Environment Canada cuts threaten science, international agreements
Recent cuts to the scientific workforce of Environment Canada, a
government agency responsible for meteorological services and
environmental research, threaten scientific research related to the
ozone layer in the upper atmosphere and pollution in the lower
atmosphere, according to environmental scientists in the U.S. These
reductions in personnel and projected budget cuts also threaten existing
international agreements.
Michele Kearney's Environmental Blog - Environmental degradation and waning natural resources including energy resources threaten U.S. security. And the loss of renewable natural resources, including forests, fresh water, fish and fertile soils, can drive political instability and conflict in the developing world, and around the globe. In short, natural resoures, energy and the environment are national security issues.
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