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Post by avordvet on Sept 26, 2014 4:49:09 GMT -5
US Homeland Security moves to tackle climate change risksBy Lisa Anderson, Thu Sep 25, 2014 6:51pm EDT 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. www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/25/us-foundation-climate-security-idUSKCN0HK2PW20140925
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