On Thursday U.S.
defence officials argued in Congress for an exemption from environmental laws they said hindered training, including for a possible war against Iraq.
Officials from the Pentagon and regulatory agencies told lawmakers some environmental laws had led to
lengthy legal challenges and this
jeopardized training for the fight against terrorism as well as a looming attack on Baghdad.
The military, while insisting it will continue to protect the environment, has
proposed exemptions from legislation such as the
Clean Air Act, the
Endangered Species Act and the
Marine Mammal Protection Act...
Environmentalists, have however expressed concern that the
Pentagon may be using the war as an excuse to
erode these laws + introduce exemptions that would give the military a green light to
dump spent munitions, poison the seas + endanger protected wildlife.
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