DeSantis unveils energy agenda in Texas, says he would withdraw US from global climate change pacts

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : DeSantis on his second day as governor in 2019 signed an executive order that directed the state's Department of Environmental Protection to "oppose all off-shore oil and gas activities off every coast in Florida and hydraulic fracturing in Florida."
54% : The reserve held 350.6 million barrels of oil, as of the week ending Sept. 8, down nearly 300 million barrels since he took office.
53% : As part of that vision, DeSantis would withdraw the United States from global climate change pacts and end all commitments for the country to cut net greenhouse emissions to zero, while greenlighting more pipelines and allow mining and extraction of oil, gas, coal, uranium and other minerals on federal lands, according to a statement his campaign released with the energy plan specifics.
50% : In 2020, his administration purchased 20,000 acres of Everglades wetlands to permanently protect them from oil drilling.
50% : DeSantis, though, seemed to distance himself from his environmental streak earlier this year, telling reporters that "people have kind of misconstrued" what he has done in Florida and attributing his anti-drilling position to Floridians who enshrined such protections in the state constitution.
43% : Scripps NewsStudy: World Bank loaned billions to oil & gas despite green promises Gage Jackson 12:50 PM, Sep 12, 2023DeSantis says he would withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement, a move first initiated under Trump but then reversed by Biden on the day he took the oath of office.

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