Washington Times: Climate change ‘urgent and growing threat’ to national security: Pentagon
A new Pentagon report says that climate change is an “urgent and growing threat to our national security” and blames it for “increased natural disasters” that will require more American troops designated to combat bad weather.
Some studies have questioned whether such a trend exists.
Says the Pentagon report released Wednesday, “Global climate change will have wide-ranging implications for U.S. national security interests over the foreseeable future because it will aggravate existing problems — such as poverty, social tensions, environmental degradation, ineffectual leadership, and weak political institutions — that threaten domestic stability in a number of countries.”
Update #1: DoD Releases Report on Security Implications of Climate Change -- DoD Buzz
Update #2: Pentagon Spent $22,000 to Write 14-Page Report on Climate Change -- Washington Free Beacon
Update #3: Defense Department to Congress: Global warming is a 'present security threat' -- Mashable
WNU Editor: A lot of generalities, a few select footnotes, the same doom and gloom predictions that I have been hearing for over a decade (and counting). The full report .... “Report on National Security Implications of Climate-Related Risks and a Changing Climate” .... can be found here.
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