{"id":10293,"date":"2016-12-19T16:23:06","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T16:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2016\/12\/19\/how-green-is-mad-dog-mattis\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T20:46:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T20:46:38","slug":"how-green-is-mad-dog-mattis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/video\/2016\/12\/19\/how-green-is-mad-dog-mattis\/","title":{"rendered":"How green is &#8216;Mad Dog&#8217; Mattis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=56d99625-b68f-452f-a721-bd6e7d446d81\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"viewable\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\" style=\"display:none\">The president-elect&#8217;s defense secretary nominee James Mattis may turn out to be the greenest person in Donald Trump\u2019s Cabinet. Trump&#8217;s incoming administration is loaded with high-ranking fossil-fuel promoters and climate-change skeptics. But Mattis stands out as one of the military\u2019s most vocal advocates for weaning the armed services off traditional energy. 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Trump's incoming administration is loaded with high-ranking fossil-fuel promoters and climate-change skeptics. But Mattis stands out as one of the military\u2019s most vocal advocates for weaning the armed services off traditional energy. The retired Marine Corps general joins other military planners in identifying the potential upheaval around the world from climate change as one of the biggest security threats facing the U.S. in the coming decades.","legacy_arc_id":"56d99625-b68f-452f-a721-bd6e7d446d81","arc_canonical_url":"\/video\/2016\/12\/19\/how-green-is-mad-dog-mattis\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How green is &#039;Mad Dog&#039; Mattis? - Military Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/video\/2016\/12\/19\/how-green-is-mad-dog-mattis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How green is &#039;Mad Dog&#039; 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