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The Council on Strategic Risks team has written for numerous publications, and been cited in, and interviewed by, a significant number of mainstream and niche media outlets, as well as academic publications, books and public testimonies. Below is a list of notable selections.
- E&E News
Adam Aton, “Biden’s foreign policy team breaks with Trump — and Obama,” November 24, 2020 - The Huffington Post
Alexander C. Kaufman, “Biden Names John Kerry As Climate Envoy,” November 23, 2020 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Biden considering a climate hawk to lead Pentagon,” November 23, 2020 - Frankfurter Allgemeine
Lorenz Hemicker, “Biologische Waffen: Krieg mit Pocken,” November 23, 2020 - Vice News
Justin Silverman, “It’s Almost Impossible for Trump to Stage a Coup,” November 20, 2020 - The New York Times
Coral Davenport and Lisa Friedman, “Biden Plans to Move Fast With a ‘Climate Administration.’ Here’s How.” November 17, 2020 - Quartz
Tim McDonnell, “The one Trump-era climate initiative Biden should keep around,” November 13, 2020 - The Los Angeles Times
Christine Parthemore and Andy Weber, “Op-Ed: COVID-19 may be teaching the world a dangerous lesson: Diseases can be ideal biological weapons,” November 12, 2020 - Vox
Alison Crimmins, “Why the Biden administration should establish a Department of Climate,” November 12, 2020 - Defense One
John Conger, “What Would a Climate-Focused DoD Budget Look Like?” November 11, 2020 - Aspen Institute
“Five Best Ideas of the Day,” November 11, 2020 - War On The Rocks
Cullen Hendrix, “Climate Change as an Unconventional Security Risk,” October 23, 2020 - CBS News
Jeff Berardelli, “Climate change is a national security issue, experts warn,” October 22, 2020 - NATO Association of Canada
“Media Advisory on Oct. 21st at noon: Impacts of Climate Change on Human Security: What Can Be Done?” October 21, 2020 - The Pacific Council Magazine
Marcus D. King, “The Day After: A Crossroads for Climate Change,” October 15, 2020 - Asia Times
Tatiana Kanunnikova, “How green energy makes the military stronger,” October 13, 2020 - Foreign Affairs
Hillary Clinton, “A National Security Reckoning: How Washington Should Think About Power,” November/ December 2020 - TIME
W.J. Hennigan, “The U.S. Spent Billions of Dollars on Biodefense. COVID-19 Was the Attack it Never Saw Coming,” October 9, 2020 - The New York Times
Michael Schwirtz, “Nerve Agent Was Used to Poison Navalny, Chemical Weapons Body Confirms,” October 6, 2020 - E&E News
Lesley Clark & Hannah Northey, “Who would run Biden’s DOE?” October 5, 2020 - World Affairs Council
Interviews with Hon. Sherri Goodman, Admiral (Ret) James Stavrides and Hon John Conger, “Climate Change and National Security,” September 23, 2020 - Back Story with Dana Lewis
Dana Lewis, “Interview with the Honorable Andy Webert, Russia Nerve Agents – an emboldened more repressive Putin,” June 8, 2020 - The Washington Post
Anne Gearan and Paul Sonne, “Trump administration denounces attack on Russian dissident, hints at sanctions,” September 4, 2020 - De Gelderlander
Bob van Huet, “Wereldwijde waterschaarste: hoe voorkomen we oorlogen en massamigratie?” September 1, 2020 - De Limburger
Bob van Huet, “Water als bron van conflicten: ‘Schaarste heeft gevolgen voor miljarden mensen’” September 1, 2020 - Les Crises
Nafeez Ahmed, “Changement climatique : un rapport commandé par le Pentagone alerte sur les risques à venir,” August 26, 2020 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Wanted: Climate experts for Pentagon team,” August 21, 2020 - Yale Climate Connections
Michael Svoboda, “13 major climate change reports released so far in 2020,” August 19, 2020 - E&E News
Bev Banks, “DOD takes slow road on environmental justice update,” August 11, 2020 - The Diplomat
Shiloh Fetzek and Vice Admiral (Ret) Dennis McGinn, “Climate Change Is a Security Threat to the Asia-Pacific,” August 10, 2020 - Anchorage Daily News
Karlovich et al, “As the world warms, costs rise for Alaska military bases,” August 1, 2020 - Social Investor
A Chandler Foundation Publication, “The Value of Partnerships: Philanthropy’s Latest Trends,” July 2020 - Politico
Elizabeth Ralph, “Is North Korea’s Covid-19 Vaccine Program a Dangerous Ruse?” July 28, 2020 - Politico
Carmen Paun and Ryan Heath, “How the coronavirus can prepare us for bioterrorism,” July 24, 2020 - The National Interest
Sherri Goodman and Clara Summer, “Will Russia Weaponize Its Wheat As the World Combats the Coronavirus?” July 18, 2020 - Vox
Allison Crimmins, “Why the next president should establish a Department of Climate,” July 21, 2020 - Roll Call
John M. Donnelly, “Amid pandemic, Pentagon would cut ‘chem-bio’ protections,” July 13, 2020 - Roll Call
John M. Donnelly, “Hill recoils at proposed cut to Pentagon anti-pandemic effort,” June 19, 2020 - The Hill
John Conger and Alice Hill, “The US Needs a National Resilience Act,” June 11, 2020 - Back Story with Dana Lewis
Dana Lewis, “Interview with Admiral John Gower, CB OBE (Ret) and Christine Parthemore, NUCLEAR ARMS RACE,” June 8, 2020 - Vox
Alex Ward, “If the coronavirus fight is a “war,” Trump has been a disastrous commander in chief,” May 26, 2020 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Trump threatens climate efforts by defunding WHO — experts,” May 21, 2020 - Thomson Reuters Foundation News
