We must brace ourselves for ever-rising sea levels: extreme weather, drought, famine — all of which, according to the World Bank, could result in 143-million climate refugees by 2050.
The largest single U.S. emitter of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) is the Pentagon, the Department of Defense.
Brown University’s Cost of War Project reports America's military's GHG exceed those of many industrialized nations, such as Denmark, Sweden and Portugal, with the “War on Terror” alone producing 1,267 million metric tons of GHG’s, the carbon equivalent of a 12-million pound mountain of coal. One B-52 Stratofortress, Boeing’s long-range bomber, consumes as much fuel in an hour as the average car driver uses in seven years.
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