and one in particular - Fla. Senate Bill 1236 - would prohibit local governments from regulating greenhouse gas emissions without specific legislative authorization.

City Councilwoman Randy DeFoor of the City Council’s Special Committee on Resiliency said Tuesday on First Coast Connect with Melissa Rossthat she’s not in favor of losing local control on any issue.   

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“Environmentally, I can’t imagine, we’re surrounded by water, not every community in the state is surrounded to the extent as we are, and we should be able to control that.”

DeFoor said the committee will soon hire a Chief Resiliency Officer to look at what changes Jacksonville needs to make in terms of code enforcement, and building requirements.

The entire interview with DeFoor can be heard on Tuesday’sFirst Coast Connect with Melissa Ross, which encores at 8 p.m. on WJCT News 89.9.

Michelle Corum can be reached at mcorum@wjct.org, 904-358-6308 or on Twitter at @MCorumonME.

Michelle Corum joined WJCT as "Morning Edition" host in 2012 and has worked in public broadcasting as an announcer and reporter for public radio stations in Lawrence, Kansas, and Interlochen, Michigan. She also manages WJCT's Radio Reading Service for sight-impaired listeners.