Less than one day after PEER notified the public that Army bases across the country were told to reduce anti-pollution and wildlife protection spending in the name of “fighting a war on several fronts,” the U.S. Army issued a new order restoring environmental funding.

But the fight is far from over; the Pentagon continues to argue for self-certification of environmental compliance. In fact, Congress is currently reviewing Pentagon requests for exemptions from the Clean Air Act and federal toxic control laws.

Ironically, as the Pentagon lobbies for a green-get-out-of-jail card, the EPA, only a day earlier, fined the U.S. Army and a contractor nearly $52,000 for releasing a deadly chemical weapon on a wildlife sanctuary in the Pacific Ocean.

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