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“As greenhouse gases increase, sea levels are rising, average global temperatures are increasing, and severe weather patterns are accelerating. These changes, coupled with other global dynamics … will devastate homes, land and infrastructure.”
Is this statement from a) the Sierra Club, b) the Democratic Party platform, or c) recently uncovered documents confirming a Chinese plot to harm U.S. manufacturing?
The answer is actually d) none of the above. It’s from the Department of Defense, which has expressed concern about climate change since the George W. Bush Administration. Dozens of Defense Department documents on this issue can be accessed at climateandsecurity.org.
In his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald Trump denounced climate activists as being “the perennial prophets of doom.”
How can Trump, who says he is so supportive of our military, continue to dismiss climate change when the Defense Department clearly states that it is a national security threat?
