The US Military Is Not Sustainable
Publisher: Science
Author(s): Olivia Belcher, Benjamin Neimark, and Patrick Bigger
Date: 2020
Topics: Climate Change, Weapons, Waste, and Pollution
Countries: United States
One of the major contributors to climate change over the course of the past century too often remains overlooked: the US military. Two recent studies demonstrate the scale of US military greenhouse gas emissions, which rivals the emissions of the majority of countries around the world.