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Around the world, activists are seeing the connections between militarism and the environment. @VFPNational #NoWar #EarthDay http://bit.ly/VFPEarthDay
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#IraqWar: Responsible for 141m tons of carbon releases in 1st 4yrs according to @PriceOfOil @VFPNational #NoWar #EarthDay http://bit.ly/VFPEarthDay
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The U.S. military is the world’s biggest institutional consumer of crude oil @VFPNational #NoWar #EarthDay http://bit.ly/VFPEarthDay
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Money spent on #EndlessWar is money not spent reducing our dependence on fossil fuels @VFPNational #NoWar #EarthDay http://bit.ly/VFPEarthDay
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If we’re going to win on climate, we have to end #EndlessWar @VFPNational #NoWar #EarthDay http://bit.ly/VFPEarthDay
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For centuries, war has not only involved the annihilation of human life, but also environmental destruction, in the forms of both 'collateral damage' and deliberate damage to environments. Modern day warfare and technological advances have increased the ecological disturbances associated with war, both in the manufacturing and development of weapons. http://bit.ly/VFPEarthDay
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The U.S. military is widely thought to be the world’s biggest institutional consumer of crude oil, although obtaining exact usage numbers is an ongoing challenge. If we’re going to win on climate we have to make sure we are counting carbon completely, not exempting things like military emissions. http://bit.ly/VFPEarthDay
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“If we’re going to win on climate we have to make sure we are counting carbon completely, not exempting different things like military emissions because it is politically inconvenient to count them. The atmosphere certainly counts the carbon from the military, therefore we must as well,” according to Stephen Kretzmann, Director of Oil Change International. http://bit.ly/VFPEarthDay
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Money spent on endless war is money not spent reducing our dependence on fossil fuels or supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy. The U.S. currently has a plan to spend $1 trillion dollars modernizing the U.S. nuclear weapons program over the next 30 years, which could lead us into new nuclear arms race. http://bit.ly/VFPEarthDay
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During the 1991 Gulf War, the U.S. bombed Iraq with 340 tons of missiles containing depleted uranium, which has increased the cancer rates in Iraq. Depleted Uranium is almost twice as dense as lead, and researchers have suggested the radiation from these weapons has poisoned the soil and water of Iraq, making the environment carcinogenic. If we’re going to win on climate, we have to end endless war. http://bit.ly/VFPEarthDay