Titanium Developer Forum » Uncategorized http://8ify.com A community camp ground for Devs using Appcelerator's Titanium. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:06:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Pentagon to Include Climate Change in Major New Defense Review http://8ify.com/pentagon-to-include-climate-change-in-major-new-defense-review/1878 http://8ify.com/pentagon-to-include-climate-change-in-major-new-defense-review/1878#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:47:00 +0000 8ify.com - Green http://cleantechnica.com/2010/02/01/pentagon-to-include-climate-change-in-major-new-defense-review/ In the new Quadrennial Defense Review, the U.S. Department of Defense recognizes climate change as a factor in global conflict.Reporter Roxana Tiron of The Hill picked this up over the weekend: the U.S. Department of Defense (aka the Pentagon) will include an analysis of climate change in the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), a comprehensive strategic analysis which is set for release today. The branches of the U.S. armed forces have been busy acting on climate change for years, most notably the U.S. Army (and within that, the Army Corps of Engineers), the U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Air Force. Tiron reports that today’s QDR will mark the first time that the Pentagon itself recognizes climate change as a factor in global instability and U.S. national security. The QDR was delivered to Congress last Friday and a draft is posted on InsideDefense.com, a subscriber website.

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