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Source: Reuters
GLOBAL ENERGY NEWS | Wed Sep 14, 2016 12:13am EDT
Climate change 'significant and direct' threat to U.S. military: reports
By Idrees Ali | WASHINGTON
The effects of climate change endanger U.S. military operations and could increase the danger of international conflict, according to three new documents endorsed by retired top U.S. military officers and former national security officials.
"There are few easy answers, but one thing is clear: the current trajectory of climatic change presents a strategically-significant risk to U.S. national security, and inaction is not a viable option," said a statement published on Wednesday by the Center for Climate and Security, a Washington-based think tank.
It was signed by more than a dozen former senior military and national security officials, including retired General Anthony Zinni, former commander of the U.S. Central Command, and retired Admiral Samuel Locklear, head of the Pacific Command until last year.
They called on the next U.S. president to create a cabinet level position to deal with climate change and its impact on national security.
A separate report by a panel of retired military officials, also published on Wednesday by the Center for Climate and Security, said more frequent extreme weather is a threat to U.S. coastal military installations.
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(28,136 posts)Last edited Wed Sep 14, 2016, 11:12 AM - Edit history (1)
Considering the U.S. military, as an institution, consumes more fossil fuel than any other in the world.
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(21,023 posts)to move a naval task force from the West Coast to the ME. I can't recall the exact number of tons of oil, but it was Yuuge.