India is set to have the world’s first climate army, an exclusive force of nearly half a million ‘soldiers’ trained to fight global warming

5 lakh soldiers ready to fight global warming | Deccan Chronicle | 2010-12-24

Dec. 23: India is set to have the world’s first climate army, an exclusive force of nearly half a million ‘soldiers’ trained to fight global warming. A unique strategy to set up this climate army is being launched from Vedaranyam in Tamil Nadu on Sunday.

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Al Gore yesterday launched a drive to mobilise 10 million volunteers to force politicians to act on climate change - twice as many as the number who marched against the Vietnam war or in support of civil rights during the heyday of US activism in the 1960s.

During the next three years, his Alliance for Climate Protection plans to spend $300m (about £150m) on television advertising and online organising to make global warming among the most urgent issues for elected American leaders.