The military’s contributions to global climate change have been a cause that activists through numerous demonstrations have rallied against for the past decade to see the military take ownership of and implement to impose a reduction plan of action along with ending all wars. The combined military branches are some of the largest users of fossils fuels and other forms of energy with the Air Force and the Navy being the largest emitters of all the services in their operations.Īddressing the ACS program and its expected outcomes, Paul Farnan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment, and Sharon Burke, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs for the Department of Defense (DOD) spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies to relate how the Army will attack its environmental impact moving forward. The Army is the first service branch in the DOD to release such a climate strategy to meet both short term and future goals in reducing greenhouse gasses. Share on WhatsApp Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Telegram Share on Reddit Share on EmailĪs with all things military, the Army has created an anachronism for correcting its negative impact on the environment and climate titled, the Army Climate Strategy (ACS), setting “targets” to address their massive negative contribution to climate change.
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