Laurie Goering, “Future shock: COVID-19 failures show need to prep for climate threats,” May 21, 2020 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Trump threatens climate efforts by defunding WHO — experts,” May 21, 2020 - Back Story with Dana Lewis
Dana Lewis, “Interview with Hon. Andy Weber, NUCLEAR START,” May 11, 2020 - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Vandervort, Joan: “Sea level rise and beyond: Is the US military prepared for climate change?” Volume 76, 2020 – Issue 3, May 4, 2020 - The One Tree Planted Show
Interview with Sherri Goodman, “How Will Climate Change Affect National Security?” May 1, 2020 - AsiaGlobal Online
Rachel Fleishman, “The Responsibility To Prepare And Prevent: The Urgent Need For A Climate-Security Governance Architecture,” April 29, 2020 - Energia Oltre
Marco Orioles, “Petrolio, Covid-19 e Cina. Tutti i dossier per gli Usa,” April 28, 2020 - Politico
Natasha Bertrand, Daniel Lippman and Lara Seligman, “Officials probe the threat of a coronavirus bioweapon,” April 24, 2020 - CNN
Ira Helfand, Arun Mitra and Tilman Ruff, “Will Covid-19 save the world?,” April 17, 2020 - TIME
Kimberly Dozier, “China Wins: Why Trump’s WHO Funding Cut Is a Gift to Beijing,” April 15, 2020 - Climate One
Interview with Christine Parthemore, “What’s the Future of Nuclear Power?,” April 10, 2020 - Sight Magazine
Thin Wei Lin and Michael Taylor, “Double whammy”: Climate stress and coronavirus gang up on world’s vulnerable,” April 9, 2020 - Foreign Policy
Tammy Kupperman Thorp, “To Defeat the Coronavirus, Stop Corruption,” April 6, 2020 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
Thin Wei Lin and Michael Taylor, “ANALYSIS-Climate stress and coronavirus gang up on world’s vulnerable,” April 1, 2020 - Defense One
Natasha Bajema and Christine Parthemore, “How to Counter China’s Coronavirus Disinformation Campaign,” March 30, 2020 - Yahoo News
Sharon Weinberger, Jana Winter and Martin De Bourmont, “Suspected SARS virus and flu samples found in luggage: FBI report describes China’s ‘biosecurity risk’,” March 30, 2020 - Federal News Network (Federal Drive)
Interview with Christine Parthemore, “Effective communication of the utmost importance during pandemic,” March 17, 2020 - Vox
Alexander Ward, “What the military can and can’t do in a coronavirus response,” March 17, 2020 - SE12
Interview with Andrea Rezzonico, The Council on Strategic Risks, January 25, 2020 - Scott Amyx
Interview with Francesco Femia, CEO of The Council on Strategic Risks & Co-Founder, The Center for Climate and Security, December 23, 2019 - The Sociable
Tim Hinchliffe, “China and Russia are putting a new spin on the term ‘Cold War’ in the Arctic”: Senate hearing,” December 12, 2019 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Defense bill includes climate provisions for the military,” December 11, 2019 - Federal News Network – Federal Drive
Tom Temin, “Interview with Francesco Femia: Army War College finds service ill-equipped to face climate change,” December 6, 2019 - Yale Climate Connections
Interview with Lieutenant Commander Oliver-Leighton Barrett, USN (Ret), “How climate change influences immigration to the United States,” December 4, 2019 - Channel 4 News
Matt Frei, “Sherri Goodman: “Climate change is changing the security landscape,” December 4, 2019 - CNN
Chandelis Duster, “John Kerry on the climate crisis: ‘No country is getting the job done’,” December 1, 2019 - E&E News
Maya Earls, “‘Start acting right away.’ Group calls for global risk panel,” November 5, 2019 - Defense One
John Conger, “Protecting US Bases Increasingly Requires Hardening Civilian Infrastructure,” November 4, 2019 - Nation of Change
Derek Royden, “Risk assessment: Thoughts on ‘a climate security plan for America,’” November 1, 2019 - Community World
Bill Knight, “Humans aren’t hopeless on climate change,” October 30, 2019 - The New York Times
Denise Lu and Christopher FlavelleRising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows,” October 29, 2019 - Vice
Nafeez Ahmed, “U.S. Military Could Collapse Within 20 Years Due to Climate Change, Report Commissioned By Pentagon Says,” October 24, 2019 - Yale Climate Connections
Michael Svoboda, “12 reports on carbon pricing, climate security, and more,” October 18, 2019 - KTVA
Liz Raines, “Former military officials call for climate security plan, Arctic research,” October 9, 2019 - American Institute of Physics
This Week, “New Climate Reports Spotlight Impacts and Response Options,” September 30, 2019 - Morocco World News
Perri Huggins, “Climate Apartheid Is Upon Us,” September 28, 2019 - Newsweek
Alexandra Hutzler, “It’s Not Just Greta Thunberg, Former Top Military Officials Tell Donald Trump To Treat Climate Change As Major National Security Threat,” September 24, 2019 - Stars and Stripes
Wyatt Olson, “Former top military officials seek action, saying climate change poses ‘unprecedented security risks,’” September 24, 2019 - Medium
Aaron Gell, “People Are Seriously Talking About Invading Brazil to Save the Planet,” September 24, 2019 - TRT World
“Interview with Sherri Goodman,” September 23, 2019 - Forbes
Chunka Mui, “How Business Leaders Can Lead On Climate Change—Right Now. 3 Lessons From The U.S. Military,” September 22, 2019 - Huffington Post
Travis Waldron, “As The Amazon Burns, Brazil’s Best Ally In Climate Denial Is The United States,” September 22, 2019 - The Hill
Sherri Goodman and Gen. Gordon Sullivan, “Climate Change Threatens the Backbone of America’s Global Power,” September 22, 2019 - CBS News
