Clean energy quest worries some leaders

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - As Congress grapples with legislation on carbon emissions to counter global warming - a looming problem that threatens global security - Southern governors fear their region's abundant coal, oil and natural gas supplies will be forsaken in the quest for new sources of energy.

A Southern Governors Association panel heard Saturday that global warming, left unchecked, threatens peace worldwide and the safety, security and economies of their states.

Former U.S. Sen. John W. Warner of Virginia and retired Air Force Gen. Rich Engel, director of the National Intelligence Council's Climate Change and State Stability Program, presented studies showing that global competition for scarce resources and devastating new climate shifts ranging from droughts to melting polar ice caps will foster conflict, instability and terrorism.

Closer to home, however, it can expose more of the United States - particularly the South - to superstorms such as Hurricane Katrina and lay waste to agriculture that feeds and clothes the nation and much of the world, Engel said.

Experts predict more conflict over fresh water supplies similar to the water rights dispute between Georgia, Alabama and Florida.

If the United States doesn't enact clean e

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