{"id":368707,"date":"2021-04-01T13:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T17:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=368707"},"modified":"2021-04-01T13:00:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T17:00:33","slug":"biden-infrastructure-plan-would-spend-billions-to-make-pentagon-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-infrastructure-plan-would-spend-billions-to-make-pentagon-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Infrastructure Plan Would Spend Billions To Make Pentagon \u2018Green\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-infrastructure-plan-would-spend-billions-to-make-pentagon-green%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=368707&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2943.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Joe Biden\u2019s infrastructure plan puts $180 billion toward emerging technologies at the Pentagon, including investments in environmental programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The $2 trillion American jobs plan\u2014which progressives said <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/policy\/progressives-push-biden-to-include-10-trillion-climate-plan-in-infrastructure-package\/\">should include<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Green New Deal-style policies\u2014would&nbsp;propel the Pentagon toward the use of renewable energy instead of fossil fuels for military vehicles.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in National Security<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0 \">\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/biden-infrastructure-plan-would-spend-billions-to-make-pentagon-green\/\"><strong>Biden Infrastructure Plan Would Spend Billions To Make Pentagon \u2018Green&#8217;<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/israeli-intel-officials-met-with-libyan-candidate-for-president\/\"><strong>Israeli Intel Officials Met With Libyan Candidate for President<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/u-n-casts-doubt-on-chinese-claims-of-growing-support-for-human-rights-record\/\"><strong>U.N. Casts Doubt on Chinese Claims of Growing Support for Human Rights Record<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ray Mabus, a former Navy secretary and climate change advocate, said the Department of Defense could lead the way on environmental policies for years to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Moving off fossil fuels into renewables will have first just the direct effect of reducing the carbon footprint dramatically,&#8221; Mabus told <em>Politico<\/em>. &#8220;Where the military goes, the civilian world often follows,&#8221; he added, noting that electric vehicles &#8220;could catalyze an industry that will have those impacts more widely.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mabus oversaw the Navy\u2019s first attempt at transitioning to renewable energy by <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/report-pentagon-paid-150-per-gallon-for-green-jet-fuel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incorporating<\/a> biofuel into the fleet, a plan which raised costs at the expense of readiness&nbsp;and was relentlessly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/08\/28\/business\/military-spending-on-biofuels-draws-fire.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/08\/28\/business\/military-spending-on-biofuels-draws-fire.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1617378461029000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHxcamJ299WlHNf5ZlqMFDmB_Wy9g\">attacked<\/a>&nbsp;by congressional Republicans as wasteful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Critics <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/far-lefts-green-pentagon-jeopardizes-national-security-republicans-say\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">told<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;in November that if Biden&#8217;s Pentagon leans hard into green policies, it could harm national security. Many of America\u2019s most important forward positions face a readiness problem, and simulations project U.S. forces losing in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biden&#8217;s plan would also&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">invest billions in military innovations such as semiconductors, a China-dominated technology used in advanced military equipment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House Armed Services Committee vice ranking member Rep. Rob Wittman (R., Va.) said the Biden administration should prioritize the current strength of the Pentagon rather than environmental changes given the major threat at hand.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We need to get more out of our dollar than the Chinese get out of their yuan or the Russians get out of their ruble,&#8221; Wittman said. &#8220;If we have an astronomical increase in costs, we need to think twice about those efforts\u2026. 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