Margaret Brennan, “Former intelligence analyst says White House tried to delete “basic science” from climate change report,” September 20, 2019 (interview with Dr. Rod Schoonover) - Bloomberg News
Bloomberg Markets: The Open, “Viewing Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier for Instability,” September 20, 2019 (interview with Sherri Goodman) - NPR On Point
Meghna Chakrabarti, “As The Effects Of Climate Change Escalate, So Could Global Conflict, Writer Says,” September 19, 2019 (interview with Francesco Femia begins at 25:05) - The New Republic
Emily Atkin, “The Blood-Dimmed Tide: Climate change is poised to alter the face of global conflict,” September 17, 2019 - MSNBC
John Conger, “Why climate change is a national security issue,” September 16, 2019 - IPI Global Observatory
Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia, “The Responsibility to Prepare for Climate Change,” September 16, 2019 - The Scientist
Catherine Offord, “Science Advisor William Happer to Leave National Security Council,” September 13, 2019 - Science
Scott Waldman, “Why a high-profile climate science opponent quit Trump’s White House,” September 12, 2019 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Death of climate panel prompted Happer resignation,” September 12, 2019 - Council on Foreign Relations
Busby, Joshua, “A Clear and Present Danger: Climate Risks, the Energy System, and U.S. National Security,” in “Impact of Climate Risk on the Energy System Examining the Financial, Security, and Technology Dimensions,” pg 54, September 2019 - The New York Times
Lisa Friedman, “Climate Denialist to Depart White House National Security Council,” September 11, 2019 - Heated
Emily Atkin, “John Bolton’s climate legacy,” September 11, 2019 - TRT World
TRT World Now, “Hurricane Dorian: Interview with Sherri Goodman,” September 8, 2019 - Associated Press
Seth Borenstein, “NOAA assailed for defending Trump’s Hurricane Dorian claim,” September 8, 2019 - KCRW
“Interview with John Conger,” To the Point, September 5, 2019 - Pete for America
“Mobilizing America: Rising to the Climate Challenge,” September 4, 2019 - CNN
Pete Buttigieg, “Pete Buttigieg: Bold climate action will be our new national project,” September 4, 2019 - University of Oxford
Stuart Gillespie, “The security threats of climate change,” September 3, 2019 (profile of CCS Research Fellow, Kate Guy) - War on the Rocks
Warcast, Interview with Francesco Femia, “The Amazon Burns: National and Regional Security Implications,” August 27, 2019 - Yale Climate Connections
“Rush for Arctic resources could pollute the region,” August 21, 2019 - E&E News
Philip Athey, “Sen. Rubio: Tyndall is ‘going to be better’ than ever,” August 15, 2019 - Gizmodo
Yessenia Funes, “The Navy Created The Pentagon’s First Climate Task Force And Now It’s Dead,” August 10, 2019 - Florida Today
John Conger, “Climate change is a threat to the space program and national security | Opinion,” August 5, 2019 - KUNC
Michael De Yoanna, “Chemical Weapons Depot In Pueblo On Army Climate Change List,” August 7, 2019 - Insurance Journal
Don Jergler, “Sun Valley Climate Conference’s Broad Agenda: Wildfires, Military, Insurance, Resilience,” August 1, 2019 - Public Radio International
PRI’s The World, “Former state dept official speaks after resignation,” July 31, 2019 - Mother Jones
Abigail Weinberg, “Climate Change Is Killing US Soldiers,” July 26, 2019 - National Defense
Gregory D. Foster, “Viewpoint: Environmental Industry Can Serve as Soft Power Tool,” July 24, 2019 - US Army war College
Brosig et al, “Implications of Climate Change for the U.S. Army,” July 2019 - TRT World
Ghida Fakhry, “Interview with Francesco Femia (begins at 17:45),” TRT World, “Climate Conflict?” July 18, 2019 - Yahoo News
Juliet Eilperin, “Trump official resigns after climate change warning is blocked,” July 11, 2019 - The New York Times
Coral Davenport, “State Dept. Intelligence Analyst Quits to Protest Blocked House Testimony,” July 10, 2019 - The Washington Post
Juliet Eilperin, “Intelligence aide, blocked from submitting written testimony on climate change, resigns from State Dept.,” July 10, 2019 - The Washington Examiner
Josh Siegel, “Trump mothballs climate skeptic panel,” July 10, 2019 - The Wall Street Journal
Timothy Puko and Warren P. Strobel, “State Department Analyst Resigns After White House Blocked Climate Change Testimony,” July 10, 2019 - The Atlantic Council
David Michel, “Iran’s Troubled Quest for Food Self-Sufficiency,” July 9, 2019 - NBC News and InsideClimateNews
Georgina Gustin and Mariana Heninger, “Central America’s choice: Pray for rain or migrate,” July 8, 2019 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Wrecked base offers ‘blank slate’ for climate resilience,” July 3, 2019 - The Beaufort Gazette
Stephen Fastenau, “Report: Parris Island and other military bases need help preparing for climate change,” June 28, 2019 - Tampa Bay Times
John Conger, “Climate change is threatening America’s national security at military bases across Florida, including MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa,” June 26, 2019 - Yale Climate Connections
Sarah Kennedy, “Why climate change is a “threat multiplier,” June 20, 2019 - War on the Rocks
Werrell, Femia and Conger, “A ‘Responsibility To Prepare’: A Strategy For Presidential Leadership On The Security Risks Of Climate Change,” June 14, 2019 - Defense One
Ben Watson, “These Are the US Military Bases Most Threatened by Climate Change,” June 13, 2019 - AlterNet
