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To The Military, Renewable Energy a Matter of National Security
When you’ve seen your soldiers die protecting a fuel convoy, you know that the need for clean energy and efficiency is real, urgent, and transcends political squabbling. This Sunday four high-ranking officials from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines spoke out in support of a clean energy future for America. They published an op-ed in...[read more]
Military Housing: It’s Red, White and Green
Unless you serve in the military, you have probably never heard of Lend Lease. A global, publicly-traded property development and management firm headquartered in Australia, Lend Lease is best known in the U.S. as a provider of military housing, on big Army and Navy bases including Fort Drum in upstate New York, Fort Hood in Texas and Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.[read more]
Changing the Military's Energy Culture
At this week's Army/Air Force Energy Forum, the military signaled a higher priority on renewable energy and energy efficiency.[read more]
Air Forces Nixes Coal-to-Liquids Plant in Montana
The Air Force announced that it is abandoning plans for a controversial coal-to-liquid plant in Montana. The move comes despite previous indications during the Bush administration that the Air Force would be coal-powered by 2011. Coal-to-liquids isn’t exactly the cleanest fuel. In fact, a 50-50 blend of CTL and conventional fuel emits...[read more]
The liquid-coal military industrial complex
A friend just sent me this remarkable story, “Former Air Force official joins leading coal-liquids developer,” which appears in the little-known Aim Points, “A daily summary of news, messages and communication tactics to help AF people tell the AF story.” It looks like the “tactic” AF people are being told about is the good-ol’...[read more]
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