Guest Opinion: Climate change raises strategic military risks

Never mind the lonely polar bear atop a shrinking ice floe. A more potent symbol for climate change would be an American soldier dodging bullets in a drought-smashed failed state.
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Jim DiPeso of Seattle is policy director for Republicans for Environmental Protection

Climate [Hoax] Rhetoric Heats Up - Washington Wire - WSJ

Stern has spent much of his tenure at the State Department trying to manage other countries’ expectations about what the U.S. will be able to commit to in the way of actions to fight climate change. Friday’s press briefing was no exception. He suggested President Barack Obama’s speech on climate change at the U.N. next might not contain much news. The president, he said, will make “a strong statement” about what the U.S. has done so far to curb its greenhouse-gas emissions.

When asked what he would consider a sign of “success” at the summit, Stern suggested reporters ask U.N. officials. “They’re the ones that set it up,” he said.

Treasury Dept. Admits Mega-Billion Global Warming Tax

Others warn this legislation would likely offshore more American jobs, since countries like China and India do not levy greenhouse-gas taxes. In a February interview with the New York Times, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said, "The concern about cap-and-trade in today's economic climate is that a lot of money might flow to developing countries in a way that might not be completely politically sellable."