The environment — another casualty of war in Middle East

• Experts say military hardware’s carbon footprint is staggering; conflicts’ carbon toll rivals yearly emissions of nations • Strikes spread toxins, polluting air, water, soil; toxic flames from burning oil depots and tankers pose direct threats, carry severe climate cost PARIS: From jet fuel used in bombing raids to acrid smoke from burning oil depots, the conflict in the Middle East is inflicting a significant toll on nature and the climate, an environmental cost of war that experts say oft...

By none@none.com (AFP)