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Bombs, Bases & Biofuels?
By maudeaster on 2013-10-25 15:20:46
What do bombs, bases and biofuels have in common? The clues are who uses them and what they are doing to our climate.
The answer is ... the Pentagon — which is the world’s largest institutional source of |».ipentagon-sealgreenhouse gas.
Militarism as Cause and Consequence of Climate Change, an article from Climate SOS describes the multiple global
warming impacts of the US military. Luckily we in the Capital District will get to learn more soon about the links between
the Pentagon and climate change from Rachel Smolker, an ecologist quoted in this article and co-director of Biofuels Watch.
le !Rachel Smolker Rachel will speak on Bombs, Bases and Biofuels: The Pentagon and Global Warming, on Thursday,
Nov. 14, 2013 at Women Against War’s Annual Meeting. The event at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 10 N. Main in Albany,
starts at 5:30PM with a potluck dinner (bring a dish to share) — rsvps requested to info@WomenA gainstWar.org by Nov. ith
if possible. All welcome. Free. Wheelchair accessible. Also at the event, the Woman of Peace 2013 award will be presented
to Pat Beetle, a valiant advocate on every community peace and justice issue for years. Pat is active in Women Against War
as a member of our Iran Project and Grannies for Peace.» WAW Grand Mothers Action 1 See Rachael Smoker’s article for
Huffington Post.She is also an organizer with Energy Justice Network and works with the Mobilization for Climate Justice
and Climate Justice Now.
