Pentagon varar við gróðurhúsaáhrifunum: mun hættulegri en hryðjuverkamenn

Samkvæmt The Guardian og bresku pressunni (ég á enn eftir að sjá bandaríska fjölmiðla minnast á þessa frétt) hefur Pentagon varað við því að Bandaríkjunum stafi meiri hernaðarleg ógn af gróðurhúsaáhrifunum en öllum íslamófasistum og hryðjuverkamönnum mið-austurlanda samanlagt. Bush stjórnin hefur auðvitað þaggað þessa skýrslu niður, því einhverra hluta vegna hefur Cheney og forsetinn meiri áhuga á að eyða skattfé og lífi óbreyttra borgara í að búa til kaos og upplausn í Írak en að fást við alvöru vandamál.

A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk beneath rising seas as Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by 2020. Nuclear conflict, mega-droughts, famine and widespread rioting will erupt across the world.

The document predicts that abrupt climate change could bring the planet to the edge of anarchy as countries develop a nuclear threat to defend and secure dwindling food, water and energy supplies. The threat to global stability vastly eclipses that of terrorism, say the few experts privy to its contents.

'Disruption and conflict will be endemic features of life,' concludes the Pentagon analysis. 'Once again, warfare would define human life.'

The findings will prove humiliating to the Bush administration, which has repeatedly denied that climate change even exists. Experts said that they will also make unsettling reading for a President who has insisted national defence is a priority.

The report was commissioned by influential Pentagon defence adviser Andrew Marshall, who has held considerable sway on US military thinking over the past three decades. He was the man behind a sweeping recent review aimed at transforming the American military under Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

Climate change 'should be elevated beyond a scientific debate to a US national security concern', say the authors, Peter Schwartz, CIA consultant and former head of planning at Royal Dutch/Shell Group, and Doug Randall of the California-based Global Business Network.

An imminent scenario of catastrophic climate change is 'plausible and would challenge United States national security in ways that should be considered immediately', they conclude. As early as next year widespread flooding by a rise in sea levels will create major upheaval for millions.

The Guardian vitnar í Jeremy Symons, fyrrverandi starfsmann EPA, sem heldur því fram að tilraun Hvíta hússins til að fela þessa skýrslu niður sé enn eitt dæmið um stefnu forsetans að þagga niður alla þá sem leyfa sér að vara við gróðurhúsaáhrifunum:

Symons said the Bush administration's close links to high-powered energy and oil companies was vital in understanding why climate change was received sceptically in the Oval Office. 'This administration is ignoring the evidence in order to placate a handful of large energy and oil companies,' he added.

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[Anna Benkovic Mikaelsdóttir, 6.3.2007 kl. 18:20]

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