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Central Florida Chapter

Central Florida Chapter. https://youtu.be/4aujGE9v-jc. Earth Day 2019—April 22. Kathy Kelly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdGE6lix6zo. Show from 3:30 to 14.43. https://youtu.be/4aujGE9v-jc.

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Central Florida Chapter

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  1. Central Florida Chapter https://youtu.be/4aujGE9v-jc

  2. Earth Day 2019—April 22

  3. Kathy Kelly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdGE6lix6zo Show from 3:30 to 14.43

  4. https://youtu.be/4aujGE9v-jc

  5. ECOSYSTEMS, WAR AND CLIMATE CHANGE. Four scientists describe the impact of climate change on wildlife and fragile ecosystems, and draw the parallel between that and the destructive role of warfare in undermining our capacity to protect and sustain our essential natural resources. (4 min) https://vimeo.com/121393556

  6. Military and the Environment • The 1992 Kyoto Protocol explicitly excluded greenhouse gas emissions from military action from its emissions targets. • This exclusion was removed in the 2015 Paris Agreement, but it is still not mandatory for signatory countries to track and reduce their military carbon emissions. • The U.S. is the only country to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.

  7. Oil for War—War for Oil

  8. The meaning of shock & awe.

  9. WHAT WE ARE LEAVING BEHIND IN IRAQ. An Iraq war veteran who served two deployments and shows us the destruction and garbage he saw and photographed when leaving Iraq. (7 min) https://vimeo.com/135381544

  10. Largest polluter in the world • Producing more hazardous waste than the five largest US chemical companies combined https://www.projectcensored.org/2-us-department-of-defense-is-the-worst-polluter-on-the-planet

  11. Largest polluter in the world • Producing more hazardous waste than the five largest US chemical companies combined • By the late 1980’s, public data revealed that the Pentagon was generating a ton of toxic waste per minute https://www.projectcensored.org/2-us-department-of-defense-is-the-worst-polluter-on-the-planet

  12. Largest polluter in the world • Producing more hazardous waste than the five largest US chemical companies combined • By the late 1980’s, public data revealed that the Pentagon was generating a ton of toxic waste per minute • Nearly 900 of EPA’s approximately 1,300 Superfund sites – waste sites classified as those most hazardous to human and ecological health – are abandoned military bases or facilities or military industrial manufacturing and testing sites that produced weapons, military vehicles, and other military-related products and services. https://www.projectcensored.org/2-us-department-of-defense-is-the-worst-polluter-on-the-planet

  13. Off we go into the wild blue yonder • A quarter of the world’s jet fuel feeds the USAF fleet • In 2006, the USAF consumed as much fuel as US planes did during the entire Second World War (1941-1945) — an astounding 2.6 billion gallons. Source: https://www.projectcensored.org/2-us-department-of-defense-is-the-worst-polluter-on-the-planet/

  14. When the war ends, the devastation continues…

  15. Environmental Damage for Decades-Centuries • Depleted uranium: Tens of thousands of pounds of microparticles of radioactive and highly toxic waste contaminate the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Balkans. • US-made land mines and cluster bombs spread over wide areas of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East continue to spread death and destruction even after wars have ceased.

  16. Lovin’ Land Mines Forever • Landmines have been used in every conflict since WWII. More than 110 million in 90 countries. • 80 percent were soldiers; by the late 20th century, 80 percent were civilians. • 1100 years--$30+ billion

  17. Environmental Damage for Decades-Centuries • Forty-five years after the Vietnam War, dioxin contamination is 300-400 times higher than “safe” levels, resulting in severe birth defects and cancers into the third generation of those affected. • US military policies and wars in Iraq have created severe desertification of 90 percent of the land, changing Iraq from a food exporter into a country that imports 80 percent of its food

  18. Environmental Damage for Decades-Centuries • Nuclear weapons testing in the American Southwest and the South Pacific Islands has contaminated millions of acres of land and water with radiation, while uranium tailings defile Navajo reservations • Rusting barrels of chemicals and solvents and millions of rounds of ammunition are abandoned by the Pentagon in bases around the world.

  19. The battlefield of Verdun is part of France's Zone Rouge, cordoned off since the end of WWI. La place a Gaz-the gas place https://www.ecowatch.com/world-war-environmental-costs-2619382756.html

  20. TOP PRIORITY. A retired Lieutenant General says that a top priority is raising consciousness in the military about the need for protecting the environment for future generations, and emphasizes the link between natural security and national security. (3 min) https://vimeo.com/121393558

  21. Cluster Bomb Success Story • 98% civilians; 27% children • 1.5 million cluster bombs; 750 bomblets in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos; 294 per square kilometer

  22. Cluster Bomb Success Story • 98% civilians; 27% children • 1.5 million cluster bombs; 750 bomblets in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos; 294 per square kilometer • Ottawa Treaty and UN Convention on Cluster Munitions

  23. War and the Environment-Historical Perspective • Earliest recorded use of biological warfare was that of Romans putting dead horses into an enemy’s water supply.

  24. War and the Environment-Historical Perspective • Earliest recorded use of biological warfare was that of Romans putting dead horses into an enemy’s water supply. • Combatants hurling plague-ridden human corpses into enemy garrisons

  25. War and the Environment-Historical Perspective • Earliest recorded use of biological warfare was that of Romans putting dead horses into an enemy’s water supply. • Combatants hurling plague-ridden human corpses into enemy garrisons • Giving blankets contaminated with smallpox to hostile forces

  26. War and the Environment-Historical Perspective • Earliest recorded use of biological warfare was that of Romans putting dead horses into an enemy’s water supply. • Combatants hurling plague-ridden human corpses into enemy garrisons • Giving blankets contaminated with smallpox to hostile forces • Poisoning an adversary’s water supply with intestinal typhoid bacteria

  27. War and the Environment-Historical Perspective • Earliest recorded use of biological warfare was that of Romans putting dead horses into an enemy’s water supply. • Combatants hurling plague-ridden human corpses into enemy garrisons • Giving blankets contaminated with smallpox to hostile forces • Poisoning an adversary’s water supply with intestinal typhoid bacteria • During the American Civil War, a handful of Confederates attempted to burn down New York City and plotted both to poison the city’s drinking water supply reservoir and to spread yellow fever throughout Washington, DC

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