PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • July 19, 2021
The US military is the single largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world. The conventional mantra of “good-paying BIW jobs” does not pass the sniff test anymore. Unless these are good-paying green-economy jobs. Are you, as a journalistic institution, going to stand up and make a statement? Will you become part of the conversation so desperately needed and so consistently avoided? If you need any incentive, recall the closing statement by Andrew Weaver, climate scientist: “But you ain’t seen nothing yet. It’s going to get a lot worse.” ~ Thomas Kircher, Biddeford