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How the Marine Corps Struck Gold in a Trash Heap As Part of the Pentagon's Fight Against Climate Change


How the Marine Corps Struck Gold in a Trash Heap As Part of the Pentagon’s Fight Against Climate Change
The Defense Department treats the warming climate as a catastrophic threat to national security: “A shrinking polar ice cap doesn’t just mean thinking about polar bears.”
By Sonner Kehrt
June 30, 2021
A Member of the 325th Civil Engineer Squadron begins the clean up process around their squadron on Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 18, 2018, following Hurricane Michael. Credit: U.S. Air Force/ Senior Airman Keifer Bowes
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