Navy is Sailing Along With Climate Change Planning
While Congress struggles to take up climate legislation, the Navy is full steam ahead on the issue. This week, the Navy released the most detailed military document to date outlining a strategy for meeting the security challenges posed to its operations by melting ice, rising seas, and shifting patterns of precipitation and drought. "We must ensure our Navy is fully mission-capable and ready to meet national requirements in the future," said Rear Adm. David Titley, who leads the Navy's Task Force Climate Change, which authored the document. "That responsibility includes anticipating the ...
Vets' Message: Foreign Oil Dependence Threatens U.S. Security
A photo of a smiling Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad peeked out from behind the clutch of Iraq war veterans that gathered on Capitol Hill recently to press Congress to pass climate change legislation. "I found myself not taking out the terrorists, not securing Iraq, but protecting oil," said retired Marine Corps sniper Matt Victoriano, who served two tours of duty in Iraq in 2003 and 2004. He came to Washington with Operation Free, a project that takes veterans around the country to talk about the connection between national security, energy and climate change. They point to the billions ...
Kerry-Lieberman Energy-Reform Bill Adds Offshore Drilling Control
As hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil continued leaking into the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday, Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) unveiled their much-awaited energy-reform bill, which includes a provision that gives states veto power over new drilling off their coastlines. Overall, the bill aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, and 83 percent by 2050, and to reduce American dependence on foreign oil. "The American Power Act is a decision to seize this moment to transform our nation's energy policy from a national weakness into a ...
Coal Execs Quizzed by Congress on Safety, Environment
WASHINGTON – Coal industry officials came to Capitol Hill on Wednesday with two messages for Congress: Coal is an important energy source that's essential to the nation's prosperity, and safety remains a serious issue in the wake of a mine explosion in West Virginia that killed 29 people. At a House committee hearing, the CEOs of the country's top three coal companies fielded safety questions, but also addressed environmental concerns, especially greenhouse gas emissions responsible for climate change. Last week's disaster only increases questions about the future of coal, said Rep. ...
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