The US military is the world’s largest institutional consumer of fossil fuels and a contributor to global climate change. In addition, all militaries around the world are exempt from the emissions reduction goals of the Paris climate agreement. And those costs and impacts are not evenly distributed. Countries in the global north spend 30 times (3000%) more on their militaries than on climate action and environmental protection. And they are led by the United States which spends more than $1 trillion each year on its military, more than the next seven largest military budgets in the world, combined.

But the problem is not simply the existence of a fossil-fueled military industrial complex. Fossil fuel use in this age of climate disruption leads directly to war and militarized conflict, and vice versa. And we know that specific areas of conflict and war are at this very moment being fueled by the greed of corporations and governments to extract and burn fossil fuels. (to see more specific examples and footnotes, read our sign on letter here)

These examples paint a clear and concerning pattern: War fuels the climate crisis, while fossil fuels and climate disruption feed war. And Donald Trump is supercharging both, to the detriment of all people and communities around the world.

Use this page to send a letter to your Representative and Senators asking them to take action on our three demands to  

1. Cut the Pentagon budget by roughly 10%.
2. End all US fossil fuel subsidies.
3. Require the US military to document, report, and reduce its emissions.