Risk of US power grid, and military, collapsing in 20 years due to climate change receives wide coverage

In October, I wrote for VICE about a US Army report which warned that climate change could lead to the US national power grid to collapse, leading to the almost total collapse of American society - and that US military efforts to respond to the crisis in the homeland might end with the US Army itself collapsing.

The report doesn’t say any of this is inevitable, but argues that it’s all very plausible based on current climate science projections. The story was quickly picked up by numerous other major media around the world - fortunately, most publications gave due credit, I’m glad to say, although what’s interesting is that the story was almost completely blacked out by the mainstream US media.

Media covering my story include the Daily Mail, Mic, The Sun, Slashdot, Futurism, Daily Kos, Popular Mechanics, Army Times, Slate, among others. On VICE, it got a lot of hits and quickly went viral. The story moved the needle on the public conversation, raising awareness from a credible source on how near-term social collapse due to climate change is a serious risk, taken seriously by the most powerful military in the world.