Trump’s defense secretary James Mattis says climate change is real — and a national security threat

Trump’s defense secretary James Mattis says climate change is real — and a national security threat

"In unpublished written testimony provided to the Senate Armed Services Committee after his confirmation hearing in January, Mattis said it was incumbent on the U.S. military to consider how changes like open-water routes in the thawing Arctic and drought in global trouble spots can pose challenges for troops and defense planners. He also stressed this is a real-time issue, not some distant what-if."