Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Arctic military buildup linked to climate change by new report

Alaska Dispatch: Is the Arctic being militarized? As nations and corporations look north to unlock natural resources in the melting Arctic Ocean, military buildup is accelerating at the pole, too. Indeed, according to a new report by the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, militarization has been going on for years -- "the starkest example yet of the way climate change directly affects international security." The report looks at how focused governments are on their northern borders, where climate change...

URL: http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/arctic-military-buildup-linked-climate-change-new-report
Enclosure: http://www.c2es.org/blog/gulledgej/climate-change-impact-international-arctic-security

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