You May Be Denying Climate Change, But The US Military Isn't

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http://www.businessinsider.com/climate-change-military-2014-7



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Writing in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in a recent Op-Ed, Rear Adm. David Titley (Ret.) — who was initially a climate skeptic — worked on a Navy task force to study the issue, which he calls "an accelerating threat to national security."

He writes:

So we’d look at, for example, rising sea levels. This century, global sea levels are projected to rise several feet. Naval bases and installations around the world — along with the communities that support them — will be affected, and we need to plan for that.

Climate change affects military readiness, strains base resilience, creates missions in new regions of the world and increases the likelihood that our armed forces will be deployed for humanitarian missions. In many cases it also threatens our infrastructure and affects our economy. And our continued reliance on the fossil fuels whose consumption leads to climate change ties our nation’s hands on the world stage and tethers us to nations that do not always have our best interests at heart.



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/climate-change-military-2014-7#ixzz36xznrUZT

[littlemissmartypants]

1. Poor USCG.

What will they do... consider their shrinking numbers when NYC and Florida are finally under water?
Thanks for your post.
Love, Peace and Shelter. Lmsp