Center for a New American Security

BBC News reports that the UK Environment Agency has warned that flood protection funding needs to double by 2035, as climate change threatens to put one in six British homes at risk of flooding.  The Financial Times highlights a town in Ghana on the front lines of the climate change migration issue.  The U.S. Air Force is mounting significant opposition to a proposed solar plant near Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.  In Afghanistan, on the other hand, alternative energy is being put to extremely productive use, according to the American Forces Press Service.  Finally, as many in the United States argue for ramping up nuclear power capabilities as a means of decreasing dependence on foreign oil, Bloomberg News notes that uranium prices have reached a seven-month high.