military
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Scientists urge the U.N. to make environmental destruction a war crime
War (huh!) what is it good for? Certainly not the environment.
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U.S. military emits more CO2 than most countries
The climate crisis is an existential threat, and the Pentagon's making it worse.
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When it comes to efficiency, U.S. military soldiers on
The military is trying to shift the habits, routines, and practices of individual service members.
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Air Force pilots can now suck key lime pie and truffled macaroni out of tubes
According to the the pilots and the tube food developers, the mush inside the tubes is "the very height of culinary achievement." Except, at one point, the peach melba, which in early stages of development "had a 'dirty sock kind of taste.'"
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Soon we’ll be killing people with solar-powered drones
This isn't just some futuristic, comic-book dystopian idea.
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Nicaraguan military builds a battalion of climate-change-fighting soldiers
In Nicaragua, the military has a new mission — fighting climate change and, specifically, the illegal loggers that are exacerbating deforestation in the country. The Ecological Battalion’s 580 soldiers are currently engaging in Operation Green Gold, finding and intercepting loads of illegally logged timber.
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The best of the U.S. Army’s ‘Going Green’ Pinterest
Who says Pinterest is just for fashion and cupcakes?
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The few, the proud, the green: U.S. Marines pursue clean energy and efficiency
IN SEPTEMBER 2010, a company of U.S. Marines entered Sangin District, an area in Afghanistan’s Helmand province that had seen some of the most intense, protracted fighting of the war. Their mission was to relieve British forces and launch an aggressive effort to clear and calm the area, which was, as the military is wont […]
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Defense insiders: Sustainable communities are key to the future
David Orr.Photo: Lisa DeJongThis story is the second of two pieces excerpted from a feature story in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Read the first piece here, and the full Chronicle story here. Environmental studies professor David Orr has set out to turn the aging rust belt town of Oberlin, Ohio, into a laboratory for […]