CLIMATE CHANGE A NATIONAL SECURITY RISK

WASHINGTON -- More than 100 lawmakers, led by a New York Republican and Rhode Island Democrat, have called on the Trump administration to reverse its decision to pull climate change as a threat from the National Security Strategy (NSS).

The letter to President Trump expresses "concern" about the NSS as "we have heard from scientists, military leaders, and civilian personnel who believe that climate change is indeed a direct threat to America's national security and to the stability of the world at large."

"As global temperatures become more volatile, sea levels rise, and landscapes change, our military installations and our communities are increasingly at risk of devastation," they added. "It is imperative that the United States addresses this growing geopolitical threat."