'The U.S. military is responsible for an unprecedented amount of climate disasters.' —VFPNational
"We need to be reducing U.S. militarism and redirecting that money towards climate solutions," said one veteran who took part in the demonstration.Several U.S. veterans and their allies were arrested outside the nation's Capitol building on Wednesday as they protested the military's role in driving the climate crisis, from its massive greenhouse gas emissions to its large-scale"The U.S. military is responsible for an unprecedented amount of climate disasters.
"The military has done next to nothing to reduce their carbon footprint, either ignoring the climate mandate completely or just focusing on creating more advanced weapons systems that can continue to operate under worsening climate conditions," said VFP executive director Garett Reppenhagen, a U.S. Army veteran.
"From the burn pits to nuclear waste to water contamination in Hawai'i, the U.S. military is responsible for an unprecedented amount of climate disasters," Reppenhagen added."It is past time for Congress and the president to hold the U.S. military accountable for their catastrophic effects on the planet."
The Pentagon is the biggest consumer of energy in the U.S. and the world's"single largest institutional producer of greenhouse gases,"
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