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Pentagon: The Planet's Biggest Polluter
The United States Department of Defense boasts the world's largest military budget. It also is the planet's biggest polluter. With hundreds of military bases around the world, the Department is responsible for more waste than any other company or country. And though the contamination is costing lives, the cost to clean up the mess may be too big for the Pentagon: an estimated 320 billion dollars.
