Army unveils climate change plan as troops receive orders to leave Ukraine amid tensions with Russia
The U.S. Army has unveiled a new plan that includes an electric fleet of non-combat vehicles and a desire to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at military bases. The woke new plan was released amid rising tensions overseas, with President telling Americans to leave immediately and warning them that they could not expect to be rescued by U.S. troops if launches an invasion. The Army's climate change strategy, published in a report Tuesday, aims to make its bases more self-efficient and to move to an electric fleet of non-combat vehicles by 2035. The plan says the Army's 'immediate objectives' are to provide 100 percent carbon-pollution-free electricity for branch installations needs by 2030 and a 50 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions at all Army buildings by 2032. 'The time to address climate change is now. The effects of climate change have taken a toll on supply chains, damaged our infrastructure, and increased risks to Army Soldiers and families due to natural disasters and extreme weather,' Secretary of the Army Christine E. Wormuth penned in the report. 'The Army must adapt across our entire enterprise and purposefully pursue greenhouse gas mitigation strategies to reduce climate risks. If we do not take action now, across our installations, acquisition and logistics, and training, our options to mitigate these risks will become more constrained with each passing year.' To some Americans, the report may appear ill-timed given the fact that Russia has amassed some 120,000 troops close to the Ukrainian border, triggering fears of an invasion. 'American citizens should leave now,' Biden said in a Thursday interview with NBC News. 'It's not like we're dealing with a terrorist organization. We're dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. It's a very different situation and things could go crazy quickly.' The president added: 'That's a world war when Americans and Russia start shooting at one another. We're in a very different world than we've ever been.' The Army's new plan seeks to deal with the effects of climate change that it claims 'endangers national and economic security' by making all military installations self-sufficient in terms of energy and water needs. It also calls for a transformation to sources of clean energy, including development of electric combat vehicles by 2050. It also calls on bases to switch to an all-electric fleet of non-combat vehicles by 2035. Wormuth said the Army is on-track to achieve its goals by the target dates. 'As the Army invests in modernization, readiness, and operations, we can create the land forces that our nation needs today while securing a sustainable, cleaner tomorrow,' she wrote in the report. 'As the Army optimizes the use of fuel, water, electricity, and other resources, we increase our resilience while saving taxpayer dollars and reducing our impact on the planet.' 'The Army will mitigate and adapt to climate change, and in doing so gain a strategic advantage, especially as we continue to outpace our near-peer competitors.' The plan, released ahead of Biden's notice to withdraw from Russia, argues armed conflict will continue to grow globally as world temperatures continue to rise, increasing competition for resources. The report - citing Middle Eastern nations like Syria where drought has played a role in civil war - claims the impacts of climate change will 'compound social instability, reduce access to basic necessities, undermine fragile governments and economies, damage vital infrastructure and lower agricultural production'. 'Climate change poses unique challenges to the Army at all levels. Bold actions now will ensure the Army is ready to support our nation in competition, crisis, and conflict far into the future,' the report states. 'By implementing this strategy, the Army will be a resilient and sustainable land force able to operate in all domains with effective mitigation and adaptation measures against the key effects of climate change, consistent with Army modernization efforts.' Experts allege the impacts of climate change will 'disrupt Army activities, displace individuals and communities, and increase the frequency of crisis deployments' for the 'foreseeable future'. The military organization claims it must be prepared to energy and water scarcity, damage to installations and infrastructure, disruptions to supply chain operations and imperiled soldier healthy from exposure to airborne irritants like smoke and dust, disease vectors, and temperature extremes. Experts also warn that the land on which the Army trains and operates may be altered, limited or constrained. 'The Army must act decisively and urgently to address the risks associated with all these effects,' the plan urges. The climate change plan is just the latest of the U.S. military's push towards progressiveness. Last week, the Army announced it will 'immediately begin separating soldiers from the service' who refuse to comply with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Those who refuse to be vaccinated or don't have an approved or pending request for exemption will be discharged. 'Army readiness depends on soldiers who are prepared to train, deploy, fight and win our nation's wars,' Wormuth told . 'Unvaccinated soldiers present risk to the force and jeopardize readiness.' Soldiers who are discharged over vaccination refusal 'will not be eligible for involuntary separation pay'. They may also have to return any unearned special or incentive pay. The Army said in January that 96 percent. of active troops have been completely vaccinated. 3,350 soldiers had refused to get the vaccine and nearly 5,900 had received temporary exemptions. In December, the Air Force announced it was authorizing the use of gender-neutral and gender-specific pronouns in email signature boxes. The Air Force made it clear that allowing for emails to end with he/him, she/her and they/them would be allowed in a memo on December 9. 'This guidance provides approval for the use of pronouns in electronic signature blocks and expands on written communication by providing official templates posted on e-publishing website available for download,' the Air Force correspondence states. 'The use of pronouns (he/him, she/her, or they/them) in an email signature block is authorized but not required,' the memo added. The Air Force memo came on the heels of the Army releasing a recruitment ad that features an animated lesbian wedding and an LGBTQ pride parade. Released on May 4, the two-minute recruitment video, centers on Corporal Emma Malonelord and her upbringing as she is raised The animated recruitment video chronicles Malonelord's life from her childhood up until she Her animated counterpart watches her two mothers get married after one recovers from a serious car accident that left her paralyzed.