U.S. Army enlists EPA to go greener

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The U.S. Army has enlisted the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) assistance to advance its mission to make bases sustainable and more self-reliant.

Last week, the Army announced its alliance with the EPA to create green infrastructure technologies for handling energy, waste, and water. The Army calls its initiative Net Zero.

“Our collaboration with EPA’s Office of Research and Development brings leading-edge research assistance together to advance both our institutions’ goals for increase resource efficiency and balanced resource use,” said Katherine Hammack, assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy and environment.

According to the Army, the Net Zero approach is comprised of five interrelated steps: reduction, re-purpose, recycling and composting, energy recovery, and waste disposal.

A pilot project was deployed at five Army installations in April, and the goal is for each one to achieve Net Zero by 2020, becoming centers of excellence. That learning will be applied to 25 additional installations in 2014; Net Zero is scheduled to be fully realized by 2030.

The U.S. armed forces have made the adoption of renewable energy technologies a strategic priority. Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn said in April that reducing the military’s dependence on fossil fuel sources is correlated with its ability to project power overseas.

Some of the miltiary’s recent projects include the use of biofuel blends in Air Force fighter jets, hybrid Army blimps, a Marine base that operates on landfill gas, and an entire Marine Corps unit is now functioning entirely on solar power.

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/intelligent-energy/us-army-enlists-epa-to-go-greener/10991

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I bet that's cost-effective!

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I bet that's cost-effective!

I just about to say.... and the left-wing wants to cut defense spending, I thought?

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net zero sounds like a diet coke.

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I thought the army already wore green....they want a deeper hue?

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Does this mean they are violating treademarks?

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THis is typical, rather than deal with the rapes and sexual harassment of their women in uniform they are trying to re-drink toilet water like a third world country.

The Army even more than the other branches are no longer a military managed force any longer.

Thats just a reality.

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THis is typical, rather than deal with the rapes and sexual harassment of their women in uniform they are trying to re-drink toilet water like a third world country.

The Army even more than the other branches are no longer a military managed force any longer.

Thats just a reality.

Yep. Killing people and breaking stuff is left to the Marines. The Army is a big police force.