"Navy Secretary Prioritizes Climate Change Action in Western Hemisphere"

Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro sees fighting climate change as a top priority for the Navy, even as the Biden administration proposes shrinking the fleet by two ships and worries grow about how the U.S. Navy stacks up to China. The proposed budget for 2024 calls for shrinking the Navy fleet, which has set a goal of having 355 manned ships, below the roughly 298 ships it has available now. Del Toro stressed the importance of using the Navy to fight climate change in the Bahamas and noted the many approaching climate-related events in which the Navy will participate.