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U.S. Military Services Expand Pollution Prevention Programs
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Although the Defense Department spends a minuscule share of its budget on environmental programs, such projects receive high-level attention at the Pentagon. The reason largely has to do with the long-term contamination that weapon systems cause.
The fiscal year 2000 defense budget allocates $3.9 billion or 1.5 percent of its $267.2 billion pot to environmental security. That includes $1.67 billion for environmental compliance, $1.26 billion for cleanup, $360 million for base realignment and closure, $257 million for pollution prevention, $199 million for technology, and $121 million for conservation. Figures show a steady decline in environmental funding. just last year, the …
