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Date Posted: 12:03:43 04/10/07 Tue In reply to: Bev 's message, "Bipartisian legislation to see what implication global warming has on national security" on 17:00:21 04/09/07 Mon i'm afraid we are into a mass mania now! Joseph Goebbels was absolutely correct with his ideas on propaganda! >I am posting the first page of a 2 page article > > >href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/arti >cles/2007/04/09/bill_ties_climate_to_national_security/ >">http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles >/2007/04/09/bill_ties_climate_to_national_security/ > > >Bill ties climate to national security >Seeks assessments by CIA, Pentagon > "The Pentagon has plans for every conceivable -- and >often inconceivable -- contingency," Representative >Edward J. Markey, said. (Globe File Photo) > >By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff | April 9, 2007 > >WASHINGTON -- The CIA and Pentagon would for the first >time be required to assess the national security >implications of climate change under proposed >legislation intended to | >Boston.com >| Breaking News Alerts The bipartisan proposal, which >its sponsors expect to pass the Congress with wide >support, calls for the director of national >intelligence to conduct the first-ever "national >intelligence estimate" on global warming. > >The effort would include pinpointing the regions at >highest risk of humanitarian suffering and assessing >the likelihood of wars erupting over diminishing water >and other resources. > >The measure also would order the Pentagon to undertake >a series of war games to determine how global climate >change could affect US security, including "direct >physical threats to the United States posed by extreme >weather events such as hurricanes." > >The growing attention to global warming as a national >security issue could open new avenues of support for >tougher efforts to limit greenhouse gases, according >to specialists. > >"If you get the intelligence community to apply some >of its analytic capabilities to this issue, it could >be compelling to whoever is sitting in the White >House," said Anne Harrington , director of the >committee on international security at the National >Academy of Sciences in Washington. "If the White House >does not absorb the independent scientific expertise, >then maybe something from the intelligence community >might have more weight." > >The measure, sponsored by Senator Chuck Hagel , a >Nebraska Republican, and Senator Richard J. Durbin , >an Illinois Democrat, comes as other international >bodies are taking steps to designate global warming as >a high international priority. > >The United Nations Security Council has put climate >change on its agenda for the first time, warning that >global warming could be a catalyst for new conflicts >around the world. The council said it would hold a >high-level meeting on the issue later this month. > >"The traditional triggers of conflict which exist out >there are likely to be exacerbated by the effect of >climate change," said Emyr Jones Parry, Britain's UN >ambassador. > >The push in the United States to treat global warming >as a national security threat follows the same path as >previous efforts to treat the spread of AIDS as a >security threat. The disease was long seen as >exclusively a health issue until intelligence >officials warned that it could ravage military forces >across Africa and draw the United States into conflict. > >Growing concerns about the implications of global >warming have also led some Republicans and Democrats >to give the issue far more prominence in policy >circles. > >"For years, many of us have examined global warming as >an environmental or economic issue," Durbin said in >little-noticed remarks last month. "We also need to >consider it as a security concern."Continued... > >The intelligence assessment, or NIE -- to be drafted >by US spy agencies -- would rely on the latest >scientific data. It would identify places where >nations or ethnic groups are most likely to fight over >resources; where large migrations of victims will >occur; how global warming would affect global food >supplies; and the increased risks to humans from >infectious disease. > >Ross Feinstein , a spokesman for the director of >national intelligence, said that intelligence analysts >have studied global warming in the past but in a >limited way. Greater priority, he said, has been given >to what are considered more pressing threats to >security, such as nuclear proliferation, global >terrorism, and the war in Iraq. > >However, in 2003, two Pentagon analysts wrote a >provocative report on the possible national security >implications of an abrupt change in the climate, >citing, among other outcomes, the prospect of nuclear >powers struggling to feed their people and being >forced to fight over shared rivers. > >"With over 200 river basins touching multiple nations, >we can expect conflict over access to water for >drinking, irrigation, and transportation," the >analysts wrote. "The Danube touches 12 nations, the >Nile runs through nine, and the Amazon runs through >seven." > >The proposal would go further than any previous >investigation, requiring the Pentagon to assess in >great detail how global warming could damage America's >military preparedness, such as the effect of melting >Arctic ice sheets on the Navy. > >David G. Hawkins , director of the Climate Center at >the Natural Resources Defense Council, said some >emerging research suggests that dramatic changes in >ocean temperatures could hamper the ability of >warships to operate in some regions of the world. > >"[Submarines] take advantage of the ocean having >certain characteristics," Hawkins said. "You could >wind up with weapons that are no longer optimal >because they were designed for the climate that >existed thirty years before." > >Sponsors of the Senate measure say it is likely to be >approved, given the wide support for charting the >impact of climate change and the traditional >reluctance of lawmakers to stand in the way of >research into national security. > >Representative Edward J. Markey, a Malden Democrat and >chairman of the newly created House Select Committee >on Energy Dependence and Global Warming, said he plans >to offer a companion bill in the House. > >"The Pentagon has plans for every conceivable -- and >often inconceivable -- contingency," Markey said in an >interview, adding that the possibility of disasters >related to climate change must be taken into account. > >In addition, some leading military thinkers, including >retired Air Force General Charles Wald, have voiced >support for bringing the national security bureaucracy >into the debate over global warming. Wald is former >deputy commander of the US European Command and a >specialist on security issues in Africa. > >John J. Hamre , who served as deputy secretary of >defense in the Clinton administration, said global >warming couched in security terms would make if far >more difficult for politicians to ignore. > >"What makes this interesting is the clear effort to >make the politics of global warming broader," said >Hamre, who is now president of the Center for >Strategic and International Studies. "There are >legitimate security issues associated with this >question." > >Bryan Bender can be reached at bender@globe.com. > >© Copyright 2007 Globe Newspaper Company. > 1 2 Next [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |