Military vs The Environment

Ceasefire Day 3

October 13, 2025 UNAC Editor Civil Resistance, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Military vs The Environment, Occupation, Palestine, Refugees, Resistance, U.S. Hegemony, US Hypocrisy, Zionism

by If Americans Knew, from Israel-Palestine News, October 12, 2025 Compilation of news reports – IAK staff (Day 736 of Israel’s Latest War on Gaza) 124 martyrs arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals over the past 24 hours. The number of known starvation/malnutrition deaths stands at 463, including 157 children. NOTE: Only the dead who are brought to hospitals are included in[…]

The Military Elephant in the Room Will Lead to An Unjust Transition

December 6, 2023 UNAC Editor Biofuels, Climate Change, Conferences, Militarism, Military vs The Environment, Poisoning the Environment, Toxic Chemicals, US Military

by Pippa Bartolotti, published on the International Peace Bureau, December 2, 2023 Post-review of NATO Climate Killer Part 2: Climate Crossfire Webinar, recorded on December 2nd, 2023, during COP 28 As we navigate COP 28, this webinar addressed the pertinent issues of military spending and its environmental ramifications. Ably introduced by the Canadian policy analyst IPB Vice President Steven Staples,[…]

The Climate Costs of the U.S. Military Machine

November 29, 2023 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Military vs The Environment, Poisoning the Environment, US Foreign Bases

by Pippa Bartolotti published on UNACPeace.org, November 27, 2023 The Department of Defense budget comprises more than half of all federal discretionary spending every year. Just 11% of the military budget could fund renewable energy for every US home. A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies calculates that the cost of U.S. militarization in the last 20 years[…]

Countering the “China Threat”–At What Price?

June 27, 2021 UNAC Editor China, Korea, Military vs The Environment, War and Weapons

by Koohan Paik-Mander, published on Organizing Notes (Space4Peace), June 26, 2021 This is really quite sickening. My first thought was a line from the old Joni Mitchell song, “Big Yellow Taxi“, “Pave Paradise. Put up a parking lot.” But, of course, it is far worse than that. They are turning “Paradise” into “Hell”. And we are paying our tax dollars, […]

Top Poisoner of Pacific Is U.S. Military

October 14, 2020 UNAC Editor Environment, Military vs The Environment, Toxic Chemicals

by David Swanson, published on World Beyond War, October 12, 2020 “We’re number one!” The United States famously fails to actually lead the world in anything desirable, but it does lead the world in many things, and one of them turns out to be the poisoning of the Pacific and its islands. And by the United States, I mean the[…]

NATO Poisons the Earth

April 11, 2019 UNAC Editor Militarism, Military vs The Environment, Poisoning the Environment

by Pat Elder, from Civilian Exposure, April 5, 2019 A Photo Essay documenting Criminal Behavior Baby Lambs are Born with six legs at Capo Frasca NATO Base in Sardinia Italy Look into this baby lamb’s eyes. He’s been around for a million years and he never asked for this. This lamb was born with six legs in a field near[…]