Julia Conley, “Trump’s Attempt to Suppress State Department Analyst’s Testimony-on Climate Crisis “is what fascists do,” June 9, 2019 - Kyodo News
Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, USN (Ret), “OPINION: Japan is not battle ready for climate change,” June 8, 2019 - The New York Times
Lisa Friedman, “White House Tried to Stop Climate Science Testimony, Documents Show,” June 8, 2019 - The Washington Post
Juliet Eilperin, Josh Dawsey, Brady Dennis, “White House blocked intelligence agency’s written testimony saying climate change could be ‘possibly catastrophic’,” June 7, 2019 - Roll Call
Nathan Ouellette and Jinitzail Hernandez, “Bracing for impact: Is the military climate-ready?” Roll Call, June 7, 2019 - Le Monde
Clémentine Thiberge, “Le climat, nouvelle donne pour penser les guerres de demain,” June 3, 2019 - Medium
Elizabeth Warren, “Our Military Can Help Lead the Fight Against Climate Change,” May 15, 2019 - Bloomberg
Jennifer Jacobs, Alyza Sebenius and Christopher Flavelle, “Trump Visits Storm-Damaged Panhandle, Pledges Financial Aid,” May 9, 2019 - PassBlue
Adriana Erthal Abdenur, “Climate Change and Risk of Conflict: The Links Grow Clearer,” May 7, 2019 - Government Matters
John Conger, “Air Force bases stop work on disaster recovery,” May 6, 2019 - NBC
Linda Givetash, “Militaries go green, rethink operations in face of climate change,” April 27, 2019 - C-SPAN (Washington Journal)
“John Conger on Climate Change and National Security,” April 25, 2019 -
Medium
Jared Keller, “The Military, Not the White House, Is Readying for Climate Change,” April 16, 2019 - PBS News Hour
Mike Cerre, “In Niger, rising temperatures mean barren fields — but fertile ground for terrorism,” April 16, 2019 - U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
“The Need for Leadership to Combat Climate Change and Protect National Security,” April 9, 2019 - Washington Post
Juliet Eiplerin, Brady Dennis, Missy Ryan, “As White House questions climate change, U.S. military is planning for it,” April 8, 2019 - E&E News: Defense
Courtney Columbus, “GOP trashes Paris deal but sees warming’s security impacts,” April 3, 2019 - Courthouse News Service
Brandi Buchman, “Climate Change Needs National-Security Response, Experts Tell House,” April 2, 2019 - U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on “How Climate Change Threatens U.S. National Security.” , April 2, 2019
- Defense One
Ben Watson, “Climate change versus the U.S. military,” March 30, 2019 - Voice of America
Michael Lipin, “Iran Estimates Agricultural Losses from Floods at $180 Million,” March 29, 2019 - Breaking Defense
Paul McLeary, “Marine Commandant Memo Adds Billions to DoD’s Growing Weather Cleanup,” March 22, 2019 - PBS News Hour
Margery A. Beck, Ellen Knickmeyer and Robert Burns, “Midwest floods foreshadow national security threat posed by climate change,” March 22, 2019 - NBC News
David Hasemeyer, “U.S. military knew the flood risks at Nebraska’s Offutt Air Force Base, but didn’t act in time,” March 21, 2019 - Reuters
Timothy Gardner, “Flooded U.S. Air Force base underscores climate risk to security: experts,” March 18, 2019 - The Verge
Rachel Becker, “Nebraska flooding shows (again) how extreme weather can threaten national security,” March 18, 2019 - Roll Call
“Creation of a panel disputing climate change causes White House infighting,” March 14, 2019 - E&E News
Scott Waldman, “Dems avoid White House climate review,” March 14, 2019 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “Key Democrat has ‘considerable doubt’ about military readiness,” March 14, 2019 - Daily Press
Tamara Dietrich, “Kaine aims to help defend Hampton Roads military readiness with Climate Security Act,” March 13, 2019 - U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Readiness Subcommittee, “Ensuring Resiliency of Military Installations and Operations in Response to Climate Changes,” March 13, 2019
- Daily Comet
Editorial Opinion, “Our opinion: Trump climate panel’s process is important,” March 12, 2019 - Mother Jones
Jackie Flynn Mogensen, “Five Things a Democratic President Could Do By Declaring a National Emergency Over Climate Change,” March 8, 2019 - CNN – Christiane Amanpour
Interview with Rear Admiral David Titley, USN (Ret), “‘Crazy’ to ignore climate change security threats,” March 7, 2019 - The New York Times
General John R. Allen and David G. Victor, “Despite What Trump Says, Climate Change Threatens Our National Security,” March 7, 2019 - The International Business Times
Precious Silva, “Donald Trump’s Plans Can Increase CO2 Emissions And Worsen Climate Change,” March 6, 2019 - The Washington Post
Dino Grandoni, “The Energy 202: Why ex-military leaders are trying to stop Trump’s panel to counter climate science,” March 6, 2019 - Washington Examiner
John Siciliano and Josh Siegel, “Daily on Energy: Pressure mounting against White House climate panel,” March 6, 2019 - Politico
“White House climate panel would pose security risk, experts warn,” March 6, 2019 - Carbon Brief
“World’s top 20 airlines falling short on climate change commitments, study finds,” March 6, 2019 - Earth and Space Science News (EOS)
Randy Showstack, “Former Officials Slam Planned White House Climate Change Panel,” March 6, 2019 - CNET
Marrian Zhou, “Former security officials to Trump: Stop trying to undermine climate science,” March 6, 2019 - Earther
Yessenia Funes, “58 National Security Experts Denounce Trump’s Latest Plan to Dispute Climate Science,” March 6, 2019 - The Washington Post
