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explain what the issue is in your words.High-Ranking Defense Official Explains Why Salt Marsh Is Critical for Military and Communities
Natural habitats help to buffer bases and installations from storm surge, flooding, and Sea level Rise
ARTICLE March 25, 2022
".....Today, the 57-year-old U.S. Military Academy (West Point) and Yale Management School graduate, who hails from a family that has served in the military and militias for more than 300 years, is the deputy assistant secretary of defense for environment and energy resilience, a top-ranking Department of Defense position that manages, among other things, the agency’s climate change programs, compliance with environmental laws, pollution prevention, and energy resilience, including renewable energy.
This interview about Kidd’s work and the South Atlantic Salt Marsh Initiative—an effort to protect shorelines, military installations, and wildlife by conserving a million acres of coastal habitat from North Carolina to northern Florida—has been edited for clarity and length:
Why is it important for the Department of Defense to address climate change, particularly in the Southeast?
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High-Ranking Defense Official Explains Why Salt Marsh Is Critical for Military and Communities
Richard Kidd witnessed the horrors of war as an Army soldier, an international emergency relief worker, and a diplomat in countries ranging from Afghanistan and Bosnia to Rwanda and Mozambique.www.pewtrusts.org
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