http://cleantechnica.com/2009/04/10/military-spending-goes-up-carbon-bootprint-goes-down/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 19:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 http://cleantechnica.com/2009/04/10/military-spending-goes-up-carbon-bootprint-goes-down/#comment-5622 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:15:18 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2474#comment-5622 […] to say nothing of Exxon’s history of involvement in climate denialism.  Contrast that to the U.S. Department of Defense, which just issued a Quadrennial Defense Review assessing threats to national security that […]

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/04/10/military-spending-goes-up-carbon-bootprint-goes-down/#comment-5621 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:47:06 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2474#comment-5621 […] of the U.S. armed forces have been busy acting on climate change for years, most notably the U.S. Army (and within that, the Army Corps of Engineers), the U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Air Force.  Tiron […]

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/04/10/military-spending-goes-up-carbon-bootprint-goes-down/#comment-5620 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:54:28 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2474#comment-5620 […] DoD memo is yet another example of the U.S. military’s lead on sustainability.  Especially with American soldiers engaged in two overseas wars, supporting our troops at home is […]

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/04/10/military-spending-goes-up-carbon-bootprint-goes-down/#comment-5619 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:16:31 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2474#comment-5619 […] Another key element of Camp Johnson’s sustainability program helping its soldiers and staff put their environmental knowledge to work at home, through an ongoing community training program.  The facility itself serves as a wetland research center for high school, college, and graduate students.  Multiply Camp Johnson by hundreds of U.S. military facilities here and abroad, and you’ll get an idea how much ground the army’s environmental strategy can cover, just in terms of community outreach alone.  There’s a lot of catching up to do, but there are indications that the military budget is beginning to acommodate more support for sustainability. […]

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/04/10/military-spending-goes-up-carbon-bootprint-goes-down/#comment-5618 Tue, 12 May 2009 11:13:34 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2474#comment-5618 […] U.S. military budget has started to tilt toward sustainability, and in part that means putting more focus on leaner, lighter aircraft, namely drones.  But as the […]

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/04/10/military-spending-goes-up-carbon-bootprint-goes-down/#comment-5617 Wed, 06 May 2009 16:58:20 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2474#comment-5617 […] Until now the primary interest in Texas-based Swell Fuel has been anywhere but Texas.  Olson’s customers are primarily overseas.  Mars Symbioscience is testing Swell Fuel’s Lever Operating Pivoting Float in Indonesia.  Samkun Powertec of South Korea is also testing a Swell Fuel wave power unit, as is a power company in El Salvadore.  Olson is eager to tap the home market in the U.S. and he may not have long to wait.  The small-scale Swell Fuel units could be ideal for taking resorts and small coastal communities off-grid.  That could include armed forces installations, too, as the U.S. military ramps up efforts to shrink its carbon bootprint. […]

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2009/04/10/military-spending-goes-up-carbon-bootprint-goes-down/#comment-5616 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:47:34 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=2474#comment-5616 […] on command – and that’s got big implications both for warfighters and the military’s carbon bootprint, […]

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