by ADC | May 27, 2022 | Climate, Congress/DoD, Energy, NDAA, On Base
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) planned to introduce legislation Thursday that would codify climate goals being rolled out by DOD and the military services, she told Military.com. The Pentagon’s strategies should not be dependent on who is the next secretary of defense,...
by ADC | May 27, 2022 | Climate, Congress/DoD, Energy, In Our Communities, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Georgia has become the first installation in DOD to achieve the net-zero energy efficiency milestone, according to a Marine Corps story. “This is tremendous work by everyone on base,” Commanding Officer Col. Michael Fitzgerald said....
by ADC | Apr 11, 2022 | Energy, In Our Communities, On Base
Dirk Lesko has abruptly resigned as the leader of Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, one of the Navy’s largest private shipbuilders, AP reported. General Dynamics, the parent company, gave no reason for the change…. Military housing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Air...
by ADC | Mar 18, 2022 | Climate, Congress/DoD, Defense Communities National Summit, Energy, On Base
The Air Force is “on the cusp” of releasing a climate action plan, Edwin Oshiba told lawmakers this week. Oshiba is the acting assistant Air Force secretary for energy, installations and the environment. He didn’t give a specific release date, Air Force Magazine...
by ADC | Feb 9, 2022 | Climate, Energy, On Base
All Army installations will have 100% carbon pollution-free electricity by 2030, and each will have a microgrid in place by 2035, under the service’s new climate strategy. Installations would transition to an all-electric non-tactical vehicle fleet by 2035. “The Army...
by ADC | Feb 2, 2022 | Energy, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base, Veterans
Florida Power & Light, based in Juno Beach, Florida, will implement energy improvements at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, according to a DOD story. The project is expected to save the Navy more than $500,000 each year in utility costs…. A new Veterans...
by ADC | Dec 2, 2021 | Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Climate, Energy, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
The Navy and the California Energy Commission signed a new agreement Wednesday to continue partnering on energy and conservation, KFMB-TV reported. “Climate change impacts our national security, it impacts our readiness, and it impacts the way we are able to execute...
by ADC | Nov 24, 2021 | Energy, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, On Base
A new partnership between Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas and Nueces County allows the county to provide potable water utility and maintenance at the installation for the next 10 years, according to a Navy story…. The Navy will investigate how about 14,000...
by ADC | Aug 26, 2021 | Congress/DoD, Energy, On Base
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) said Fort Pickett, Virginia is now a processing site for evacuees coming in from Afghanistan. “It starts with them landing [at Dulles International Airport], being processed, tested for COVID, offered vaccinations, and then… being...
