How War & Military Spending Accelerate Climate Chaos from Gaza to Ukraine

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"Farmers told me that they witnessed U.S. military contractors dump sewage and waste into their fields. Residents described how, for years, they had bathed in sewage-clogged streams that flowed from inside the base walls and breathed in the billowing clouds of poisonous pollutants from the open-air #BurnPits."

A Toxic Legacy: What America Left Behind In #Afghanistan

https://undark.org/2023/09/25/afghanistan-war-toxic-pollution/

#AfghanWar #MilitaryPollution #écocide #USMilitaryPollution #EnvironmentalRacism #EnvironmentalJustice

A Toxic Legacy: What America Left Behind In Afghanistan

Afghans say the U.S. military's lack of environmental protections polluted their land, poisoned their water, and sickened their children.

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"This is a conversation with #NabilSalih–scholar of Iraqi politics and social movements–and #KaliRubaii–scholar of environmental contamination and researcher on its impacts in Iraqi communities.."

#Iraq Wounded: Twenty Years On, the Toxic Legacies of America’s War Remain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_NhKDEWRk4

#IraqWar #Iraq20YearsAfter #Iraq2003 #USMilitaryPollution #MilitaryPollution #BurnPits #IraqBurnPits #IraqInvaded20YearsLater #EcologyOfWar #EnvironmentalJustice #EnvironmentalRacism #RégimeChangeWars

Iraq Wounded: Twenty Years On, the Toxic Legacies of America’s War Remain

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"I'm struck by the role of veteran suffering as part of the imperial alibi. [..] All military occupations burn trash and the occupation itself should be our toxic object of analysis." - #KaliRubaii

The Cost of Imperial Wars on #Iraq's Environment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcgWzZoop4Q

#IraqWar #BurnPits #IraqBurnPits #USMilitaryPollution #MilitaryPollution #Fallujah #EcologyOfWar #EnvironmentalJustice #EnvironmentalRacism #Iraq2003 #Iraq20YearsAfter #IraqInvaded20YearsLater #RégimeChangeWars

The Cost of Imperial Wars on Iraq's Environment - Flow Podcast - Episode 6

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The Last Okinawan Dugongs

Treasured by the indigenous people of the island, fewer than 50 live in the wild today.

https://thenib.com/the-last-okinawan-dugongs/

#Okinawa #Dugongs #Dugong #biodiversity #MarineMammals #USBases #MilitaryPollution

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The Last Okinawan Dugongs | The Nib

Treasured by the indigenous people of the island, fewer than 50 live in the wild today.

The Nib

On this #InternationalDayOfPeace we are again calling for the inclusion of #MilitaryPollution in country + @[email protected] climate agreements - we must act NOW✊🌍

👉Join us and many others in signing the petition: http://cop26.info👈

#PeaceDay #Military #ClimateCrisis #COP26

Stop Excluding Military Pollution from Climate Agreements | COP26.info

There is no reasonable basis for this gaping loophole. War and war preparations are major greenhouse gas emitters. All greenhouse gas emissions need to be included in mandatory greenhouse gas emission reduction standards. There must be no more exception for military pollution.

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