Letters to the Editor: Impact of geopolitical conflict on the environment

The US Department of Defence is the world’s largest institutional user of petroleum and hence the single largest institutional producer of greenhouse gases 
Letters to the Editor: Impact of geopolitical conflict on the environment

Climate activists protesting during the official final day of the Cop26 summit in Glasgow; how wars and militarism are polluting and killing our planet was not up for discussion.

One issue never discussed at governmental climate talks is how wars and militarism are polluting and killing our planet. All the major world powers are guilty of this but America is leading the charge.

The US Department of Defence (DoD) is the world’s largest institutional user of petroleum and hence the single largest institutional producer of greenhouse gases (GHG). 

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