Environmental security
Yet under the White House’s rumored budget, funding for EPA and The Department of Energy, particularly their climate change programs, would be dramatically cut. Slashing EPA’s budget will hurt our ability to win the next fight. Our military bases and training areas must provide clean air and water for our forces and their families. They need the science supported by the EPA, by Energy, by the National Science Foundation, NASA, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and other researchers to understand how a changing climate is affecting the health of our troops, their ability to deploy to hotter and hotter climates, and how to ensure our military families are not exposed to dangerous substances.
Yet under the White House’s rumored budget, funding for EPA and The Department of Energy, particularly their climate change programs, would be dramatically cut. Slashing EPA’s budget will hurt our ability to win the next fight. Our military bases and training areas must provide clean air and water for our forces and their families. They need the science supported by the EPA, by Energy, by the National Science Foundation, NASA, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and other researchers to understand how a changing climate is affecting the health of our troops, their ability to deploy to hotter and hotter climates, and how to ensure our military families are not exposed to dangerous substances. 
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