June 26, 2019 Pod Save the World
In the June 26 episode of Pod Save the World, former Obama staffers Tommy Vietor and Ben Rhodes discuss the Cost of War Project's estimated $6 trillion cost of the War on Terror through the end of this fiscal year. Check it out at 29:26.
June 24, 2019 Foreign Affairs
Bernie Sanders draws on Costs of War Project data in making a powerful case against war with Iran. "We have to view the terrorism threat through the proper scope, rather than allowing it to dominate our view of the world."
June 24, 2019 Common Dreams
"Sooner or later fighting climate change will mean taking on the Pentagon's global footprint, too," says Common Dreams article citing Costs of War data in discussion of the growing antiwar movement in Congress.
June 17, 2019 USA Today
Neta C. Crawford, a project director at the Costs of War Project, spoke with USA Today about the recent Costs of War study highlighting the U.S. government’s contributions to climate change.
June 14, 2019 Washington Examiner
Jamie McIntyre's defense news roundup covers the release of two climate change reports, including "Researchers at Brown University's Costs of War Project have published a new report measuring the greenhouse gas emissions of the Department of Defense, which is the largest institutional consumer of fossil fuels in the world."
June 13, 2019 Forbes
"In 2017 alone, CO2 emissions [by the U.S. military] added up to 59 million tons - more than many industrialized nations including Sweden and Switzerland," says Forbes Magazine alongside infographic using U.S. military carbon dioxide emissions estimated by the Costs of War Project.
June 13, 2019 CNBC
"The Pentagon released around 1.2 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases between 2001 and 2017, according to research by Brown University. The study, published Wednesday, is the first of its kind to compile such comprehensive data."
June 13, 2019 The Week
The Week features Costs of War: "Study: Pentagon emits more greenhouse gas than some major countries."
June 12, 2019 Common Dreams
"Failing to curb the U.S. military's fossil fuel use, Costs of War Project co-director warns, 'will help guarantee the nightmare scenarios' forecast by scientists."
June 12, 2019 The Guardian
“There is a lot of room here to reduce emissions,” co-director Neta Crawford says of her study on the Pentagon's contribution to climate change.
June 12, 2019 Grist
This article features co-director Neta Crawford's new research on pentagon fuel use and climate change, concluding, "Instead of just reacting to climate change and preparing for the worst, the Pentagon has the opportunity to make the worst less likely to happen."
June 12, 2019 Politico
The Cost of War Project's new report says that failure to reduce the Pentagon's reliance on greenhouse gases will result in the "nightmare scenarios that the military predicts and that many climate scientists say are possible," shares Politico's Morning Defense update.
June 12, 2019 Defense One
If the Pentagon were a country in 2017, says co-director Neta Crawford, "it would have been the world's 55th largest greenhouse gas emitter, with emissions larger than Portugal, Sweden, or Denmark."
May 26, 2019 The Portland Press Herald
Studies such as the Costs of War Project show that tax dollars spent on building an alternative-energy infrastructure create far more jobs than military production, says a local letter to the editor.
May 21, 2019 Just Security
The Cost of War Project's estimated $5.9 trillion cost of post-9/11 wars cited in discussion of potential repeal of the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force.
May 15, 2019 Business Insider
In a dollar-by-dollar tour of the US national security budget, Business Insider references the Cost of War Project's esimation that obligations to veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars will total more than $1 trillion in the years to come.
May 7, 2019 The Nation
William D. Hartung's article cites Costs of War research in revealing the real cost of the U.S. Defense budget, which exceeds $1 trillion.
May 6, 2019 The Daily Show
Trevor Noah features the Cost of War Project's map of where in the world the U.S. military is combatting terrorism on The Daily Show.
April 26, 2019 US News and World Report
Co-director Catherine Lutz cited in an article on how the number of private contractors in America's longest war has jumped at an unprecented rate in the last three months.
April 21, 2019 KPFK Radio
Co-director Stephanie Savell interviewed on the vast geographic reach of the US war on terrrorism. Download MP3.