Climate, Security and Politics

John Broder has a story above the fold in Sunday

The story notes that lawmakers pursuing climate legislation are seeking to use the security risks embedded within climate change to build support among hesitant lawmakers.

The Pentagon is clearly taking the security risks related to human-driven climate change seriously. But do they hold up as justification for a bill capping carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that would take decades to result in big emissions reductions?

New York Times