Posted on 07/31/2015 7:17:33 AM PDT by GoneSalt
Having spent more than 30 years in the US Marine Corps, I know what constitutes a national security threat. Climate change, caused in large part by the carbon pollution we dump into our air, presents risks to the safety of both our nation and our world at large. The threats of climate change include extreme weather, rising sea levels, reduced military capacity, and conditions that can enable worldwide violence and perpetuate terrorism.
To address this challenge, well need to both prepare for the effects of climate change and reduce the pollution that is causing it. As the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)s Clean Power Plan proposal is set to be finalized shortly, our country has an unprecedented opportunity to protect itself from the national security threats imposed on us by climate change.
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If I were an enemy of the US, I would rejoice at hearing such drivel from a military “leader “.
I don’t know the stats, but what you posted makes sense. The amount of carbon dioxide in the air would rise and fall regardless of the existence of man.
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