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US Homeland Security moves to tackle climate change risks
Reuters ^
| Thu Sep 25, 2014 6:51pm EDT
| Lisa Anderson
Posted on 09/25/2014 7:22:56 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Protecting the infrastructure of American cities from the effects of climate change is rising on the agenda of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to a top agency official.
"Increasingly, we've moved not only from a security focus to a resiliency focus," said Caitlin Durkovich, assistant secretary for infrastructure protection at Homeland Security, an agency better known for its fight to curb terrorist threats.
Durkovich spoke Thursday on a panel at the Rising Seas Summit, a three-day conference organized by the U.S.-based Association of Climate Change Officers to discuss tools and ideas on building resiliency, particularly against rising sea levels.
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To help communities develop resilience, Alex said, California is part of a pilot program under which AmeriCorps, the Corporation for National and Community Service, will dispatch 50 young people to educate local communities about climate adaptation and resilience.
If successful, he said, the program could become national.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: climatechangefraud; dhs; security; terrorism
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posted on
09/25/2014 7:22:56 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Well, heck, there's nothing much else going on. Those Homeland Security guys have to do something or else they'd be totally bored!
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posted on
09/25/2014 7:24:45 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("Now is not the time for fear. That comes later.")
To: BenLurkin
"Increasingly, we've moved not only from a security focus to a resiliency focus," said Caitlin Durkovich, assistant secretary for infrastructure protectionGawd!
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posted on
09/25/2014 7:25:41 PM PDT
by
sauropod
(Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
To: ClearCase_guy
Sounds to me like they could lay some people off.
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posted on
09/25/2014 7:25:42 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a Yup.statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: ClearCase_guy
I hope they devote 100% of their time to climate change.
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posted on
09/25/2014 7:26:15 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Not doing any good anyplace else....might as well.
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posted on
09/25/2014 7:27:37 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
To: BenLurkin
And our inillustrious Congress sleeps on.
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posted on
09/25/2014 7:28:26 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: BenLurkin
The American people put lunatics in power.
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posted on
09/25/2014 7:29:18 PM PDT
by
henkster
(Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
To: BenLurkin
This country has gone insane.
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posted on
09/25/2014 7:31:15 PM PDT
by
mylife
To: BenLurkin
What complete BS by a completely BS department of government clones. Fools. I want my money back.
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posted on
09/25/2014 7:35:20 PM PDT
by
ogen hal
(First amendment or reeducation camp)
To: BenLurkin
They keep dreaming up ways to throw money away and weaken the nation.
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posted on
09/25/2014 7:37:36 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
("If you want to test a man's character, give him power." -- Abraham Lincoln)
To: BenLurkin
.... and the right wing extremist groups called “Tea Party” and “Christians”
DHS is stepping up their efforts to eradicate these extremist who take pleasure in fighting for Truth, Liberty, inalienable rights and a small accountable government!
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posted on
09/25/2014 7:38:13 PM PDT
by
Bellagio
To: BenLurkin
Terrorist? Nah, not important. However, we’ll wrestle you to the ground if you have an incandescent light bulb.
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posted on
09/25/2014 7:39:57 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: BenLurkin
OK, this administration has no clue and is going off the deepend.
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posted on
09/25/2014 7:40:24 PM PDT
by
Chgogal
(Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
To: BenLurkin
"Homeland Security" has turned into another environmentalist wacko outfit. Like we really needed another one of them. Time to shut that puppy down. It's another waste of taxpayer dollars.
The obligatory "Bush's Fault" added.
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posted on
09/25/2014 7:40:38 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Stop flooding our schools with unaccompanied illegal aliens. Do it for the children!)
To: Nachum; Eric Blair 2084
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posted on
09/25/2014 7:41:23 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: BenLurkin
I’m a climate change risk just for doubting that humans are causing it. Criminalizing any behavior inherently involves criminalizing a certain percentage of the population. The only question is what do you do with them?
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posted on
09/25/2014 7:58:06 PM PDT
by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: sauropod
It’s like they’re really stupid...
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posted on
09/25/2014 8:03:51 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
("The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants" - Albert Camus)
To: BenLurkin
Not even a tiny bit surprising,,,
But still deserves an
OH, Hell ; NO!!!!
from every even partially sane person.
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