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Obama calls climate change an 'indisputable' security threat
2015-05-21 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: President Barack Obama has argued for action on climate change as a matter of health, environmental protection and international obligation. On Wednesday, he added national security. Those who deny global warming are putting at risk the United States and the military sworn to defend it, he told cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Failure to act would be "dereliction of duty," their commander in chief said. He said climate change and rising sea levels jeopardize the readiness of U.S. forces...
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Jeb Bush criticizes Obama for overstating climate change issue
2015-05-21 05:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Republican Jeb Bush said on Wednesday that the Earth's climate is changing but that scientific research does not clearly show how much of the change is due to humans and how much is from natural causes. Bush delved into climate politics during a campaign-style house party in New Hampshire at which he took questions from voters on his viewpoints as he considers whether to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. While President Barack Obama and many scientists believe humans are...
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Obama Recasts Climate Change as a Peril With Far-Reaching Effects
2015-05-21 04:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: President Obama used a commencement address on Wednesday at the Coast Guard Academy to cast his push for urgent action to combat climate change as a national security imperative, saying that the warming of the planet poses an immediate risk to the United States. The speech was part of an effort by Mr. Obama to make a multipronged case for his ambitious climate-change agenda, which he has identified as a top priority for the remainder of his time in office and as a central element of his legacy....
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Obama: Climate change poses immediate risk to national security
2015-05-20 20:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: President Barack Obama had a strong message for graduates of the Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut on Wednesday, and all the rest of us too: Global warming is a major security threat. During a commencement address at the academy, he linked changes in the climate to volatility and violence in the Middle East, and warned that global warming to undermine military readiness. He said military forces must adapt and prepare for the kinds of changes we`re already starting to see, but "such preparation...
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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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