Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles or tell us about other current items of interest in the comment thread below.
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Think tank’s report a grim warning that national security is tied to global warming
Asheville Citizen-Times, 04.22.07
Today is Earth Day.
Like most words in this highly politicized world, the phrase instantly puts a picture in the mind. Environmen-talists might see a parched field in need of rain. Rush Limbaugh fans might picture “environmental wackos.”
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Finding balance between red state, green beliefs
The Post and Courier, 04.22.07
A former Bush administration official will be meeting with environmentalists and Republican officials in Columbia this week to encourage the two groups, which often don’t see eye to eye, to work together on climate change.
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Climate of subtle conflict
Washington Times, 04.22.07
Bryan K. Mignone is a Science & Technology Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. Mark D. Drapeau is an AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow at the Center for Technology and National Security Policy of the National Defense University. These views are their own and not the official views of the National Defense University, the U.S. Defense Department or the U.S. government.
In the segregated world of Washington politics, environmentalists rarely cross paths with four-star generals. It’s not that these groups avoid each other deliberately; there has never been a compelling reason to seek each other out.
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Climate change: An issue of global security
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 04.22.07
Water dries up, food production declines, disease spreads. Huge populations wander in search of scarce resources.
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