DOD Pushes for Key Environmental Policy Before Bush Leaves Office

By Suzanne Yohannan / June 25, 2008 at 5:00 AM
Defense Environment Alert -- The Defense Department is pushing to complete a key environmental policy dealing with "mission sustainability" before the Bush administration ends, a defense source says, noting that the policy for dealing with potential conflicts between military installations and surrounding communities has long been in the works. At the same time, DOD is aiming to complete a separate policy that would help address potential conflicts between military readiness and aggressive renewable energy siting under an overarching administration policy,...

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