Dino Grandoni, “White House plans to counter climate change ‘will erode our national security,’ 58 former officials warn,” March 5, 2019 - NPR
Dalia Mortada, “Former Defense Leaders Warn White House It’s ‘Dangerous’ To Downplay Climate Change,” March 5, 2019 - KUNC
Dalia Mortada, “Former Defense Leaders Warn White House It’s ‘Dangerous’ To Downplay Climate Change,” March 5, 2019 - The Hill
Brett Samuels, “Dozens of ex-officials warn Trump against White House panel on climate change,” March 5, 2019 - Congressional Quarterly
Benjamin J. Hulac, “Former Security Officials to Trump: Don’t Politicize Climate,” March 5, 2019 - Axios
Andrew Freedman, “58 former national security leaders oppose Trump climate panel,” March 5, 2019 - The Verge
Rachel Becker, “Former officials urge Trump to stop undermining climate science,” March 5, 2019 - Stars and Stripes
Dino Grandoni, “White House plans to counter climate change ‘will erode our national security,’ 58 former officials warn,” March 5, 2019 - Boston Globe
Dino Grandoni, “White House plans disputing climate change ‘will erode our national security,’” 58 ex-officials warn,” March 5, 2019 - Washington Examiner
Josh Siegel, “John Kerry, Chuck Hagel lead former national security officials in rebuke of Trump’s climate skeptic panel,” March 5, 2019 - David Wallace-Wells
“The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming,” February 2019 - E&E News
Nick Sobczyk, “Dems to Trump: Don’t let skeptics review science,” February 28, 2019 - Office of U.S. Senator Brian Schatz
Letter to the President on the White House “ad hoc group of select federal scientists,” February 27, 2019 - Lawfare
Michelle Melton, “The White House’s Climate Committee Red-Teams Reality,” February 26, 2019 - NPR
1A, Interview with John Conger, “Why Are We Still Debating Climate Change?,” February 25, 2019 - The Daily Caller
Tim Pearce, “Report: White House Convenes Panel to Reassess Climate Change Risks,” February 25, 2019 - WHYY
Dick Polman, “The Trump regime wants to believe the Earth is flat,” February 25, 2019 - The Washington Post
Juliet Eilperin, Josh Dawsey and Brady Dennis, “White House to select federal scientists to reassess government climate findings, sources say,” February 24, 2019 - Chicago Tribune
Eilperin, Dawsey and Dennis, “Trump to set up science panel to counter his own government’s climate change consensus, officials say,” February 24, 2019 - CNN News
“Washington Post: White House plans to assemble group of scientists to re-evaluate climate science conclusions,” February 24, 2019 - The Daily Princetonian
Bill Huang, “Global warming denier William Happer *64 appointed to climate panel,” February 24, 2019 - National Geographic
Andrew Revkin, “Does the U.S. need a ‘presidential climate security committee’?,” February 22, 2019 - Salon
Igor Derysh, “Science denier who once compared CO2 to Jews in Nazi Germany will head Trump’s climate panel,” February 22, 2019 - Science
Scott Waldman, “Retired physicist leading new Trump effort to question climate threat to security,” February 21, 2019 - Reuters
Laurie Goering, “Prepare now for accelerating climate threats, military officials warn,” February 21, 2019 - Earther
Tom McKay, “Report: Trump Wants Guy Who Compared Climate Science to the Holocaust to Head Climate Panel,” February 21, 2019 - The Washington Post
Dino Grandoni, “The Energy 202: Democrats sound alarm about Trump appointees’ proposed nuclear energy sales to Saudi Arabia,” February 20, 2019 - The Washington Post
Juliet Eilperin and Missy Ryan, “White House readies panel to assess if climate change poses a national security threat,” February 20, 2019 - Vanity Fair
Bess Levin, “Trump’s New Climate Czar: Carbon Dioxide Has Been Treated Just Like ‘Jews Under Hitler,” February 20, 2019 - Bustle
Kavitha George, “Trump’s Proposed Climate Change Panel Would Be Led By A Man Who Doubts It’s Even Real,” February 20, 2019 - Associated Press
Kevin Freking and Seth Borenstein, “Climate threat doubter is leading effort to advise Trump,” February 20, 2019 - The Intelligencer (New York Magazine)
Matt Stieb, “Report: Climate Denier to Lead White House Climate Panel,” February 20, 2019 - The Independent
Borzou Daragahi, “From the US to the Netherlands, military leaders are speaking up on climate change,” February 20, 2019 - Reuters
Timothy Gardner, “White House readies panel to question security risks of climate,” February 20, 2019 - CNBC
Timothy Gardner, “White House readies panel to question security risks of climate,” February 20, 2019 - TIME
Kevin Freking and Seth Borenstein, “Climate Change Doubter Is Leading Effort to Advise President Trump on Climate Security,” February 20, 2019 - The New York Times
Coral Davenport, “White House Panel Will Study Whether Climate Change Is a National Security Threat. It Includes a Climate Denialist,” February 20, 2019 - CNN
Devan Cole, “Washington Post: Climate skeptic may lead WH panel to study climate change and national security,” February 20, 2019 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “White House mulls panel to review ‘adversarial’ studies,” February 20, 2019 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “International military council created to tackle climate,” February 20, 2019 - Devdiscourse
Newsdesk, “UPDATE 2-Trade talks keep European shares afloat as Sainsbury’s, Swedbank sink,” February 20, 2019 - Reuters
Laurie Goering, “Climate change an ‘imminent’ security threat, risk experts say,” February 19, 2019 - Scientific American
