It is very appropriate that President Donald Trump virtually ignored climate change in his National Security Strategy (NSS). Recent climate change has been unremarkable and clearly does not constitute a national security threat in comparison with concerns such as terrorism and inadequate border controls.
What does constitute a threat, however, is a lack of affordable, reliable energy to power the nation and export into world markets. So, as a citizen of Canada, a nation dependent on a prosperous U.S. for our defense and much of our economy, I am very pleased to see that Trump emphasized energy security and, indeed energy dominance, in the National Security Strategy.
To achieve these ends, and in particular to “Promote American prosperity†and “Advance American influence,†two of the four vital national interests identified in the National Security Strategy, the Trump administration asserts “Our Nation must take advantage of our wealth in domestic resources.†And one of the most important of its domestic resources, one America is no longer taking full advantage of, are its vast coal reserves, the largest of any nation on Earth.
Read more at:
http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/29/coal-remains-critical-to-national-security-strategy/
