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The Military: Unlikely Advocate for Green?

The military has not only set impressive goals, but has made significant headway in reducing its energy consumption.
The Military: Unlikely Advocate for Green?
GOING GREEN: A US Navy FA-18 Super Hornet approaches an air refuelling tanker.The U.S. Air Force has nearly completed certifying its fleet to use carbon-intensive coal-to-liquid fuels. Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images
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GOING GREEN: A US Navy FA-18 Super Hornet approaches an air refuelling tanker.The U.S. Air Force has nearly completed certifying its fleet to use carbon-intensive coal-to-liquid fuels. (Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images)
Keith Menconi
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