Retired General Frames Climate Change Risks as a National Security Risk

Retired General Frames Climate Change Risks | Coastal Review Online

WILMINGTON - Retired Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Stephen Cheney does not sugarcoat it. "Climate change is a national security threat," he said. His message aboard the Battleship North Carolina Tuesday took his audience on a verbal tour that spanned the globe and circled back to Wilmington, a city facing the effects of sea level rise and more frequent, stronger hurricanes.