Veterans tour Va. to back climate change bill

ROANOKE, Va. – A group of veterans is in Virginia on a nationwide bus tour to support reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

Tour sponsor Operation Free says climate change is a national security threat.

Charlottesville native and former Army staff sergeant Chuck Tyler said the group seeks support for a U.S. Senate bill that would cut pollution and develop clean energy incentives.

The bill includes a cap-and-trade system that would require power plants and industries to cut carbon dioxide emissions.

Tyler says the nation’s dependence on fossil fuels increases the danger to troops overseas.

He says if sea levels rise, military installations along the coast would be threatened.

Tour stops were in Roanoke and Charlottesville on Monday, and Richmond and Norfolk on Tuesday.

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