{"id":91577,"date":"2018-07-25T21:43:28","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T21:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/25\/scores-of-lawmakers-warn-defense-department-dont-whitewash-climate-change-report\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:34:37","slug":"scores-of-lawmakers-warn-defense-department-dont-whitewash-climate-change-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2018\/07\/25\/scores-of-lawmakers-warn-defense-department-dont-whitewash-climate-change-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of lawmakers warn Defense Department: Don\u2019t whitewash climate change report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Department of Defense report on how vulnerable military installations are to floods, rising sea levels, drought and catastrophic storms only mentions \u201cclimate change\u201d once \u2014 a fact that has irked more than 40 Democratic and Republican lawmakers who have warned the department to keep the term intact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe write to you to reinforce congressional intent when it comes to implementation of reports covering climate change,” 34 Democratic and 10 Republican members of Congress wrote to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis July 16. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The members cited a May Washington Post report<\/a> that showed that references to \u201cclimate change\u201d that were in a previous report released under the Obama administration<\/a> were changed to \u201cextreme weather\u201d or just \u201cclimate\u201d in various references in the new version. A version was released to the public in February <\/a>and a final report is due to Congress later this year, according to the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\t