Florida "Bans" Climate Change
Earlier in March of this year, it became known that Florida's governor verbally banned state environmental officials from using the phrase "climate change". It was a shock to hear this from a state that is one of the more susceptible areas to the effects of climate change and rising sea levels. But a recent investigation has revealed that Florida isn't the only state to do so. North Carolina, Tennessee, and Louisiana have done this as well in order to limit the influence of climate change on education and land policies.
North Carolina denied the rising sea level predictions back in 2012 meanwhile Tennessee and Louisiana have passed laws to limit climate change education in schools. Experts and climate scientists worry that these state laws could have negative effects for the future, by preventing the state to prepare for future outcomes, like the rising sea levels.
Most recently, Wisconsin state officials has also banned state employees form discussing climate change or continuing any work on climate change. This happened earlier this month (April 2015). It appears that this ban by Wisconsin is more explicit than the verbal Florida ban, for state employees cannot use the phrase "climate change" or "global warming" in any context (reports, emails, ect.) In all states affected, this leaves state employees unable to speak of climate change and it's effects on the land they are responsible for.
Sources: http://www.livescience.com/50085-states-outlaw-climate-change.html
http://www.newsweek.com/wisconsin-bans-state-workers-discussing-climate-change-and-trend-born- 321008
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