What the U.S. Navy Can Teach Us About Fighting Climate Change

(This article was previously published in the Stevens Point Journal & Wausau Daily Herald) The U.S. military has its problems. It’s overfunded, wasteful and unnecessarily deployed in many cases. But I’m surprised, even shocked, with its contributions for solving climate change. You won’t find many climate change deniers in the military, especially in the U.S. Navy. They know climate change is occurring and they know what causes it — humans burning fossil fuels. Remember, the military developed steel, radar, GPS and microchips last century and these then became widely adopted in the civilian population. Now, they’re doing it for ...