The Defense Department will install solar panels on the Pentagon, part of the Biden administration’s plan to promote clean energy and “reestablish the federal government as a sustainability leader.”
The Pentagon is one of 31 government sites that are receiving $104 million in Energy Department grants that are expected to double the amount of carbon-free electricity at federal facilities and create 27 megawatts of clean-energy capacity while leveraging more than $361 million in private investment, the Energy Department said.
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The solar panels are among several improvements set for the Pentagon, which also will install a heat pump system and solar thermal panels to reduce reliance on natural gas and fuel oil combustion systems
How is this greenwashing?
A building is installing solar panels and replacing hvac systems with more efficient equivalents. If installing solar panels and installing more efficient heating/cooling is now considered greenwashing…
By trying to present the Pentagon as environmentally friendly, instead of one of the worst polluters on the planet.
Well no. The Pentagon is an office building. The second largest office building on the planet installing solar and improving it’s heating efficiency is a pretty big win.
The funding to modernize federal buildings didn’t include the entire DoD because a tank or F-35 isn’t considered a building.
Hey look the greenwashing worked.
The only person presenting that narrative is you. Just read the article:
‘Brendan Owens, assistant secretary of Defense for energy, installations and environment, said the projects will improve energy resilience and reliability at the Pentagon and other military sites in the U.S. and Germany. He called energy use "central to everything we do.’‘’
‘Solar panels will provide "an uninterrupted power source’’ at the Pentagon in case of a cyberattack or other outage to the bulk grid, as well as reduce strain on the building’s power load, Owens said in an interview.’
Its not about “green” to that member of the Defense department, its about continued operation and money. Yes, it will also reduce green house gas creation, but the Defense department isn’t even making that claim.
So what you’re doing is putting words in their mouth, then calling them hypocrites for using that language you created. Thats a straight up straw man fallacy you’re using.
Uh huh, and you think they reached out to the media to create this headline because they want us to be informed about building maintenance. Okay lol