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Nancy Pelosi was confronted about the pentagon, and climate change.
A journalist brought up the pentagon’s abysmal impact on the climate.
As the negotiations over the contents of the reconciliation bill and bipartisan infrastructure bill have taken place, we’ve heard a lot about “historic”, “transformative” climate provisions and Biden’s bold agenda to tackle the the impending climate chaos that will only continue to get worse. At a conference focused on climate change, Abby Martin with The Empire Files took the opportunity to ask Nancy Pelosi an important question. At the mic stand, Martin asked:
“Speaker Pelosi, you just presided over a large increase in the pentagon budget. This pentagon budget is already massive. The pentagon is a larger polluter than 140 countries combined. How can we seriously talk about net zero if there is this bipartisan consensus to constantly expand this large contributor to climate change, which is exempt from these conferences. The military is exempt from climate talks.”
