the military has steadily released more reports indicating that climate change is a serious long-term threat to Americas stability and national security. The 2014 report from the MAB indicated that the volatile mixture of population growth, instability due to the growing influence of nonstate actors, and the inevitable competition over scarce resources will be multiplied and exaggerated by climate change. Change we need: High-level military officials agree that the armed forces will have to prepare for the coming onslaught, whether its preparing naval bases for rising sea levels, determining what will be needed for disaster relief, or strategizing for future conflicts. However, irresponsible members of Congress are still perpetuating dangerous misinformation about climate change — virtually all of them Republican. Whether its calling current climate changes part of a natural cycle, arguing that theres no connection between human-produced CO2 and global warming or denying that the globe is really changing at all, these congresspeople are ignoring a stark reality that the military has already concluded needs to be dealt with.
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 16:35:38 +0000
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