Since early in the Bush Administration, the DoD has deemed manmade climate change a national security threat. Many of our key bases are imperiled by sea level rise. Military experts say stress caused by climate change foments unrest in volatile parts of the world. Scientists now know that a climate change-driven drought precipitated the Syrian civil war, which helped ISIS flourish.
In the face of this, many Congress members refuse to accept a decades-old scientific consensus that the burning of fossil fuels is warming our planet. These actors dismiss the science in favor of the needs of their campaign donors in the fossil fuel industries. We believe these individuals are threats to the safety of the United States, and ask the OPM to reassess their security credentials.