Comments on: Department Of Defense Launches Attack On Climate Change

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[…] in which research should continue apace. However given the Department of Defense’s recent Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, it would seem that Mr. Ryan must also support the foundational research that underpins DoD’s […]

By: Renewables, Efficiency Take Flight In US Air Force Energy Strategy

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By: Marcacci Communications

Marcacci Communications — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:58:02 +0000

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By: William Branham

William Branham — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:58:00 +0000

In describing how DoD will continue to collaborate with the State Department (and foreign militaries) on climate assessment, CCAR also describes climate change as this:

“…a unique opportunity to work collaboratively in multilateral forums, promoting a balanced approach that will improve human and environmental security in the region.”

That appears to make the case that DoD’s climate-related concerns will interact with State Department policymaking in new and important ways.

In particular, CCAR seems to put another roadblock in front of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would bring tar sands oil from fields in Canada down through the U.S. midwest, to the Gulf Coast for export.
Read more at http://cleantechnica.com/2013/02/23/climate-change-and-national-security-addressed-in-new-report/#wJdezE5vmS4FIfSK.99

By: Edward Kerr

Edward Kerr — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:37:00 +0000

It’s never been a JOKE…

By: agelbert

agelbert — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:46:00 +0000

Correct. And the fact that the main “resource” that the DoD has planned their wars around (oil) no longer will be in the Middle East (sun, wind, tide, geothermal, etc. is all over the planet in a relatively even distribution although we have more geothermal and wind potential than most) makes wars of connived choice to please war profiteering oil corporations somewhat obsolete.
Also, it will be rather difficult, to put it mildly, to say the electricity at the EV charging stations must pop up in price due to “global instability” or “hostile sun and wind cartel Ay-rabs”. No more “engineered” energy price shocks. GOOD!
Exxon is a SELL.

By: MrEnergyCzar

MrEnergyCzar — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 04:17:00 +0000

Now the military…it’s not a joke anymore…

MrEnergyCzar

By: Marshall Harris

Marshall Harris — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:35:00 +0000

Oh, I hear the Republicans already. They will read this and say “Oh so Obama is trying to declare war on the weather now, why can’t he get into a real war, like Iraq? lol”.

But seriously, I am happy that the DoD is taking a “reality-based” approach to climate change…. now, let’s see if we can get Congress to do the same. I’m not holding my breath…

By: Phillip Noe

Phillip Noe — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 20:33:00 +0000

We may be seeing the beginning of real progress! Good thing we got Obama elected. The fewer conservative making policy decisions the better! Hate to see us moving even closer to Corpocracy. We’ve got too much of that already. An unbridled market forces our future generations to pay for our current greed, neglect, ignorance, and denial. We need more thinking and planning for the future.