Pentagon Quietly Seeking Freedom To Pollute

The Pentagon is seeking exemptions from major U.S. environmental laws which would give it the freedom to pollute land, air, and water without being liable for damages.

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March 14, 2003, 5:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"A new Pentagon proposal is enraging environmentalists and some senior figures on Capitol Hill, who say the Pentagon is taking shameless advantage of the 11 September attacks and the looming war against Iraq to wriggle out of its responsibilities to public health and the country's natural heritage...The Pentagon argues that it needs the exemptions because environmental laws get in the way of training troops. That assessment is contradicted by a recent report from Congress's General Accounting Office, which saw no negative impact from environmental statutes on military readiness."

Thanks to Michael Dudley

FULL STORY: Pentagon seeks freedom to pollute land, air and sea

Thursday, March 13, 2003 in The Independent

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