Military emissions are wreaking havoc on the atmosphere, and some US House Republicans seem content to keep it that way.
I was invited to hear the activist and writer Naomi Klein speak in Boston later this month, and although I’m unable to attend, I was interested to get more up-to-date on her recent work. I learned that she is Canadian because her father moved across the border in protest of the Vietnam War. Ah, we’ve had so many lost opportunities due to war and its consequences.
The US military is, without fanfare, starting to take some responsibility for its role as a major polluter, as reflected in its 2024 budget, which calls for systemic changes that would move it toward zero emissions. What’s surprising, though, is that some US House Republicans wanted to stall theThe National Defense Authorization Act authorizes the US Department of Defense activities for FY 2024.
prevented the Biden administration from invoking the Defense Production Act to boost EVs, EV batteries, EV charging infrastructure or critical minerals used in EVs;authorized soldiers and civilians at the US Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona to use non-electric vehicles.
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