The world’s worst polluter: U.S. military

[ensho]

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_5014.shtml


No matter what we’re led to believe, the world’s worst polluter is not your cousin who refuses to recycle or that co-worker who drives a gas guzzler or the guy down the block who simply will not try CFL bulbs.

“The U.S. Department of Defense is the largest polluter in the world, producing more hazardous waste than the five largest U.S. chemical companies combined,” explains Lucinda Marshall, founder of the Feminist Peace Network. Pesticides, defoliants like Agent Orange, solvents, petroleum, lead, mercury, and depleted uranium are among the many deadly substances used by the military.


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Keep this in mind the next time you hear the phrase “war on terror”: Our tax dollars are subsidizing a global eco-terror campaign and all the recycled toilet paper in the world ain’t gonna change that.

In other words, if we don’t want our legacy to be one of inaction and shame, we must create drastic, permanent change very, very soon . . . because here’s the most inconvenient truth of all: it’s time to embrace a much darker shade of green.
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I keep saying that the military should train the troops in the ways of HAZMAT and clean up their own damn yards

don't tell me it can't be done, because it CAN.

[Gregorian]

1. And without regulations!

Does this not show us who is running this country? They can do anything they want. And we pay double for it.

[joeybee12]

2. Killing dolphins with sonar, also...

...it's despicable.

[murray hill farm]

3. And yet....

This gets zero coverage..anywhere. It should be right up front on any discussion of global warming, climate change, world health, etc.

[ensho]

4. agree

nt

[vinylsolution]

5. And the military is exempt....

.... from almost every environmental regulation.

Yet another good reason to de-militarize America.