Defense Environment Alert -- President Bush's Jan. 24 executive order setting new energy management goals, including greenhouse gas emission and fuel consumption reductions, appears to codify much of what the Defense Department has previously committed to, observers say. It also excludes tactical vehicles from the order's mandates, leaving untouched the military's largest demand for energy consumption -- an area in which the military on its own is trying to cut fuel use. One observer notes a significant majority of the...
