The Military Value of the Defense Department’s Energy Efforts
Solar panels sit atop HESCO barriers at Patrol Base Boldak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, in 2011.
By John Conger Read bio
March 13, 2017
As the Trump administration reviews climate and energy policies, they should do it with a key goal in mind.
President Trump has made his skepticism of his predecessor’s energy and climate policies fairly clear, from the rapid permitting of pipelines to his EPA Administrator’s public denial of carbon’s impact on the environment. No doubt the Defense Department’s policies and efforts in this area are in for some change as well. But before Trump administration officials issue any kind of blanket reversal, they should understand that the U.S. military has been taking a careful and calculated approach to climate and energy issues. They may find that they want to leave some of those policies in place after all.
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