Trump`s DOD Unprepared for Climate Adaptation, Rejected Recommendations for Improvement
(WorldNews Environment)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 - After reviewing mounting evidence from the Government Accountability Office that climate change has reduced military readiness, President Donald Trump`s administration rejected the science attributing extreme weather events to climate change as well as recommendations to monitor the effects of climate change. The Pentagon`s rejection of established climate science comes in response to a new GAO report prepared for Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Richard Durbin (D-Ill.). The study, reviewing the Pentagon`s efforts to plan for the impact of climate change on military bases in overseas...