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C.I.A. Climate Center Irks Barrasso
Peak Oil News —
... impacts around the world and would contribute to a host of problems, including poverty, environmental degradation and the weakening of national governments. The assessment warned that the storms, droughts and food shortages that might result from a warming planet in coming decades would create numerous relief emergencies and put added strains on the American military. Senator Barrasso said the intelligence community had enough challenges without taking on global warming. NY Times "
Drumbeat: October 7, 2009
The Oil Drum —
... China Says
(Bloomberg) -- China, the world’s biggest polluter, said climate change is a challenge that it shares with the world and is a more formidable one than the global recession.
The world’s third-largest economy is committed to helping fight climate change and has taken “responsible” steps, Vice Minister of Science and Technology Liu Yanhua said at a conference in Hong Kong today, reiterating the stance of President Hu Jintao.
C.I.A. Climate Center Irks Barrasso
Senator John Barrasso, a conservative freshman ...
CIA Climate Change Office Under Attack, Politically Speaking
TreeHugger —
You may not know that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is planning on opening up a climate change office next month. Hey, there's probably a lot that we don't know about the CIA. Senator John Barrasso from Wyoming doesn't like this idea one bit and is hoping to starve the office of funding before it even gets started, reports The New York Times. Why does a department of spies need a ...
CIA Climate Change Office Under Attack Before It Even Opens
TreeHugger —
You may not know that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is planning on opening up a climate change office. Hey, there's probably a lot that we don't know about the CIA. Senator John Barrasso from Wyoming doesn't like this idea one bit and is hoping to starve the office of funding before it even gets started, reports The New York Times. Why does a department of spies need a ...
The Western “Lords Of Yesterday” attack climate action
Climate Progress —
... the Obama administration’s choice to head the air office at the EPA, fought the establishment of a CIA climate change center, and accused the EPA of “ ...
