Posted on 03/15/2017 8:33:04 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
In a clash with President Trump's environmental team, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has declared that climate change is a threat to national security and one military planners must consider in drawing up strategies.
According to a report from ProPublica, Mattis told Democratic senators that climate change is real and "can be a driver of instability."
His position, at odds with President Trump and his Environmental Protection Agency chief, came in answers to questions from senators following his confirmation hearing. They were released to ProPublica which reached out to the White House and Pentagon for comment without success.
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Andy Revkin ✔ @Revkin
#SecDef Mattis: "Climate change is impacting stability in areas of the world where our troops are operating today."
https://www.propublica.org/article/trumps-defense-secretary-cites-climate-change-national-security-challenge/utm_campaign=bt_twitter&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social …
11:35 AM - 14 Mar 2017 · Cold Spring, NY
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The issue of global warming and climate change flashed in the past week when EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt questioned the impact of man on the environment.
When asked about the impact of carbon dioxide, he said, "I think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do and there's tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact, so no, I would not agree that it's a primary contributor to the global warming that we see." He added, "We need to continue the debate and continue the review and the analysis."
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So JugEars is a neo-leftist politician?
Someone should tell him Trump is President and that’s not necessary anymore.
Or if he actually believes it, he was a mistake.
What about Aliens? Did he mention the threat from Aliens?
Well that’s disappointing. I guess this book is not as impressive as its cover.
In Dem speak what he is saying is keep sending money taxpayers.
Uh oh. No wonder why they love him.
Let me guess. Faggot soldiers in pink tutus are the strength of our military. When can we ditch this loser?
Sigh
On the flip side, if man could control the weather, for sure he'd make things worse in the long run.
This guy Mattis is really starting to look like he should not be part of Trump’s cabinet.
I don’t care what he thinks about it so long as he dumbs the insane special global warming fuels our military has been forced to pay for and use over the last 8 years!
What the ...? Does he have any evidence to prove this? The scientists sure don’t have any.
Who vets these people? Seems to be that person needs to be replaced. We, here at FR, could do an exceptional job at vetting these people!
Dumbs = dumPs
apparently he’s had his labotomy
I can’t believe all this global warming stuff as it pertains to military operations.
Can you imagine, if General Eisenhower had been compelled to consider the carbon footprint of the Normandy invasion, for example???
If you read his answers to the questions, he never got specific on the how and why of what he could do. He seemed bored.
In the immortal words of Bill Clinton, "it depends on what the meaning of "is" is"...
Of course "climate change" is something to deal with - in the Summer the troops need cool, protective gear and a lot of water. In the Winter the troops need well insulated gear and heaters that work.
I did not read that he used the word "Anthropogenic".
If that's not the case, however, my only reaction would be W. T. F.
Science uses the scientific method.
Climate “science” does not use the scientific method.
Any questions?
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