Download or read book Green Warriors written by David E. Mosher and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2008 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent experiences in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkans have highlighted the importance of environmental considerations. These range from protecting soldier health and disposing of hazardous waste to building water supply systems and other activities that help achieve national goals in the post-conflict phase of contingency operations. The Army has become increasingly involved with environmental issues in every contingency operation and must be better prepared to deal with them. This study assesses whether existing policy, doctrine, and guidance adequately address environmental activities in post-conflict military operations and reconstruction. Findings are based on reviews of top-level policy and doctrine, analysis of operational experience, extensive interviews with diverse Army personnel, and a review of operational documentation and literature. From these sources, a database of 111 case studies was created. The research showed that environmental concerns can have far-reaching and significant impacts on the Army, both direct and indirect, especially in terms of cost, current operations, soldier health, diplomatic relations, reconstruction activities, and the ultimate success of the operation or the broader mission. Some evidence suggests that environmental problems may have even contributed to insurgency in Iraq. Recommendations include updating current policy and doctrine to fully address environmental considerations in contingency operations; ensuring that contractors are carefully selected and managed; and transmitting proactive field environmental practices and lessons throughout the Army.
Download or read book Environmental Transitions written by Petr Pavlínek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-26 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental Transitions is a detailed and comprehensive account of the environmental changes in Central and Eastern Europe, both under state socialism and during the period of transition to capitalism. The change in politics in the late 1980s and early 1990s allowed an opportunity for a rapid environmental clean up, in an area once considered one of the most environmentally devastated regions on earth. The book illustrates how transformations after 1989 have brought major environmental improvements, as well as new environmental problems. It shows how environmental policy, economic change and popular support for environmental movements, have specific and changing geographies associated with them. Environmental Transitions addresses a large number of topics, including the historical geographical analysis of the environmental change, health impacts of environmental degradation, the role of environmental issues during the anti-communist revolutions, legislative reform and the effects of transition on environmental quality after 1989. Environmental Transitions contains detailed case studies from the region, which illustrate the complexity of environmental issues and their intimate relationship with political and economic realities. It gives theoretically informed ideas for understanding environmental change in the context of the political economy of state socialism and post-communist transformations, drawing on a wide body of literature from West, Central and Eastern Europe.
Download or read book Current Environmental Issues Affecting the Readiness of the Department of Defense written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Issues Associated with the Department of Defense Base Realignment and Closure BRAC Program written by Craig Stephen Hamer and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this paper is to take a comprehensive look at the environmental restoration issues surrounding the implementation of the Department of Defense's Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Program. Environmental problems at DoD sites present some unique challenges because environmental priorities must be integrated with the national security missions of each DoD Service. Still environmental hazards must be dealt with before the military bases can be transferred of sold back to the local communities. It is also important for the Federal Government to present a unified picture to the public of a government committed to environmental protection and restoration at it's own facilities at least to the same extent that it is committed to environmental protection at private sites. This paper will examine the statutes and regulations surrounding the environmental cleanups. It will also research the mechanism by which the DoD can best achieve this end and the resources at its disposal for restorations of hazardous/toxic wastes sites at its facilities in the continental U.S. and overseas.
Download or read book Defense Environmental Issues written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Security and Preventative Defense written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Army War College Center for Strategic Leadership conducted a gaming exercise on Environmental Security and Preventive Defense on May 21, 1997, at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. The game was scheduled to coincide with a meeting of the NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society Pilot Study on "Environment and Security in an International Context." This facilitated the participation of a broad spectrum of environmental and policy experts from throughout Europe to join with similar experts from Canada and the United States to develop and analyze policy options for addressing a hypothetical environmental problem set in Eastern Europe. See Appendix A for a list of participants. The Game thus brought together an international group of experts on environmental issues and policy makers representing Academia, the private sector, the military, civilian government, and members of the Washington Interagency Community to meet in a "non-attribution" environment to craft multi-lateral, multi-disciplinary, interagency and interdepartmental approaches to the security challenges posed by environmental issues. The Collins Hall venue provided a sophisticated suite of computer programs to enhance the participants' analysis of and dialogue on a broad range of environmental problems and their policy implications. The U.S. Army War College's policy of non-attribution promoted a full and frank discussion of the issues and helped add to the depth of analysis and understanding for the group.
Download or read book National Defense and the Environment written by Stephen Dycus and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cogent examination of the issues involved in applying environmental laws to national security activities.
Download or read book In Defense of Earth written by Lynton Keith Caldwell and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A concrete program for safeguarding the atmosphere.
Download or read book How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate written by Andrew J. Hoffman and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-11 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the scientific community largely agrees that climate change is underway, debates about this issue remain fiercely polarized. These conversations have become a rhetorical contest, one where opposing sides try to achieve victory through playing on fear, distrust, and intolerance. At its heart, this split no longer concerns carbon dioxide, greenhouse gases, or climate modeling; rather, it is the product of contrasting, deeply entrenched worldviews. This brief examines what causes people to reject or accept the scientific consensus on climate change. Synthesizing evidence from sociology, psychology, and political science, Andrew J. Hoffman lays bare the opposing cultural lenses through which science is interpreted. He then extracts lessons from major cultural shifts in the past to engender a better understanding of the problem and motivate the public to take action. How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate makes a powerful case for a more scientifically literate public, a more socially engaged scientific community, and a more thoughtful mode of public discourse.
Download or read book Defense and the Environment Effective Scientific Communication written by Katarina Mahutova and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The success of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) at military facilities requires support and leadership from the highest levels of management, adequate resources for development and implementation, and an acknowledgement by the military commanders that EMS is an integral part of facilities and operations management. The theme of this book is the effective communication of environmental concerns in a changing military environment.
Download or read book Environmental Protection written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Current Environmental Issues Affecting the Readiness of the Department of Defense written by United States. Congress and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current environmental issues affecting the readiness of the Department of Defense : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection and the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, April 21, 2004.
Download or read book Fiscal Year 1989 Defense Environmental Restoration Account Request and Related Issues written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Environmental Restoration Panel and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Protection written by David R. Warren and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Restoration Issues written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Environmental Restoration Panel and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Research to Protect Restore and Manage the Environment written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1993-02-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book assesses the strengths and weaknesses of current environmental research programs, describes the desirable characteristics of an effective program, and recommends cultural and organizational changes to improve the performance of environmental research. Research areas in need of greater emphasis are identified, and overall directions for environmental research are recommended. The book also comments on the proposal to establish a National Institute for the Environment and on the elevation of the Environmental Protection Agency to cabinet status.
Download or read book Environmental Protection Issues Facing the Energy and Defense Environmental Management Programs U S GAO March 21 1996 written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
