Journalism

News and analysis about the connection between militarism, climate change, and environmental destruction.

TitleOutletDate
Fueling the Flames: How the West’s Military Emissions Undermine Climate ActionCommon Dreams11/22/2024
COP29 Ignores Militarism, Putting Meaningful Climate Deal Out of ReachTruthout11/21/2024
COP29 and environmental apartheid: How war and conflict is bringing us closer to the brink of catastrophic warmingNew Arab11/19/2024
War and climate change fuel a survival-threatening cycleDavid Suzuki Foundation10/24/2024
From Gaza to COP29: The hidden carbon cost of genocide and the climate crisisHoni Soit10/23/2024
Hurricane Helene at the Nexus of Climate Crisis and U.S. MilitarismNational Priorities Project10/18/2024
2024 Climate Week Webinars: Divest from Militarism & Invest in Climate JusticeNational Priorities Project10/8/2024
The unprecedented environmental cost of Israel’s genocide in GazaCounterfire9/16/2024
The Gaza war is an environmental catastrophe972 Magazine9/5/2024
Climate justice demands ceasefire and arms embargo on IsraelClimate and Community Project8/1/2024
Gaza Strip: War Causes Large Emissions of Polluting GasesDefend Democracy Press6/10/2024
New study reveals substantial carbon emissions from the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflictPHYS.org6/7/2024
Warfare’s Climate Emissions Are Huge but UncountedScientific American6/1/2024
Ecocide in Gaza: The environmental impact of Israel’s warNew Arab5/9/2024
An Earth Day Present to the Planet From Congress: $95 Billion for WarCommon Dreams4/24/2024
How wars destroy the environment and contribute to climate changeCaritas Czech Republic4/17/2024
The effect of Israel’s war in Gaza on the climate crisisThe Boar4/5/2024
Ecological impacts of the war machineKollibri Substack4/3/2024
The Hidden Costs of Military Expansion on ClimateREVOLVE3/18/2024
Military Emissions Are Too Big to Keep IgnoringThe Atlantic1/17/2024
The Staggering Carbon Footprint of Israel’s War in GazaMother Jones1/13/2024
‘Elephant in the room’: The US military’s devastating carbon footprintAl Jazeera English12/12/2023
How big are global military carbon emissions?Responsible Science Journal7/8/2023
Less War, Less Warming: A Reparative Approach to US and UK Military Ecological DamagesCommon Wealth6/11/2023
It’s high time to defuse the military carbon bombAl Jazeera English11/25/2022
New estimate: global military is responsible for more emissions than RussiaConflict and Environment Observatory11/10/2022
The Nord Stream pipelines have stopped leaking. But the methane emitted broke recordsNPR10/4/2022
The Nightmare of Military Spending on an Overheating PlanetTom Dispatch9/22/2022
Greenwashed Imperialism: How Global Wars are Fueling Climate Change and Why Green Military Technology Will Not Solve itSpheres of Influence8/6/2022
Biden’s Militarized Foreign Policy is Obstructing his Climate AgendaOutrider7/19/2022
The US Military is Driving Environmental Collapse Across the PlanetScheerpost4/24/2022
How War Impacts Climate Change and the EnvironmentGlobal Citizen4/6/2022
The Toxic Relationship between Oil and the MilitaryGlobal Center for Climate Justice3/22/2022
Rockets Destroy Ozone and Cause Climate Change – Aerospace Programs’ Deadly Impacts to the EarthCentre for Research on Globalization1/24/2022
National Security and Climate Change: 
Behind the U.S. Pursuit of Military Exemptions to the Kyoto Protocol
National Security Archive1/20/2022
The US military-industrial complex pollutes more than 171 countriesPolygraph Blog12/7/2021
We Can’t Fight the Climate Crisis Without Fighting the Military-Industrial ComplexJacobin8/13/2021
How does war damage the environment?Conflict and Environment Observatory6/4/2020
American Exceptionalism Is Killing Planet EarthCommon Dreams12/2/2019
Major Media Bury Groundbreaking Studies of Pentagon’s Massive Carbon BootprintFairness and Accuracy in Reporting10/10/2019
Want To Save The Environment? De-Fund The Pentagon.Caitlin Johnstone9/28/2019
Industrialized Militaries Are a Bigger Part of the Climate Emergency Than You KnowThe Intercept9/15/2019
Why We Can’t Ignore U.S. Military EmissionsYES! Magazine7/16/2019
The Carbon Boot-print of the MilitaryScientists for Global Responsibility7/1/2019
The Defense Department is worried about climate change – and also a huge carbon emitterThe Conversation6/12/2019
An “Inconvenient Truth” that Al Gore MissedCounterpunch4/5/2019
Veterans are concerned about climate change, and that mattersThe Conversation3/18/2019
Climate change, capitalism and the militaryTransnational Institute11/16/2018
A military view on climate change: It’s eroding our national security and we should prepare for itThe Conversation10/6/2016