Covering Climate Change As a National Security Issue
War-related metaphors are now common in the rhetoric of climate change activism. We need a “Manhattan Project” for clean energy, a “Marshall Plan” for green action. Or maybe, we need just plain war....
View ArticleContinuing Concerns over Implications Of Climate Change for National Security
At a recent briefing on Capitol Hill, far from the alert attention of mainstream news organizations, retired General Anthony Zinni warned that the global loss of forests, freshwater, fish and arable...
View ArticleClimate Framing: Public Health Rather than Environment, National Security?
Researchers say climate frames reflecting public health, rather than environmental or national security issues, may do more at persuading those ‘as yet unpersuaded.’ Cautions expressed about a...
View ArticleClimate change as catalyst of conflict
High-ranking retired top military officials advise that climate change poses national security risks as a ‘catalyst,’ and no longer solely as a ‘force multiplier.’ Listen to today’s Climate...
View ArticleDOD climate change roadmap: bumpy ride ahead
The latest in a series of Defense Department climate change reports points to four phenomena of particular concern and present-day threats of concern. The image is arresting, a dramatic illustration of...
View ArticleMilitary experts weighing impacts on Mighty Miss River
A crucial shipping route for commodities, the Mississippi River faces climate-related risks that also raise important national security issues. Listen to today’s Climate Connection The...
View ArticleClimate change & national security
Concerns about energy and national security are inspiring a ‘freedom fleet’ in Indianapolis. Listen to today’s Climate Connection Electric vehicles are often championed for their environmental...
View ArticleFour New Sobering Reports: Serious Warnings on Warming Planet
First came independent reports from respected global banking, energy, and national security perspectives … and then came a new study in Science by 47 international researchers cautioning about faster...
View ArticleNew monthly video explores climate, drought, and national security
“Drought, water, war, and climate change” is the title of this month’s Yale Climate Connections video exploring expert assessments of the interconnections between and among those issues. With historic...
View ArticleNuancing climate refugee narratives and images
Human-induced climate change is an underlying factor in the Syrian Civil War. It is driving the sea-level rise imperiling small island nations. And it is having a disproportionately negative impact on...
View ArticleNew climate reading for a new year
Take a look at some cold-weather reading – for those in the northeastern U.S., finally! – on warming climate-related issues, with the descriptions drawn from publishers’ copy. Climate Change: What...
View ArticleU.S. Navy saving energy and lives
About seven years ago, the U.S. Navy left port on a new mission: to increase the use of renewable power and cut energy consumption in half by 2020. So the Navy is switching to clean fuel and making...
View ArticleMilitary powering down fossil fuels
National security and renewable energy are linked. By switching to clean energy, the Department of Defense is improving the nation’s energy security and reducing the roughly $4 billion spent to power...
View ArticleClimate films to watch in 2017
NEVADA CITY, CALIF. – When climate denial and “alternative facts” pervade the body politic, it’s time to zoom in on the science. Climate change is real, and its effects are already visible – even more...
View ArticleVeteran fights for clean energy
As a young West Point graduate, Kevin Johnson was deployed to Iraq in 2004. He was stationed in Baiji, home to Iraq’s largest oil refinery. Insurgents attacked pipelines there on a regular basis....
View ArticleClimate change and international conflict (pt. 1)
In early November, Americans honored the service and sacrifices their soldiers have made in foreign wars. Given the discussions at the climate meeting just concluded in Bonn, Americans may wonder...
View ArticleVeteran touts benefits of clean energy
Energy is critical for military operations. From flashlights to vehicles, everything must be powered up and ready to go. It’s a lesson veteran Sarah Barbo learned firsthand during her tour in Iraq....
View ArticleClimate change and international conflict (pt. 2)
In early November, Americans honored the service and sacrifices their soldiers have made in foreign wars. Given the discussions at the climate meeting just concluded in Bonn, Americans may wonder...
View ArticleCan climate change feed extremism?
Global warming is not just an environmental problem. Goodman: “It is one of the most serious national security challenges we face. This is a risk issue.” Sherri Goodman is a senior fellow at the...
View ArticleFour New Sobering Reports: Serious Warnings on Warming Planet
First came independent reports from respected global banking, energy, and national security perspectives … and then came a new study in Science by 47 international researchers cautioning about faster...
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