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How the Pentagon Fuels Climate
We're now all too familiar with the impacts of our changing climate: extreme weather events, wildfires and floods, crop failures, and climate anxiety. But we may not be so familiar with the contribution of the U.S. military to the accelerating climate crisis.
David Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is cofounder and executive director of WorldBeyondWar.org and campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. Swanson’s books include War Is A Lie. He blogs at DavidSwanson.org and WarIsACrime.org. He hosts Talk Nation Radio. He is a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and was awarded the 2018 Peace Prize by the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation. Longer bio and photos and videos here.
Janet Weil is a longtime peace activist. A military family member and Lifetime Associate Member of Veterans For Peace, she serves on the Climate Crisis and Militarism Project. For several years she worked on CODEPINK's national staff, including organizing for the Bring Our War Dollars Home campaign. In November 2015 Janet was an organizer in the huge march and rally in Oakland, California, in the lead up to the Paris Climate Negotiations. Janet lives with her husband in Portland, Oregon, where she is active with Extinction Rebellion, and where she recently experienced the unprecedented, heat dome event in late June in the Pacific Northwest.A very valuable "Info Pac" that accompanies your registration can be found HERE.
What is the most obvious climate solution?
How to advance this solution wherever on Earth we are?
What is COP26?
What is the COP26 Coalition People’s Summit?
What is the Social Cost of Carbon?
What is “Keeping Up With Climate Envoy Kerry”?
Where can you sign the petition and letter?
What can you do/What can we do?
This campaign is dedicated to the memory of Tina Malcolmson. She would remind us that mitigation means reducing emissions and reducing the threats of climate change. Adaptation is dealing with the impacts of Climate and how they are addressed. It's not just about policy, it's a financing issue.
Petition & Letter: You can SIGN BOTH NOW HERE:
WBW: http://cop26.info SIGN HERE (orgs & individuals)
(https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-excluding-military-pollution-from-climate-agreements-2/)
VFP/CCMP: https://veteransforpeace.salsalabs.org/climatekerry/index.html (paste into browser and sign)
(FMI: https://www.veteransforpeace.org/take-action/climatecrisis
