The Pentagon Must Take Climate Change Seriously to Protect Warfighters
The Trump Administration’s decision to revoke the EPA ’endangerment finding’ is emblematic of a trend in American politics - to ignore science when it makes people uncomfortable. However, turning a blind eye doesn’t change the fact that climate change is happening and impacting the US military’s mission. As the former Senior Climate Advisor to the US Army, I saw directly how climate change is eroding military readiness and endangering our warfighters. Breaking Defense reports on the impact of extreme weather events on military installations.