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The Surprising U.S. National Security Benefits Of E-Waste Recycling

2015-01-20 15:38:00| Waste Age

<a href="ww.forbes.com">Forbes</a> Scaling up recycling programs for electronic waste or, e-waste would protect more than just the environment. It could also protect the U.S. defense system from the potentially grave risks posed by failure-prone counterfeit electronic parts. read more

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Immediate Risk to National Security Posed by Global Warming

2014-10-14 19:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateWire: The Pentagon released a landmark report yesterday declaring climate change an "immediate risk" to national security and outlining how it intends to protect bases, prepare for humanitarian disasters and plan for global conflicts. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel unveiled the plan at the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas in Peru, where he said defense leaders "must be part of this global discussion" on climate change. Militaries, he added, "must be clear-eyed about the security threats...

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Pentagon: Climate change 'immediate' national security risk

2014-10-13 23:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: Rising global temperatures, rapidly melting arctic ice and other effects of climate change are posing immediate risks to US national security and military and humanitarian operations, the Pentagon warned Monday. In a comprehensive report billed as a roadmap for adapting to climate change, the Defense Department said it has begun to boost its "resilience" and ensure mission readiness is not compromised in the face of rising sea levels, increasing regularity of natural disasters, and food and water...

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Pentagon: Climate change a national security threat

2014-10-13 19:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Hill: The Pentagon is integrating climate change threats into all of its "plans, operations, and training" across the entire Defense Department, signaling a comprehensive attempt to tackle the impacts of global warming. In a 20-page Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap released on Monday, the Pentagon details its strategic blueprint to address climate change, calling it a "threat multiplier" that has the power to "exacerbate" many of the challenges the U.S. faces today, including "infectious diseases and...

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