Napolitano Says DHS to Begin Battling Climate Change as Homeland Security Issue

janet_napolitano_official_portrait1By J. Brady Howell

At an all-day White House conference on “environmental justice,” Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that her department is creating a new task force to battle the effects of climate change on domestic security operations.Speaking at the first White House Forum on Environmental Justice on Thursday, Napolitano discussed the initial findings of the department’s recently created “Climate Change and Adaptation Task Force.”

Napolitano explained that the task force was charged with “identifying and assessing the impact that climate change could have on the missions and operations of the Department of Homeland Security.”

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66 Responses to Napolitano Says DHS to Begin Battling Climate Change as Homeland Security Issue

  1. paul wenum February 8, 2011 at 11:05 pm #

    I sense a tinge of anger? Strike “American Imperialism”? Are you for real, or a net junkie that likes pretend worlds like children? I live in reality. What say you? Oops, already know the answer to be forthcoming. I can quote it case and verse. Trust me, I know you. (That’s a little Alinyski (sic) for you) Enjoy.

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