Jean Chemnick, “Where Climate Change Fits into Venezuela’s Ongoing Crisis,” February 18, 2019 - E&E News
Jean Chemnick, “Climate change lurks in background of humanitarian crisis,” February 15, 2019 - The Post and Courier
Bo Petersen, “US military prepping for sea rise in SC as funding stalls,” February 14, 2019 - Defense One
Paulina Glass, “Lawmakers Tell Pentagon: Revise and Resubmit Your Climate-Change Report,” February 6, 2019 - Huffington Post
Alexander C. Kaufman, “Green New Deal Resolution Poised To Shake Up Democrats’ Foreign Policy Debate,” February 5, 2019 - Bloomberg
Christopher Flavelle, “The Navy Wants to Build a Wall to Stave Off Climate Change,” February 1, 2019 - E&E News
Mark K. Matthews and Scott Waldman, “This is what a climate emergency declaration looks like,” February 1, 2019 - E&E News
Mark K. Matthews, “Top intelligence official issues warning on climate change,” January 30, 2019 - Washington Post
Dino Grandoni, “The Energy 202: Another winter, another Trump call for ‘good old fashioned Global Warming,’” January 22, 2019 - Nation of Change
Ashley Curtin, “New Congressional report issued by Pentagon warns against climate change, calls it a ‘global issue,’” January 22, 2019 - Washington Post
Brady Dennis, Chris Mooney and Missy Ryan, “Pentagon report details climate risks to bases, but critics say it falls short on detail,” January 19, 2019 - Stars and Stripes
Brady Dennis, Chris Mooney and Missy Ryan, “Pentagon report details climate risks to bases, but critics say it falls short on detail,” January 19, 2019 - Military Times
Tara Copp, “DoD: Majority of mission-critical bases face climate change threats,” January 18, 2019 - Tampa Bay Times
Howard Altman, “Tyndall Air Force base finds new mission with the billions to be spent repairing hurricane damage,” January 18, 2019 - Inside Climate News
Nicholas Kuznetz, “U.S. Military Report Warns Climate Change Threatens Key Bases,” January 18, 2019 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “Pentagon climate report slammed for ‘strange gaps,’” January 18, 2019 - Vox
Alex Ward, “The Pentagon calls climate change a national security threat. Trump isn’t listening,” January 18, 2019 - Huffington Post
Chris D’Angelo and Alexander C. Kaufman, “Pentagon Confirms Climate Change Is A National Security Threat, Contradicting Trump,” January 18, 2019 - Mother Jones
Dan Spinelli, “The Pentagon’s New Climate Change Report Is Missing Some Important Details,” January 18, 2019 - START Magazine
Fabio Vanorio, “Come si dibatte tra Pentagono e Trump sulla minaccia del Climate Change alla Sicurezza degli Stati Uniti (prima parte),” January 13, 2019 - Government Matters
Andrew Wagner, “Interview with John Conger: Climate change’s impact on military installations around the world,” January 9, 2019 - Fast Company
Adele Peters, “How soon will climate change force you to move?” January 8, 2019 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “Incoming chief has said little about climate impacts,” December 28, 2018 - CDEMA News
“Regional Consultation on Climate and Security in the Caribbean,” Volume 3, Issue 2, December 2018 - Mother Jones
Dan Spinelli, “This Year’s Extreme Weather Showed That the Pentagon Is Not Ready for Climate Change,” December 21. 2018 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “Mattis, who tied climate to national security, steps down,” December 21, 2018 - APPS Policy Forum
Michael Thomas and Anthony Bergin, “New Zealand Defence not turning its back on climate change,” December 20, 2019 - The Hill
John Conger, “Climate change puts our military bases at risk,” December 7, 2018 - British Forces Radio
Sitrep, “Could climate change create a security crisis triggering a military response?” December 7, 2018 - Yahoo News
Alexander Nazaryan, “The climate change ‘resistance’ movement inside the Trump administration,” December 6, 2018 - War on the Rocks
Caitlin Werrell and Francesco Femia, “Climate Change as a National Security Threat and What to Do About It,” December 3, 2018 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “Report details security impacts of warming,” November 27, 2018 - Earther
Brian Kahn, “The Trump Administration’s New Climate Report Shows Just How Shortsighted and Dangerous Its Border Policies Are,” November 28, 2018 - Washington Examiner
Jamie McIntyre, “Climate change report underscores national security threats,” November 26, 2018 - The Post and Courier
Chloe Johnson and Bo Peterson, “SC faces not only floods but more wildfires in warmer future, national report finds,” November 26, 2018 - U.S. Global Change Research Program
“Fourth National Climate Assessment Vol II,” November 23, 2018 - NBC News
Nicholas Kusnetz, “Rising seas threaten Norfolk Naval Shipyard, raising fears of ‘catastrophic damage’,” November 19, 2018 - Inside Climate News
Nicholas Kusnetz, “U.S. Nuclear Fleet’s Dry Docks Threatened by Storms and Rising Seas,” November 19, 2018 - Inside Climate News
Neela Banerjee, “Dangers Without Borders: Military Readiness in a Warming World,” November 19, 2018 - Lawfare
Michelle Melton, “Climate Change and National Security, Part I: What is the Threat, When’s It Coming, and How Bad Will It Be?” November 19, 2018 - Scientific American
Courtney Columbus, “Hurricane-Damaged Air Force Base Has an Opportunity to Rebuild for Resilience,” November 9, 2018 - Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
