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by David Swanson at Rise Up Times.. shared with thanks

The US military’s carbon bootprint is enormous. Like corporate supply chains, it relies upon an extensive global network of container ships, trucks and cargo planes to supply its operations with everything from bombs to humanitarian aid and hydrocarbon fuels. Our new study calculated the contribution of this vast infrastructure to climate change.

Greenhouse gas emission accounting usually focuses on how much energy and fuel civilians use. But recent work, including our own, shows that the US military is one of the largest polluters in history, consuming more liquid fuels and emitting more climate-changing gases than most medium-sized countries.

U.S. military emits more CO2 than most countries | Fun fact: The military’s fleet of Humvees get around 4 to 8 miles per gallon (2.5 liters per Km). That said, the military has been gradually reducing its oversized carbon footprint, even while it wages war in the …

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USA (NATO) develops master plan for war, including nuclear war, with Russia

Info from Rick Rozoff at Anti.Bellum / Reuters etc

‘Regarding the statement “as Russia develops advanced weapons systems and sends troops and equipment closer to the borders of allies,” in fact Russian deployments, to the extent they occur, are exclusively inside’ its own borders and within its own territory as NATO steadily encroaches on and surrounds Russia with troops, armor, ground- and ship-based anti-ballistic interceptor missiles, cyber warfare centers and strategic air bases in Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Turkey.‘

see also..WP: U.S. expands military pact with Georgia as showdown with Russia loomsOctober 19, 2021In “News”

Russia Dumps Petrodollar – … The US destroyed the Libyan, Iraqi and Venezuelan oil industries and severely sanctioned Iran, partly because they tried to evade US financial hegemony under the petrodollar and Swift trade systems. Now Russia and China have a pact to gradually do the same, while the Pentagon fumes, slapping on severe trade sanctions, falsely accusing China of genocide and multiplying perilous war games on Russia’s borders

US displays military might to Russia in Georgia .. Russia Threatens Retaliation if US Troops Enter Baltics .

Continue reading “US whips up NATO vassals in War Games hysteria on Russian borders as sanctions fail and Russia/China gradually dump the dollar”