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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/09/us-military-warned-climate-changeAn expert report, prepared for the intelligence community by the National Academy of Sciences, warns that the security establishment is going to have start planning for natural disasters, sea-level rise, drought, epidemics and the other consequences of climate change.
The Pentagon already ranks climate change as a national security threat, putting US troops in danger around the world and adding fuel to existing conflicts. More than 30 US bases are threatened by sea level rise.
It has also identified potential new danger zones, such as sub-Saharan Africa.
The military is also working to cut back on its fuel costs in an age of budget austerity, by installing solar arrays and wind turbines, and monitoring electricity use.
But Friday's report suggests strategic planners are going to have make sweeping adjustments to their planning to take account of climate change over the next decade and beyond.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)"You know (wink wink) you can trust us." - Republicans, Inc.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)over 300 environmental bills in the last couple years. I mean, if even the military is taking this seriously.........
silverweb
(16,402 posts)[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]The Pentagon and CIA declared climate change a national security threat all the way back in 2009.
As usual, the rethugs howled and have done everything they could do to thwart military development/use of solar power and other alternative fuels, and to keep the same old bloated military, same outdated methods and equipment, and same leech profiteering contractors in place. It's just another easy way for the plutocrats to siphon off taxpayer dollars for themselves instead of for the benefit of the nation.
Let's see how loudly they howl this time -- and how long it takes the Democrats to tell them to STFU!