The Weather at War: Climate Change and National Security
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Channel: GBH Forum Network · 2014 · Education
The Pentagon has declared the United States' dependence on fossil fuels to be a security threat; their primary planning document acknowledges the instability and conflict that climate change will create. In response, the CIA has opened a new Center for Climate Change, the Navy and Marines have committed to reducing carbon use, and the Army is creating carbon-neutral bases. Rachel Kleinfeld, CEO and president of the Truman National Security Project, Carl Ferenbach, chairman of the Board of the Environmental Defense Fund, and MA State Representative Harold Naughton join Ford Hall Forum clerk Jack Wrobel to discuss why the weather is suddenly a national security issue.
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