Environmental Spending on U.S. Army Bases Halted

Environment News Service, May, 2004 by staff

WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) — Army bases across the United States have been ordered to halt anti-pollution and wildlife protection spending, according to an internal memo released Thursday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

Citing mid-year fiscal shortages due to “fighting a war on several fronts, maintaining combat readiness on others, and transforming our warfighting force …being executed simultaneously,” Major General Anders Aadland, head of the Army’s new Installation Management Activity command, sent a memo to all garrison commanders on May 11 ordering immediate cutbacks in “discretionary” spending on environmental protection and other items including personnel, travel and training.

Environmental protection will be curtailed. General Aadland...

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