Global warming cited as a cause of strife in Darfur and elsewhere

onAug 20, 2007 @ 09:37 PDT

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said g lobal warming is as threatening as modern warfare in its potential to highlight the vast differences in living standards between developed and developing nations, and several reports have been issued in the U.S. that support his claim.

The Pentagon believes resource scarcity will become the motivating factor of political violence, and a group of retired US military officials has published a report linking global warming to instability.

The Central Intelligence Agency, meanwhile, is working on a report that will focus on links between global warming and US national security.

By Bill Miller

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Mark Carney’s Pipeline MOU With Danielle Smith Has Been A Disaster

ByMitch Anderson

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First Nations are furious, environmentalists feel betrayed, oil companies are demanding more, and the clock is ticking.

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Telegraph Bidder Daily Mail Cashing in from Oil Industry Events

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The Mail’s events business in the Middle East provides a quarter of its revenue. A previous Telegraph bid was rejected over petrostate influence fears.

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Climate Deniers Expected More Resistance to Trump’s Fossil Fuel Blitz

ByRei Takver

onMar 4, 2026 @ 03:00 PST

‘I’ve never seen anything like this,” longtime denier Marc Morano said recently of Democrats, billionaires, activists and reporters going ‘silent’ on the issue.