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As I wrote yesterday, these are actually linked. As we spend less on fossil fuels, we can also spend less on national defense. This is yet another subsidy for fossil fuels.
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-war-in-iran-shows-us-another
The war in Iran shows us another cost of our fossil-fuel economy
our reliance on fossil fuels makes us less safe
On The Climate Brink, @hausfath.bsky.social writes about the trends of spending on clean energy vs. national defense:
When will clean energy spending exceed military spending?
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/when-will-clean-energy-spending-exceed
When will clean energy spending exceed military spending?
Why I may have been a tad premature in my 2026 prediction.
On The Climate Brink, my latest post is on what the war in Iran tells us about the hidden costs of fossil fuels
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-war-in-iran-shows-us-another
The war in Iran shows us another cost of our fossil-fuel economy
our reliance on fossil fuels makes us less safe
On The Climate Brink, an obituary for the DOE Climate Working Group report
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/obituary-the-doe-climate-working
OBITUARY: The DOE Climate Working Group Report, 2025–2026
it died in a footnote
I know that AI is controversial in some corners, but I think this is a great description of how many scientists (particularly younger ones) are using it.
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-ai-augmented-scientist
The AI-Augmented Scientist
The promise and pitfalls of using AI tools to boost my capabilities as a scientist
Is climate change responsible for increasingly frequent or severe cold events? The evidence suggests it is not. Instead, the impact of climate change is warmer winters and less severe cold events. Zeke Hausfather has a great post on TCB talking about this.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-186376927
Fact check: Climate change is not making extreme cold more common
Sometimes it just gets cold
My year-end wrap up with @hausfath.bsky.social on The Climate Brink
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-climate-brink-2025-wrap-up
The Climate Brink 2025 wrap-up
The biggest stories of 2025 and a few predictions for 2026
Zeke Hausfather makes his predictions for 2026 and 2027 temperatures. I don’t need any fancy science to tell you that both years gonna be en fuego.
https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/my-2026-and-2027-global-temperature
My 2026 and 2027 global temperature forecasts
The best thing about predicting the near future is you don't need to wait long to be wrong
On The Climate Brink, I write about the connection between climate change and flooding in the Pacific Northwest.
Yes, climate change is enhancing the flooding.
https://open.substack.com/pub/theclimatebrink/p/tcb-quick-hit-how-climate-change?r=27daj&utm_medium=ios
TCB quick hit: How climate change broke the Pacific Northwest’s plumbing
It’s not just wetter storms—it’s also the important shift from snow to rain
