Thursday, May 10, 2018

The Pentagon removed 23 climate change references from a report on military risk

Internal documents from the Pentagon reveal a notable de-emphasis on climate change as a national security threat, seemingly to accommodate a president who does not seem to believe in climate change. As revealed by the Washington Post, earlier Obama-era drafts of a particular Defense Department report referenced climate change 23 times; the Trump-era version only mentions climate change once, with previous references removed or changed to more Trump-palatable phrases such as "extreme weather." Though...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/the-pentagon-removed-23-climate-change-references-from-a-report-on-military-risk
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