Parthemore, Femia and Werrell, “The global responsibility to prepare for intersecting climate and nuclear risks“, November 1, 2018 - Scientific American
Adam Aton, “Caravan Provides a Preview of Climate Migrations, Experts Say,” October 29, 2018 - E&E News
Adam Aton, “Experts see preview of climate migrations in caravan,” October 29, 2018 - The Huffington Post
Alexander Kaufman, “Trump’s Military Response To Migrant Caravan Foreshadows A Dark Long-Term Climate Policy,” October 27, 2018 - Pacific Standard
Jared Keller, “Hurricane Michael Reminded America Why Climate Change is a National Security Risk,” October 19, 2018 - The President’s Inbox, The Council on Foreign Relations
James Lindsay, A Discussion on Climate Security and Water Crises with Sherri Goodman, October 18, 2018 - IRIS
Alice Baillat and Bastien Alex, “How climate change challenges the US Department of Defense?” October 17, 2018 - The New York Times
Dave Phillips, “Exposed by Michael: Climate Threat to Warplanes at Coastal Bases,” October 17, 2018 - Bloomberg
Bloomberg Daybreak Americas, “Viewing Climate Change as a Geopolitical Risk,” September 26, 2018 - E&E News
Adam Aton and Daniel Cusick, “Navy needs to consider broader climate effects, experts say,” September 25, 2018 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “Va. taps first Cabinet member to tackle rising seas,” September 21, 2018 - Bloomberg
Eric Roston and Mark Niquette, “Florence’s Path Shows Pentagon Has to Fight Climate Threats Too,” September 17, 2018 - The Winchester Star
Nick Snow, “McCain remembered,” September 15, 2018 - CleanTechnica
Carolyn Fortuna, “What Will Persuade Conservatives To Fight Climate Change?,” September 12, 2018 - Washington Post
Dino Grandoni, “The Energy 202: How to get Trump to sign climate legislation? Put it in a defense bill,” August 14, 2018 - E&E News
Courtney Columbus, “Trump signs NDAA with climate, chemical, species riders,” August 13, 2018 - Green Tech Media
Jeff St. John, “Trump Signs Military Funding Bill That Includes Focus on Energy, Climate Security,” August 13, 2018 - Ben Pogue
Ben Pogue, “Sea level and security,” August 8, 2018 - Digital Journal
Karen Graham, “South Carolina Military leaders take action on sea level rise,” August 6, 2018 - The Citadel News and Events
“Military respond as rising seas threaten installations,” August 6, 2018 - Military.com
Bo Peterson, “Military Respond as Rising Seas Threaten Installations,” August 6, 2018 - The Washington Post
Bo Peterson, “Military respond as rising seas threaten installations,” August 5, 2018 - The New York Times
Bo Peterson, “Military respond as rising seas threaten installations,” August 5, 2018 - ABC News
Bo Peterson, “Military respond as rising seas threaten installations,” August 5, 2018 - Stars and Stripes
Bo Peterson, “South Carolina military leaders respond as rising seas threaten installations,” August 5, 2018 - U.S. News and World Report
Bo Peterson, “Military Respond as Rising Seas Threaten Installations,” August 5, 2018 - Washington Times
Bo Peterson, “Military Respond as Rising Seas Threaten Installations,” August 5, 2018 - The Charlotte Observer
- Bo Peterson, “Military Respond as Rising Seas Threaten Installations,” August 5, 2018
- The Post and Courier (SC)
Bo Peterson, “Parris Island, Charleston Coast Guard threatened by rising seas, global warming,” August 5, 2018 - Virginia NPR
Pamela D’Angelo, “Experts Say What Happens In The Arctic Affects Norfolk Flooding,” July 27, 2018 - Think Progress
E.A. Crunden, “Bipartisan group of lawmakers quietly presses Pentagon on altered climate change report,” July 24, 2018 - The Interpreter
Kumuda Simpson, “Japan floods a warning for a changed climate,” July 13, 2018 - CNN
Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, “The threat Trump has to acknowledge at NATO,” July 10, 2018 - Daily Press
Tamara Dietrich, “Other regions offer lessons on tackling rising sea impacts, experts say,” July 10, 2018 - USA Today
Gerald Harris, “Trump’s skepticism aside, the Navy is taking climate change seriously,” June 28, 2018 - Securite & Defense Magazine
“Europe’s responsibility to prepare : managing climate security in a changing world,” June 22, 2018 - PreventionWeb
“At critical juncture for the EU, experts unveil “Europe’s Responsibility to Prepare” framework for climate and security,” June 21, 2018 - MeteoWeb
Antonella Petris, “Clima: minaccia per la sicurezza: l’UE ha la “responsabilità di prepararsi,” June 21, 2018 - Washington Times
Ben Wolfgang, “Despite sea change at White House, Pentagon steps up climate change preparations,” June 3, 2018 - Australian Institute of International Affairs
Shirley Scott and Charlotte Ku, “The UN Security Council as a Climate Governance Institution,” May 22, 2018 - Axios
Andrew Freedman, ‘First map of global freshwater trends shows “human fingerprint,”‘ May 16, 2018 - Washington Post
Chris Mooney and Missy Ryan, “The phrase ‘climate change’ appeared in a draft Pentagon report 23 times. The final version used it once,” May 10, 2018 - E&E News
Nick Sobczyk, “Group aims to ‘open up’ DOD grants for climate adaptation,” May 7, 2018 - Foreign Policy
Martin De Bourmont and Dan De Luce, “The Head of the U.S. Coast Guard Isn’t Afraid to Talk About Climate Change,” May 4, 2018 - Business Insider
John Haltiwanger, “Some US defenses against a North Korean nuclear attack could be knocked out without a shot — by climate change,” April 30, 2018 - StarTribune
Paul Douglas, “Sea Level Rise Threatens Water Supply on Thousands of Islands,” April 26, 2018 - Washington Post
