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SENATE TACKLES CARBON; SECURITY, STABILITY CONCERN G8 LEADERS
Middle East tensions and global terrorism eclipsed climate change as a topic at the G8 meeting in Calgary, Alberta, Canada last week, giving U.S. President George Bush a reprieve from having to defend his administration's often-criticized opposition to Middle East tensions and global terrorism eclipsed climate change as...
Tags: climate change, leader, security, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2002-07-01
Nukes, Coal and the National Security Argument
When the standard let's-save-the-environment argument failed to motivate Congress members to pick up the climate change legislation flag, advocates turned to the economy and job creation. Now a bipartisan group of former Congressmen and U.S. foreign policy leaders -- with resumes tough to ignore -- is pushing...
Tags: Security, Senator, Lieberman Software Corp, Climate Change, Climate Change Legislation, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-09-10
CIA Tackles Climate Change and Its Risk to National Security
The Central Intelligence Agency -- the country's first line of defense -- will add rising sea levels, desertification and population shifts caused by climate change as one more potential threat to national security. The CIA announced recently it will open the Center on Climate Change and National...
Tags: Security, CIA, Climate Change, Intelligence Agency, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-09-29
Valero CEO: Climate Bill Threatens U.S. National Security
Valero CEO Bill Klesse lays out the case against climate change legislation, arguing that it will threaten U.S. national security by killing off the domestic refining industry and giving foreign companies a competitive advantage. by Kirsten Korosec
Tags: Security, Climate Change, Valero L.P., Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-10-28

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Climate Change And Energy Security: The Future Is Now
In this paper, Dr. Joseph A. Stanislaw, independent senior advisor to Deloitte's Energy & Resources Group, discusses the convergence of climate change and energy security over the past two years. For the first time in history, nations, corporate leaders, entrepreneurs and individuals believe they can make a difference - through...
Tags: Security, Deloitte LLP, Entrepreneurship, Management
White papers 2007-11-09
Urex Energy Applauds IEA'S Recommendation for Increased Use of Nuclear Power to Slow Climate Change and Increase Energy Security in New ''World Energy Outlook 2006''.
M2 PRESSWIRE-21 December 2006-GrowthStockAnalyst.com: Urex Energy Applauds IEA'S Recommendation for Increased Use of Nuclear Power to Slow Climate Change and Increase Energy Security in New ''World Energy Outlook 2006''C1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:21122006 Stocks to Watch: Urex Energy Corporation (OTCBB:...
Tags: Company, emission, Northwest Airlines Corp., security, stock, telecommunications, U.S., WIRELESS
Research articles 2006-12-21
CIA Climate Change Office Under Attack Before It Even Opens
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...
News items 2009-10-07
CIA Climate Change Center Survives Funding Opposition
The Central Intelligence Agency's plan to open the Center on Climate Change and National Security faced a setback -- aka Sen. John Barrasso --earlier this week, over opposition to what the Republican Wyoming senator called "misguided defense funding priorities." BNET Energy wrote about the CIA's new center on climate change...
Tags: CIA, Climate Change, Kirsten Korosec
Blog posts 2009-10-08
DOD STUDY DUBS CLIMATE CHANGE NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE
Climate change could send the world into a state of total chaos and disarray by 2030, as large areas of the earth become inhabitable, causing border skirmishes and mass conflicts over resources on whatever land is left habitable. So suggests a startlin Climate change could send the world...
Tags: Climate Change, U.S. Department of Defense
Research articles 2004-03-01
Scientists tell leaders to tackle climate change, energy security
PARIS AFP — Top scientific bodies called Wednesday on world leaders gathering at a G8 summit next month to tackle the twin issues of energy security and climate change. "The problem is not yet insoluble, but becomes more difficult with each passing day," said the 13 national science academies...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, leader, summit
Research articles 2007-05-16
Climate change biggest security risk, says Australia's top cop
SYDNEY AFP — Climate change poses this century's biggest security threat, possibly forcing the migration of millions of people from countries such as China, Australia's top policeman has warned. Water and food shortages could send waves of migrants across oceans and borders in the Asia-Pacific region, causing social disruption...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Asia-Pacific, Australia, China, food, Manufacturing, SECURITY, unrest
Research articles 2007-09-25
Blair to push climate change in talks with Merkel
LONDON AFP — British Prime Minister Tony Blair will press German Chancellor Angela Merkel over climate change and energy security, his spokesman said ahead of talks between the two leaders. Blair wants to push the issues further up the agenda after his government published a major report this week which...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, Leadership, SOFTWARE, spokesman
Research articles 2006-11-02
European Commission Proposes an Integrated Energy and Climate Change Package to Cut Emissions for the 21st Century
WASHINGTON -- The European Commission today proposed a comprehensive new Energy Policy for Europe to combat climate change and boost the European Union's energy security and competitiveness. Setting a series of ambitious targets on greenhouse gas emissions and renewable energy, the package of proposals aims to create a true internal...
Tags: European Commission
Research articles 2007-01-10
Bird flu, climate change among Asia's threats
SINGAPORE AFP — Asian nations must unite to confront bird flu, climate change and a growing list of other issues that threaten the region, analysts said at a conference. The outbreak of avian flu and the 26 December 2004 tsunami that killed 220,000 people in Asia showed that no single...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, degradation, SECURITY
Research articles 2007-01-08
NY AG and AES Agree on Climate Change Disclosures
« Ohio AG Sues Rating Agencies | Main | SEC & CFTC Issue Joint Orders on Security-Based Futures Contracts » New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo today announced an agreement that requires the AES Corporation AES - a global energy company operating in 29 countries with annual revenues exceeding...
Tags: AES
News items 2009-11-20
Climate Change Provides Job Security
In the midst of a sagging economy crippled by layoffs and a global credit crunch, there is a bright spot among the new green economy. People working in the climate change industry feel safe in their jobs. [Pause for ironic contemplation]. The first-ever Carbon Salary Survey, conducted...
Tags: Benefits, Human Resources, Job, Kirsten Korosec, Personal Finance, Recruitment & Selection, Salary, Worker, Workforce Management
Blog posts 2009-06-04
Security Council to hold unprecedented debate on climate change
UNITED NATIONS AFP — For the first time in its history, the UN Security Council on Tuesday debates climate change, a sign that the burning issue is increasingly being seen as a major threat to world security. The theme of the open debate, held at the initiative of Britain...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, diplomat, SECURITY
Research articles 2007-04-16
Study Finds Climate Change Real Threat to National Security; Fast Solution: Limit Commercial Jet Flights, Group Reports
CHICAGO, Feb. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- On Feb. 22, a secret Pentagon report was leaked, warning of grave scenarios in the very near future due to climate change. The report points to the serious threat to our National Security in the event steps were not taken immediately to...
Tags: aircraft, aviation, emission, Manufacturing, Pentagon, Transportation, U.S.
Research articles 2004-02-27
What do Americans Think about Climate Change Legislation? Polls Differ
Posted by: John Carey on August 11 In an landmark vote on June 26, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would tackle climate change by imposing mandatory caps on greenhouse gas emissions. Now, just about every industry is trying to either get a better deal, or kill the...
News items 2009-08-11
Senators introduce climate change legislation.(Brief article)
Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and John Warner (R-Va.) recently introduced climate change legislation to curb emissions of greenhouse gases thought to contribute to global warming. America's Climate Security Act, S. 2191, which has bipartisan support in the Senate, will be the primary vehicle for the Senate...
Tags: emission, Lieberman Software Corp, Transportation, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2007-10-29
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