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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Renewable energy investment should come from defence budgets, say retired military leaders

US military personnel at an energy resilience project in California.
US military personnel at an energy resilience project in California. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images

Investment in renewable energy should be counted under defence expenditure, says a group of retired senior military personnel, because the climate crisis represents a threat to national security.

They have called for increased spending on low-carbon power as a way of making the UK and other European countries more resilient to threats from Russia and other potential aggressors.

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