Intel analysts to study climate change

WASHINGTON – Top intelligence analysts are diving into the politically sensitive issue of climate change, but some Democrats in Congress are demanding even more.

The House Intelligence Committee approved a provision late Wednesday as part of a spy budget bill that would require the National Intelligence Council to produce its highest-level assessment


The bill, which the House could take up next week, calls on analysts to study the political, social, agricultural and economic risks associated with climate change over the next 30 years.

Republicans rejected the endeavor as an unnecessary distraction from higher priorities.

Yet the Office of the National Intelligence Director said it has begun working on the national security implications of climate change.

Associated Press