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9/11, unity, and the chattering of chipmunks The clarity that crisis brings is not necessarily our friend	David Roberts	11 Sep 2007	Gristmill
I've had a post rattling around in my head for a while now, and the anniversary of 9/11 seems like apt moment to finally have a go at it. One of the most uncomfortable facets of the attacks on 9/11 is that as horrific as they were, they were also, for lack of a better word, bracing. It sounds awful to say so, but on some level everyone recognizes it. So much of our daily life is spent in a rut, plodding through workaday details. Crisis has the effect of strip ...
Topics: environmental movement, national security, politics (all these topics)

Radioactive Flyer International safeguards for nuclear materials are flawed, says report		28 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Radioactive Flyer International safeguards for nuclear materials are flawed, says report As nuclear energy enjoys a renaissance as a touted climate-change fix, a new report identifies significant flaws in the international safeguards meant to keep nuclear materials in reactors (as opposed to, say, the hands of illegal bomb makers). A two-year study by the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center concludes th ...
Topics: energy, national security, news, nuclear power (all these topics)

How much wind and solar could we have gotten for the cost of the Iraq War?	David Roberts	27 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Paul Gipe does the math.
Topics: energy, national security, politics, solar voltaic power, wind power (all these topics)

Climate change as national security threat Yeah or nay?	David Roberts	14 May 2007	Gristmill
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) thinks it's silly to use intelligence resources to assess the national security implications of climate change, or as he calls it, the 'bugs and bunnies.' Meanwhile, Michael McConnell -- the U.S. Director of National Intelligence -- thinks it's 'entirely appropriate.' Who to trust?
Topics: national security, climate change impacts, climate (all these topics)

'Eco-terrorism': Are they really terrorists?	David Roberts	14 May 2007	Gristmill
A federal judge will hear arguments tomorrow, and her ruling will have enormous implications. It's one of those forks in the road: do we continue down the path toward a police state, or unclench our post-9/11 butts a little and remember that sometimes a misguided ahole with a dogma and a book of matches is just a misguided ahole with a dogma and a book of matches?
Topics: eco-terrorism, national security, politics (all these topics)

'Eco-terrorism': the latest	David Roberts	12 May 2007	Gristmill
This is some scary sh*t.
Topics: eco-terrorism, environmental movement, national security, politics (all these topics)

War and global warming Between Iraq and a hard place	Gar Lipow	11 May 2007	Gristmill
I wonder how many people realize that the chances of nuclear war did not fall significantly with the end of the Cold War. A deliberate nuclear war, while a real risk, was always the outside chance. The worst danger -- an accidental nuclear launch -- is probably more likely today than it was prior to the fall of the Soviet empire. Neither the U.S. nor Russia have taken their missiles off hair trigger alert, and Russia's command and control system is deteriorating. When ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, international politics, national security (all these topics)

More on climate and national security The hits keep on comin'	Joseph Romm	09 May 2007	Gristmill
Senate Foreign Relations Testimony on the grave threat to our nation's security posed by global warming: Admiral Joseph W. Prueher (PDF), USN (Ret.), Former Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command and Former Ambassador to the Peoples Republic of China; General Charles F. Wald (PDF), USAF (Ret.), Former Deputy Commander, U.S. European Command; and Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly (PDF), USN (Ret.), Former NASA Administrator, Shuttle Astronaut and the First Commander of ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, national security, politics (all these topics)

Your tax dollars at work Coal is the enemy of the human race. Coal is the enemy of the human race	Adam Browning	03 May 2007	Gristmill
The Office of Fossil Energy (no, not Dick Cheney's office -- apparently there is another one) released a new report this week: 'Tracking New Coal Fired Power Plants.' An excerpt from the press release: If built, the plants will be critical in helping to meet future electricity demand in the United States. The new and proposed plants would theoretically produce enough electricity to power 90 million homes. Coal is vital to the nation's energy security. Providi ...
Topics: coal, energy, fossil fuels, national security (all these topics)

