Dec 2021, Conflict and Environment Observatory Read online In this report, Leonie Nimmo and Hana Manjusak examine the environmental Corporate Social Responsibility reporting of some of the world’s biggest arms companies, and discover that it may be far more useful than you might think. Safe Skies Clean Water Wisconsin...
View your government’s military emissions data: The Military Emissions Gap Militaries are huge energy users whose greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are making a significant contribution to the climate crisis. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change obliges some states to report on their GHG emissions every year. But because...
Our Climate Crisis and US Militarism US militarism is the elephant in the room when it comes to the global climate crisis. Members of Veterans For Peace (VFP) have formed the Climate Crisis and Militarism Project (CCMP) to address the connections between US militarism and the climate crisis. We...
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Complaint filed against the Environmental Assessment on December 7, 2020 in the federal Western District Court of Wisconsin. Complaint filed against the Environmental Impact Statement on March 10, 2021 in federal District Court for Washington, D.C. Complaint filed against the Environmental Assessment on December 7, 2020 in the federal...
A project of WILPF US Earth Democracy Committee and Military Poisons: Exposing the Military as the Hidden Polluter of Water and Food with PFAS, a family of “forever chemicals.” militarypoisons.org
We don’t suggest you vote based on a single issue, but we sent a list of questions relating to F-35 fighter jets and PFAS to candidates for State Assembly and State Senate in the North and East side Madison districts. Here are the responses we received: Senate District 26...
The draft environmental impact study acknowledged that there will be “significant disproportionate impacts to low-income and minority populations as well as children.” Although much of the US government is phasing out fluorine based firefighting foam use, due to having jets with composite bodies like the Lockheed Martin F-35, the fluorine...
Cap Times | Mar 11, 2020 | Maria Powell, executive director, Midwest Environmental Justice Organization “The final environmental impact statement (EIS) on basing F-35 fighter jets at Madison’s Truax Field states that the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation & Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund), will guide PFAS investigations and...
