Talk about mission creep.....
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 3:08 pm
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/ ... PW20140925
US Homeland Security moves to tackle climate change risks
BY LISA ANDERSON
Thu Sep 25, 2014 6:51pm EDT
I find this to be an alarming example of a federal agency grasping for more power.
US Homeland Security moves to tackle climate change risks
BY LISA ANDERSON
Thu Sep 25, 2014 6:51pm EDT
Exactly WHEN was it determined that Hurricane Sandy was the result of climate change (besides it being "hurricane season")?NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Protecting the infrastructure of American cities from the effects of climate change is rising on the agenda of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to a top agency official.
"Increasingly, we've moved not only from a security focus to a resiliency focus," said Caitlin Durkovich, assistant secretary for infrastructure protection at Homeland Security, an agency better known for its fight to curb terrorist threats.
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In New York, "Hurricane Sandy really highlighted our vulnerabilty" to climate change, said panelist Daniel Zarrilli, director of the city Mayor's Office of Recovery and Resiliency.
The city is still recovering from the effects of the storm, which flooded most of its extensive shoreline, left tens of thousands without electricity for days, did billions of dollars of damage to infrastructure and killed 44 people, he said.
I find this to be an alarming example of a federal agency grasping for more power.