Disagree to Agree U.N. Security Council hosts feisty climate debate		18 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Disagree to Agree U.N. Security Council hosts feisty climate debate Yesterday the U.N. Security Council held its first-ever debate on climate change, and the meat of the debate was -- well, whether the debate should be happening at all. With 55 countries speaking, Britain led the pack of those arguing that climate change threatens global security, while China led the MYOB contingent. "The developing c ...
Topics: climate, national security, news, United Nations (all these topics)

Oh, It's Unparalleled All Right U.S. claims emissions-reduction success, U.N. Security Council debates climate		17 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Oh, It's Unparalleled All Right U.S. claims emissions-reduction success, U.N. Security Council debates climate Today, for the first time ever, the U.N. Security Council will take up the topic of climate change and world security. "The security implications of climate changes are bigger than we thought even two or three years ago," says John Ashton, a cl ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, greenhouse-gas emissions, national security, news, US EPA (all these topics)

Calling All Hawks New report says climate change is a threat to U.S. security		16 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Calling All Hawks New report says climate change is a threat to U.S. security A government-funded report issued today by a group of retired U.S. generals and admirals says global warming is a security risk. The Military Advisory Board says climate change "can act as a threat multiplier," with severe weather and drought leading to mass migrations, battles over food and water, and the sprea ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, national security, news (all these topics)

U.S. military steps it up Maybe the Pentagon can persuade red-staters	JMG	16 Apr 2007	Gristmill
The military -- which tends to insist on operating in a reality-based world, as a matter of self-preservation -- thinks global heating is a big threat. A bit from the story: Today, 11 retired senior generals issued a report drawing attention to the ability of climate change to act as a 'threat multiplier' in unstable parts of the world. The Army's former chief of staff, Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan, who is one of the authors, noted he had been 'a little bit of a skeptic' when t ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, national security, politics (all these topics)

Greening geopolitics Friedman in the NYT Magazine	Maywa Montenegro	15 Apr 2007	Gristmill
What's red white and blue, and green all over? The cover of this week's New York Times Sunday Magazine. In 'The Greening of Geopolitics,' Thomas Friedman applies his trademark econo-politico-historical analysis to the state of the global environment, and he is nothing if not comprehensive. From China, Schwarzenegger, and Wal-Mart, to Islamic fundamentalism and oil prices, Friedman traces the connections. Enviros won't learn much about global warming they didn't al ...
Topics: business, energy, environmental movement, green living, greening biz operations, national security, politics (all these topics)

The Warm on Terror Bipartisan bill calls for intelligence assessment of climate impacts	Amanda Griscom Little	05 Apr 2007	Muckraker
How might U.S. national security be threatened by mega-droughts, coastal flooding, killer hurricanes, food scarcity, and the other ecological calamities scientists widely predict will occur if global warming continues apace? Is climate change the real ticking bomb? Photo: iStockphoto No one knows, but Sens. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) think it's time to f ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, legislation, Muckraker, national security, politics (all these topics)

Get the Chertoff My Back States worry as Homeland Security issues chemical-plant rules		03 Apr 2007	Daily Grist
Get the Chertoff My Back States worry as Homeland Security issues chemical-plant rules Funny story: Of the 15,000 U.S. chemical plants, as many as 7,000 are in highly populated areas and at high risk for an accident or attack. Ha! Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security released the first comprehensive federal rules for tracking the security of such sites. Which seems good, until you realize many s ...
Topics: national security, news, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Chem Again? Chemical-safety bill moving oh-so-slowly through Congress	Amanda Griscom Little	13 Jul 2006	Muckraker
An attack on one of the many toxic chemical plants in the U.S. could endanger more than a million people. Environmentalists, security experts, and even the Army surgeon general have been raising the alarm about this threat since Sept. 11, 2001, but Congress has yet to do anything about it. Its latest efforts are being held up by none other than Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), who never passes ...
Topics: James Inhofe, legislation, Muckraker, national security, politics, toxics (all these topics)

A geo-green third party?	David Roberts	19 Jun 2006	Gristmill
Thomas Friedman -- la moustache de la sagesse -- has a column up (NYT $elect; reprinted in full here) suggesting that his "geo-green" shtick would be a good basis for a third party presidential candidacy. God love The Mustache for bringing energy issues to a broad audience, but this column is dopey. Let's start with this: What might a Geo-Green third party platform look like? Its centerpiece would be a $1 a gallon gasoline tax, called "The Pa ...
Topics: energy, international politics, national security, oil, politics (all these topics)

Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Woolsey? An interview with geo-green James Woolsey, former head of CIA	Amanda Griscom Little	07 Jun 2005	Main Dish
James Woolsey. Former Pentagon heavies are not known for their breezy candor, so it's a rare treat to come across one who voluntarily describes himself as a tree-hugger, do-gooder, sodbuster, and cheap hawk, all rolled into one. There you have R. James "call me Jim" Woolsey, in a nutshell. Sort of. Over the course of a dozen years, Woolsey held pr ...
Topics: Department of Defense, energy, heroes, interview, national security, politics (all these topics)

Polluting the Village to Save It Bush administration cites 'national security' as reason to skirt enviro rules	Amanda Griscom	12 Aug 2004	Muckraker
Bush administration cites "national security" as reason to skirt enviro rules By Amanda Griscom 12 Aug 2004 What are the enviro impacts of a construction project on the U.S.-Mexico border? Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Bush administration has proposed yet another list of environmental sacrifices that it believes America should make for the War on Terror. Last year, President Bush pushed through legislation that exempts military training ba ...
Topics: Department of Homeland Security, environmental non-government organizations, logging, Muckraker, national security, politics, waste, water pollution (all these topics)

Pentagoners Apocalyptic Pentagon report on global warming could spur action on Capitol Hill	Amanda Griscom	25 Feb 2004	Muckraker
We're having a heat wave ... Image: NOAA. A hair-raising Pentagon report [PDF] on the potentially imminent and colossal national security threat posed by climate change has been making its way around the Internet since its release in late January, and this week it picked up considerable speed. Fortune magazine was the first major news outlet to cover the report; the "Cli ...
Topics: climate, environmental non-government organizations, Muckraker, national security, politics, US Military (all these topics)

Land of the Oil-free? Redefining the 'American way of life'	Keith Schneider	20 Nov 2001	Main Dish
Redefining the "American way of life" By Keith Schneider 20 Nov 2001 It takes only the first raw scent of the smoldering piles of debris at Ground Zero and a quick glance at the guts of the blasted, black-charred remains of the World Trade Center to immediately agree with President Bush that the Sept. 11 attacks were a direct strike at what he called "the American way of life." America, the solar-powered? Bush's assessment, meant to stir public passion a ...
Topics: climate, energy, national security, oil (all these topics)

Planet Safe How the bear inside you could save the world	Elizabeth Sawin	12 Nov 2001	Global Citizen
"Sobs racked the body of a middle-aged man as he cradled the head of his baby, its dust-covered body dressed only in a blue diaper, lying beside the bodies of three other children, their colorful clothes layered with debris from their shattered homes." I held this sentence, from a Reuters report on the civilian casualties in Afghanistan, in my head all day long. By the time my girls were in bed ...
Topics: climate, energy, national security, toxics (all these topics)

Hey, Where Did the Earth Go? Environmental news has been hard to find since Sept. 11	Hal Clifford	31 Oct 2001	Soapbox
I was lounging at my local coffee shop, wondering how the barista got that giant nose ring out each night, when Flym Wyntrobski barged through the door, all flapping elbows and gangly legs. He plopped down in a chair at my table, pulled something crunchy from his unkempt beard, examined it, and popped it in his mouth. He gazed thoughtfully at the ceiling as he chewed, as if trying to ...
Topics: environmental movement, national security (all these topics)

Thoughts in the Presence of Fear A post-Sept. 11 manifesto for environmentalists	Wendell Berry	11 Oct 2001	Soapbox
I. The time will soon come when we will not be able to remember the horrors of Sept. 11 without remembering also the unquestioning technological and economic optimism that ended on that day. II. This optimism rested on the proposition that we were living in a "new world order" and a "new economy" that would "grow" on and on, bringing a prosperity of which ev ...
Topics: economy, innovation, international politics, national security, politics, tech (all these topics)

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