Well guess who's in charge of the "Climate Stuff"

[GunnyGene]

Coulda fooled me. I thought the EPA was in charge of the climate stuff. I guess not anymore. Seems like DHS is now, or will be soon. Apparently we are not resilient enough. What could possibly go wrong with this?

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.

Durkovich spoke Thursday on a panel at the Rising Seas Summit, a three-day conference organized by the U.S.-based Association of Climate Change Officers to discuss tools and ideas on building resiliency, particularly against rising sea levels.

In the aftermath of 2012's Hurricane Sandy, which devastated large swathes of the Northeastern U.S and caused over $60 billion in damages, Durkovich said her department reviewed the task of rebuilding with a new focus on "how to think about baking in resilience from the get-go."

To that end, she said, she has assembled a team of specialists, including city planners, in conjunction with the National Academy of Science to develop better tools for planning.

The Department of Homeland Security already has launched regional efforts to assess resilience of infrastruction and judge where gaps in adaptation and preparedness may be, she said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/25/us-foundation-climate-security-idUSKCN0HK2PW20140925

 

[John A.]

Can't have those domestic terrorists disputing climate change and green house gas and global warming and climate change now can we?

Past time for Gov to go on one helluva diet and shed some agencies and authority.

 

[LAZY EYED SNIPER]

Great, now everybody who drives an SUV or other gas guzzler is gonna be branded a "domestic terrorist"...

 

[MikeD]

This makes perfect sense if you think about it. Its one of the few agencies whose grasp is even more.far reaching than the EPA. Its all about changing the definitions to increase their control and authority over it.

Sent from my Barnett Raptor using alien technology

 

[aksavanaman]

What I wouldn't do to rid myself of the DHS umbrella... I think the Coast Guard should just be it's own entity, free of "Oh sorry... CPB needs more folks to throw at the boarder, sorry no fuel for your cutters or pens and paper for you guys"

Just more power over the masses... My van only gets 15mpgs... guess I might as well walk on over to ISIS... It's pretty much the same in the eyes of the socialist steam roller.

 

[GunnyGene]

Well, at least DHS gets a lot of Congressional Oversight.

More than 90 committees and subcommittees have some jurisdiction over DHS, nearly three times the number that oversee the Defense Department. And that doesn’t count nearly 30 other congressional bodies such as task forces and commissions.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...eighing-down-department-of-homeland-security/