Chris Moony and Brady Dennis, “The military paid for a study on sea level rise. The results were scary,” April 25, 2018 - Inside Climate News
Nicholas Kusnetz, “Climate Change Will Leave Many Pacific Islands Uninhabitable by Mid-Century, Study Says,” April 25, 2018 - E&E News
Nick Sobczyk, “Former Pentagon official will lead climate group,” April 6, 2018 - WGME (Maine)
WGME, “Sen. King leads panel on climate change, national security,” April 5, 2018 - Maine Public Radio
Susan Sharon, “Retired Marine General Sees Climate Change as National Security Threat,” April 6, 2018 - Portland Press Herald
Dennis Hoey, “Climate change panel outlines national security threats posed by rising sea levels,” April 5, 2018 - World Politics Review
Ellen Laipson, “Below the Radar, the U.S. Is Making Steady Progress on the Climate-Security Nexus,” March 13, 2018 - NPR
Christopher Joyce, “New Report Predicts Rising Tides, More Flooding,” March 5, 2018 - Fair Warning
Chelsea Conaboy, “Warning wire: Climate change as military crisis,” March 1, 2018 - Scientific American
Scott Waldman, “Key Missile Defense Installation Will be Uninhabitable in Less Than 20 Years,” March 1, 2018 - Association of Defense Communities
Dan Cohen, “Pentagon Needs to Prepare for Threat of Sea-Level Rise, Panel Says,” February 28, 2018 - Washington Examiner
Jamie McIntyre and Travis J. Tritten, “New Climate Change Warning,” February 27, 2018 - E&E News
Nick Sobczyk, “Military analysts press ‘whole-of-government’ approach,” February 27, 2018 - Stars and Stripes
John Vandiver, “Retired generals: US bases, missions threatened by rising sea levels,” February 27, 2018 - Inside Climate News
Neela Banerjee, “Sea Level Rise Damaging More U.S. Bases, Former Top Military Brass Warn,” February 26, 2018 - The Ledger
Tom McLaughlin, “Military on front line of battle with sea level rise,” updated on February 26, 2018 - GateHouse Media
Tom McLaughlin, “Military on front line of battle with sea level rise,” February 23, 2018 - Economist
“One arm of the Trump administration thinks climate change is a security threat,” February 22, 2018 - Discover
Tom Yulsman, “As Trump seeks climate funding cuts, new findings and the U.S. intelligence community highlight serious climate risks, February 15, 2018 - MCC
Abby Hershberger, “At the Intersection of Climate Change and Conflict (part I),” February 9, 2018 - Wired
Bonnie Christian, “As Day Zero nears, Cape Town’s drought is a stark reminder: climate change can cause conflict,” February 1, 2018 - Federal News Radio
Eric White, “Military bases are vulnerable to climate change, according to a new study from the Defense Department,” February 1, 2018 - 89.3 KPCC
Libby Denkman, “California military bases report damage from extreme climate, weather events,” February 1, 2018 - Thomson Reuters Foundation
“Despite Trump’s climate change denial, Pentagon says warming threatens half of U.S. military sites,” February 1, 2018 - USA Today
Sammy Roth, “Climate change, extreme weather already threaten 50% of U.S. military sites,” January 31, 2018 - Defense One
Caroline Houck, “Half of the US Military’s Sites Are Vulnerable to Climate Change. Now What?,” January 31, 2018 - Reuters
Sebastien Malo, “Climate change threatens half of U.S. military sites: Pentagon,” January 31, 2018 - The Guardian
Sebastien Malo, “Climate change threatens half of U.S. military sites: Pentagon report finds ,” January 31, 2018 - Swiftnary
Sonia Javadekar, “US military provisions vulnerable to extreme weather and climate risks,” January 31, 2018 - Washington Post
Missy Ryan, “Pentagon survey details effects of climate change on military sites,” January 30, 2018 - Washington Post
Dino Grandoni, “The Energy 202: Trump keeps saying the U.S. may stay in the Paris climate accord. And the media keeps believing him,” January 30, 2018 - Washington Examiner
Jamie McIntyre and Travis Tritten, “Pentagon orders watchdog to hide data showing Taliban’s progress in Afghanistan,” January 30, 2018 - Stars and Stripes
Wyatt Olson, “Floods, droughts and fires: Survey says hundreds of DOD properties vulnerable to climate-related damage,” January 30, 2018 - Science
Nick Sobczyk, “Half of U.S. military facilities vulnerable to extreme weather and climate risks,” January 30, 2018 - West Side Story
“Report shows half of US military bases have been affected by climate change,” January 30, 2018 - Washington Examiner
Travis Tritten, “50 percent of US military bases report climate extremes, new Pentagon study says,” January 29, 2018 - Vox
David Roberts, “The trouble with Trump leaving climate change to the military,” January 23, 2018 - Newsweek
Sydney Pereira, “Pentagon Scraps Climate Change as a Security Risk in New Strategy – Even Though Defense Secretary Has Said It’s a Clear Threat,” January 19, 2018 - E&E News
Nick Sobczyk, “National defense strategy won’t address climate,” January 18, 2018 - Earth and Space Science News (EOS)
Randy Showstack, “Climate Change is National Security Risk, Congress Members Warn,” January 18, 2018 - Pacific Standard
Sean Mowbray, “Trump and the Military Are At Odds on Climate Change,” January 18, 2018 - Mongabay
Sean Mowbray, “A tale of two policies: climate change, Trump and the U.S. military,” January 17, 2018 - Inside Climate News
Phil McKenna, “106 Lawmakers Urge Trump: Restore Climate Change in National Security Strategy,” January 16, 2018 - Foreign Policy
Anatol Lieven, “The Only Force That Can Beat Climate Change Is the U.S. Army,” January 9, 2018