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The US military carbon emissions on par with some countries

A viral tweet claims the US military sends out as much CO2 as 140 countries combined. It's that one final word that makes the claim false.
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NATO and climate change: How big is the problem?

Allied members have agreed to "significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from military activities".
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With Trump gone, NATO wages war on climate threat

If the U.S. military were a nation state, it would be the world's 47th largest emitter of planet-warming greenhouse gases, a 2019 study found.
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