Someone in Florida Is Taking Climate Change Seriously. It’s Not Trump.

President Trump may notice more leaves and fewer fronds as he rides through West Palm Beach to and from Mar-a-Lago this weekend.The immediate cause is a pair of 2018 city ordinances, Sections 94-442 and 94-443, that mandate a minimum concentration of shade trees while limiting palms in all open spaces.The impetus behind the arboreal regulations is a larger concern, one that should be foremost at all levels of government, city, state and federal. The concern is climate change, and Trump's co