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Obama: Climate change deniers endangering national security
2015-05-20 20:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: President Obama in a speech on Wednesday cast climate change as a growing national security threat, accusing Republican skeptics of harming military readiness by denying its effects. Obama argued in his address to graduates at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy that rising sea levels and higher global temperatures endanger military bases and could force personnel to respond to conflicts around the world that are fueled by their effects. Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security,...
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Obama: Climate change national security issue
2015-05-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Military Times: President Barack Obama will use his commencement address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday to label climate change as a threat to military readiness and infrastructure, not merely an environmental danger. The move comes as the White House releases a new report on the national security implications of warmer global temperatures and melting polar ice, arguing that a rise in natural disasters will put more strain on National Guard emergency response efforts and potentially endanger thousands...
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Obama frames global warming as national security threat
2015-05-20 12:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama is framing the challenges of climate change as a matter of national security that threatens to aggravate poverty and political instability around the globe and jeopardize the readiness of U.S. forces. "Make no mistake, it will impact how our military defends our country," the president says in excerpts of a commencement address prepared for delivery Wednesday at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. "And so we need to act and we need to act now." The president...
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Science proves GOP wrong climate change &national security
2015-03-02 22:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: At last week`s Conservative Political Action Conference, GOP chair Reince Priebus had some strong words about how President Barack Obama prioritizes threats to national security. "Democrats tell us they understand the world, but then they call climate change, not radical Islamic terrorism, the greatest threat to national security," he said. "Look, I think we all care about our planet, but melting icebergs aren`t beheading Christians in the Middle East." The comment came after the president,...
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White House: Climate change threatens national security
2015-02-06 17:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The Obama administration looks at climate change as a threat to national security on par with terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and disease outbreaks. President Obamas national security strategy released Friday updates the previous plan published in 2010, with focuses on Russia, Islamic militants and health. Climate change is an urgent and growing threat to our national security, contributing to increased natural disasters, refugee flows, and conflicts over basic resources like food...
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