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U.S. Navy Announces Early End to Alaskan Ice Camp
On March 23, the U.S. Commander of Submarine Forces (COMSUBFOR) announced an early closing to Ice Camp Nautilus in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, a “temporary structure built and operated especially for Ice Exercise 2014 (ICEX-2014).” According to an official announcement from the Commander:
Event: Powering the Navy’s Energy Future
The Pew Charitable Trusts, the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and CNA are hosting an event at the U.S. Naval Heritage Center this Thursday, January 16, titled “Powering the Navy’s Energy Future.” It will feature an impressive lineup, including; Dennis McGinn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and the Environment; the Honorable John Warner, former U.S. Senator and Armed Services Committee Chairman; Phyllis Cuttino, Director of the Clean Energy Program at the Pew Charitable Trusts; Michael Brower, Interim President and CEO of ACORE; and Sherri Goodman, Executive Director of the CNA Military Advisory Board, Senior VP and OGC of CNA, and Advisory Board member here at the Center for Climate and Security.
See the Pew website for more details, and click here to RSVP.
Retired Admiral Frank “Skip” Bowman Joins the Center for Climate and Security Advisory Board
We are deeply honored to welcome Admiral Frank L. “Skip” Bowman, U.S. Navy (ret) to the Center for Climate and Security’s Advisory Board.
Bowman is a retired U.S. Navy 4-star Admiral. He served as director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program overseeing the operations of all US Navy submarine and aircraft carrier nuclear reactors, and concurrently as deputy administrator for naval reactors in the Naval Nuclear Security Administration at the Department of Energy. He was also Chief of Naval Personnel, Joint Staff director for Political-Military Affairs, and served aboard 5 nuclear submarines, commanding one of them. Recently, he served as a member of the military advisory board for the 2008 CNA Corporation study on National Security and the Threat of Climate Change, and as the Co-Chair of the NRC/NSB study National Security Implications of Climate Change on U.S. Naval Forces”. Bowman is a graduate of Duke University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Admiral Locklear: Climate change the biggest long-term security threat in the Pacific region
As reported by the Boston Globe, four-star Admiral Samuel Locklear, Commander of U.S. Pacific Command, provided an “unexpected answer” when recently asked “what is the biggest long-term security threat in the Pacific region?” Climate change. (more…)