US Navy Reacts To Blockbuster Rolling Stone Climate Change Story

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We’ve spilled a lot of ink on the Defense Department’s efforts to call attention to climate change, and now the gloves are really off. Go to Facebook and find Navy Task Force Energy, and right up top you’ll see a link to last week’s Rolling Stone blockbuster climate change article complete with the incendiary title, “The Pentagon & Climate Change: How Deniers Put National Security at Risk.”

Lest you think this is just a link, the Navy’s climate change post starts off with a forceful declaration of support for the Rolling Stone article, it includes the subtitle “The leaders of our armed forces know what’s coming next – but deniers in Congress are ignoring the warnings,” and caps it off with the rather dramatic illustration from the publication. Here’s a partial screenshot:



If you can’t find the post on Facebook, here’s how the Navy teases that Rolling Stone link (hashtags deleted for readability):

Climate change is not only a threat to the environment but a threat to our national security. Coastal military bases and U.S. Navy missions on seas are at risk. Military readiness could be compromised by these environmental changes. Read about the challenges the Pentagon faces posed by a changing climate.

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http://cleantechnica.com/2015/02/18/us-navy-reacts-blockbuster-rolling-stone-climate-change-story/

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1. Wow! Big fucking wow!!

Do you think republicans will hate the US Navy now? Or is it possible they might learn something?

[bananas]

2. direct link

https://www.facebook.com/NavalEnergy/posts/10153089587818007
Department of the Navy Task Force Energy
February 13 at 8:13am

[hollysmom]

3. nand they are arguing with the dumbest idiot on the planet -

they tried facts but this man was having none of it.