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    • Climate 411

    Blogging the science and policy of global warming

    Sen. Warner and the Generals on Climate

    Posted: in Climate Change Legislation

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    Mark MacLeod
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    Today’s post is by Mark MacLeod, Director of Special Projects for our national climate campaign.

    Last month, I wrote about the significance of Senators Warner and Lieberman joining forces to craft global warming legislation. I noted Senator Warner’s view that global warming is a question of national security.

    Today, the senators outlined their plan (which Environmental Defense praised). But I also wanted to call out what I thought was the most interesting line in the Washington Post story. In relating the reasons that caused Senator Warner to become a leader in the Senate on climate change, the article states,

    Warner said he was also prodded by retired Gen. James L. Jones and other former military officers who urged him to back a bill to slow global warming.

    Those military leaders, like the business leaders in US-CAP, and leaders in the faith community, all show the strong and widespread momentum to deal with global warming.

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    1. BetterWorld
      Posted August 6, 2007 at 6:38 pm | Permalink

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