Climate Costs of Militarizing the Olympic Peninsula

What happens when the world’s largest user of fossil fuels fails to fully disclose its contributions to air pollution, respiratory diseases and climate change? What would you say to the fact that in a draft environmental impact statement (EIS), the U.S. Navy analyzed the exhaust emissions of only 36 of its 160-jet fleet of EA-18G Growler jets, and that the analysis covered only takeoffs and landings?

Emissions from Naval flight operations beyond about six miles from the corners of each runway are not analyzed. Greenhouse gases for takeoffs and landings are listed in the EIS but are not added up, so if readers want to know the totals, they have to do the math themselves.

Please read the full, well-researched article by Karen Sullivan here.