[CPEO-MEF] REGULATION: The military and the National Environmental Policy Act

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Dahr Jamail | The Pentagon Is Using an Environmental Law Meant to Protect Us, Against Us

By Dahr Jamail
Truthout
February 20, 2018

While it has long been known the US military is one of the biggest polluters in the world, the egregious and intentional nature of its actions is less well known.

Canadian researchers recently revealed how an extremely toxic chemical used in US military explosives that the Pentagon has been downplaying for decades has been seeping into surrounding communities for years.

Meanwhile, as Truthout has reported extensively, US Naval warplanes are producing deadly levels of jet noise around airstrips in the Pacific Northwest, despite widespread public outcry.

For years, the Department of Defense has been using the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a 1970 law designed to protect people from harmful environmental actions by federal agencies, to allow military entities to engage in operations harmful to millions of civilians.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/43596-the-pentagon-is-using-an-environmental-law-meant-to-protect-us-against-us

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