Word: greenes
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...According to environmentalists, the military's commitment to green technology is significant not because carbon-neutral fighting forces would help reduce global greenhouse gas emissions; the British military, for example, only produces 1% of Britain's carbon dioxide output, and that's typical for militaries in developed economies. Instead, the gain could come from harnessing the bright and heavily funded researchers who work either directly for the military (the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers alone has 283 Ph.D.s on staff) or for its numerous suppliers. If the military-industrial complex can design a long-range missile that travels into space...
...requires the backing of the U.S. military, whose procurement and R&D budgets dwarf those of other nations. (Last year, the U.S. Department of Defense spent $79 billion on internal R&D; the British armed services spent $4 billion.) And while the Department of Defense (DOD) has not formalized green technology into its strategic documents, it has sponsored numerous studies that call for it to wean itself off what it's dubbed "POL" - petroleum, oils and lubricants - in favor of alternative fuels. (Read the top 10 green stories...
...Green tech will gain a growing portion of the U.S. military's $104 billion procurement budget in the coming years, according to DOD spokesman Chris Isleib. "It's beyond a high priority for us," he says. "In the Iraq theater, such a high percentage of our convoys were fuel convoys. Our reliance on these [fuel] convoys was putting our soldiers' lives at risk. We realized that the need for alternative fuels was urgent. We needed to mobilize...
...After Harvard’s Ivy League title and NCAA Tournament hopes were abruptly dashed by the Big Green last Tuesday in the final game of the regular season, the Crimson received new life with a bid to the NIT and a date with St. John’s at Carnesecca Arena in Queens...
Those Harvard forwards—Rollins and sophomores Emma Markley and Jackie Alemany—will have something to prove after being severely outmuscled in last week’s Dartmouth loss. Play in the post was all Big Green, which ended the game with a 51-27 advantage on the glass (including 20 offensive rebounds...