How solar power can protect the US military from threats to the electric grid ||

The first threat to the electricity grid comes from nature. Severe weather disasters resulting in power outages cause between US$25 billion and $70 billion in the U.S. each year – and that’s average years, not those including increasingly frequent major storms, like Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

Without electricity from civilian power plants, the most advanced military in world history could be crippled. The U.S. Department of Energy has begged for new authority to defend against weaknesses in the grid in a nearly 500-page comprehensive study issued in January 2017 warning that it’s only a matter of time before the grid fails, due to disaster or attack. A new study reveals the three ways American military bases’ electrical power sources are threatened, and shows how the U.S. military could take advantage of solar power to significantly improve national security.

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A Perfect Storm | Climate Change & National Security

Paris (AFP) - Violence has cast a long shadow over a climate summit opening in Paris on Monday, two weeks after 130 people were killed in a coordinated jihadist onslaught on the French capital. As more than 150 world leaders prepared to meet under heightened security, analysts warned of an increasingly war-torn future facing humanity if they fail to limit global warming. Read More Climate change root cause of Syrian war: Prince Charles

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4 Reasons Climate Change Affects National Security |

In a new White House report, President Obama makes a powerful case that 

climate change has far-reaching national security implications.

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☼Military Advisory Board Forewarning☼

For a group who has had great success in predicting threats, and yet does not advocate fear mongering, why is the U.S Military Advisory Board forewarning the American people?

During our decades of experience in the U.S. military, we have addressed many national security challenges, from containment and deterrence of the Soviet nuclear threat during the Cold War to political extremism and transnational terrorism in recent years.

Every branch of the United States Military is concerned about climate change. They have been since well before it became controversial.  FORBES --->