A top environmental activist wants to put the Pentagon’s defense budget to work against what he calls the nation’s most ominous threat: climate change.

“If you think we don’t have the money then you’re not paying attention,” said Bill McKibben, founder of the group 350.org. “We have things like the defense budget that need to be put to work defending us against the most dangerous adversaries we face.”

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