Sec. Of State Kerry: ‘We Have Climate Refugees Today’
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/kerry-we-have-climate-refugees-today
“There are people who have to leave where they were living because the drought is so significant they can’t grow food, or they’ve lost their water, or there are fights over wells in certain places and so they have to move in order to find a place. There are climate refugees in the world today — people who’ve had to move because of the rise of sea level or the changes in the thawing of the permafrost and so forth.
“Now, it hasn’t reached a crescendo. It’s not at a level where the international community has yet codified, put it into law,” he explained.
“But the day could come, if we don’t respond rapidly, you could have millions of climate refugees. You could have people moving from whole areas where today you can grow things and tomorrow you can’t.…
John Kerry: Cuba Can Help Us Combat Climate Change
CIA Shuts Down Climate Research Program — Amid Obama’s climate military focus
http://www.nationaljournal.com/energy/cia-climate-change-security-19691231
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CIA Shuts Down Climate Research ProgramAmid spotlight on security threat from climate change, intelligence community ends scientific collaboration.
BY JASON PLAUTZ
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May 21, 2015 The Central Intelligence Agency is shutting down a research program that offered classified data to scientists to examine the link between climate change and global security threats.
A CIA spokesman confirmed that the agency had ended its MEDEA program, a 1990s-era intelligence program restarted in 2010 under President Obama. The collaboration gave scientists access to intelligence assets like satellite data to study climate change and inform on how its impacts could inflame conflicts.
CIA spokesman Ryan Whaylen said “these projects have been completed and CIA will employ these research results and engage external experts as it continues to evaluate the national security implications of climate change.”
The news was first reported by Mother Jones.
The announcement comes just days after President Obama said climate change was a “serious threat to global security” in a commencement address to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Climate change, Obama said, “will impact how our military defends our country. So we need to act, and we need to act now.”…
Hypocritical John Kerry Invests Millions In Fossil Fuel Stocks
Hypocritical John Kerry Invests Millions In Fossil Fuel Stocks
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Secretary of State Kerry has been a vocal supporter of the Global Warming hypothesis. Like his boss the president he talks about everyone who is skeptical of the theory as somewhere between ignorant and evil (and sometimes both). He even said that climate change is worse than terrorism. But if Kerry is so attached to the climate changes story…why does he invest so much money in fossil fuel stocks?In the Heartland Blog, Ron Arnold exposes some of Kerry’s investments.Public records indicated that Secretary Kerry personally owned an estimated three to six million dollars in stocks of more than 50 oil and gas-related companies. Records from 2004 show that he’s been constantly and deeply invested in fossil fuels for at least a decade, and is still injecting millions in working capital into the very industries he condemns.Why exactly does Kerry who was one of the richest men in congress invest in fossil fuels? Diversity. When Kerry was nominated to be Secretary of State:Kerry owned 365 securities totaling $232,674,572 to $322,785,148, including contentious stock in ExxonMobil and a Canadian firm with ties to the Keystone XL pipeline, Cenovus Energy Inc., as posted on Open Secrets.org, website of the Center for Responsive Politics. Office holder assets and liabilities are reported only in value ranges rather than exact amounts, so precise net worth can’t be ascertained and is counted from the lower number.Office of Government Ethics lawyers immediately vetted Kerry’s family wealth and his spouse’s Heinz ketchup fortune and determined that the new cabinet post required that the couple divest 140 different securities across three different trusts and that the new Secretary recuse himself from decisions with any ethical implications – but there was a catch.On January 8, 2013, John Kerry signed an agreement letter to the government to relinquish specified assets within 90 days of taking the oath of office. He agreed to have his trustees segregate forbidden stocks, mostly large holdings of a single stock, into a custodial account and sell them off so questions could not come up. He also agreed to diversify and downsize his investments so that even the fossil fuel stocks qualified as “non-conflicting assets.” Kerry pledged to take no action as Secretary of State that would affect his financial interests “unless I first obtain a written waiver, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 208(b)(l), or qualify for a …
Watch: Flashback 2009: Kerry ridicules Inhofe on science, then predicts ice free Arctic summer in 5 years
…John Kerry: On Earth Day, time running out for climate change
‘In A Few Days, John Kerry Will Be In Charge Of Saving The Arctic’
In A Few Days, John Kerry Will Be In Charge Of Saving The Arctic
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/04/21/3648934/kerry-arctic-council/
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, pictured here in a scarf, is set to take control of the Arctic Council on Friday. CREDIT: AP Photo John Kerry is heading north. On Friday, the U.S. Secretary of State will travel to the Canadian Arctic city of Iqualuit, Nunavut, where he will take temporary reins of the Arctic Council, a forum that could ultimately determine the fate of the Arctic. At the biennial Arctic Council ministerial meeting in Iqualuit, Canadian Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq — the current Arctic Council Chair — will turn the chairmanship of the eight-nation body over to Kerry. While it might be cliché to call this a critical juncture for the Arctic, Kerry is assuming this role at a time of unprecedented uncertainty for this diverse and fast-changing region. The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, driving rapid melting of sea ice, glaciers and ice sheets across the region. These changes are exposing Native Alaska coastal communities to punishing storm surges, erosion, and sea-level rise, and putting some villages on the brink of falling into the sea. Rapid melting of the Greenland ice sheet and glaciers are major drivers of global sea-level rise, leaving coastal and low-lying areas in the United States and around the world vulnerable to flooding. Further, as permafrost thaws, it could release a total of 120 gigatons of carbon into the atmosphere by 2100. Scientists warn that worldwide carbon emissions must stay below 1,000 gigatons over the same timeframe to prevent catastrophic climate change. Chiefly, Kerry has the rare opportunity to lock in a legacy of curbing global warming in the Arctic — a move that could keep communities in tact and save species from extinction. During his two year chairmanship, Kerry has committed to address climate change, strengthen Arctic Ocean stewardship and improve the economic and living conditions of Arctic communities. After the Iqaluit meeting, Arctic nation ministers will not convene again until 2017, after President Obama leaves office. Depending on who next occupies the White House, Kerry may have only limited time to drive real changes from the Arctic Council. He can remedy this by doing a couple of things. First, he could convene with President Obama to hold an Arctic summit sometime this year. Such an event could elevate public …
Kerry to visit Arctic amid concern over ice melt
http://www.news24.com/Green/News/Kerry-to-visit-Arctic-amid-concern-over-ice-melt-20150417…
Kerry Warns US Ambassador They Will Be Dealing With ‘Climate Refugees’
http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/03/26/kerry-climate-change-refugees/
The secretary of state warned that there could potentially be 500-year long droughts.
“It is a national security threat, it is a health threat, it’s an environmental threat, it’s an economic threat,” Kerry said. “We’re spending billions upon billions — $110 billion last year on the damages that occurred because of the increased level of major weather events around the world; droughts that are 500-year droughts, not 100-year droughts; places that have less and less water; food that is less produced where it used to be.”
Kerry stated that we have a responsibility to respond to climate change.
“Ninety-seven percent of all the scientists for 20 years tell us unequivocally that this is happening and happening now, and humans are causing it, and we have a responsibility to respond to it,” he said.…
WaPo: Kerry has a Brian Williams problem – Falsely claims he organized first Senate climate hearing
http://hotair.com/archives/2015/03/18/wapo-kerry-has-a-brian-williams-problem/…