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Ryan Thombs

@r-thombs.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology at Penn State studying climate + political economy + health + social inequality + statistical modeling. ryanthombs.com

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Andrew Jorgenson @akjorgenson.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
A superb and nuanced analysis by @r-thombs.bsky.social. Does international trade drive CO2 emissions at the U.S. state-level? url: academic.oup.com/socpro/artic...
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Does international trade drive CO2 emissions at the U.S. state-level?
ABSTRACT. Whether and how trade impacts carbon emissions in Global North nations like the United States (U.S.) remains contested. Prior analyses focus on n
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Grist @grist.org · 16/07/2025
How reducing the US military budget would also reduce emissions. New research shows that even with modest reductions in military funding, the United States would keep a whole lot of carbon out of the atmosphere. grist.org/climate/how-... #Military #Army #Navy #Policy #Climate #Budget
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How reducing the US military budget would also reduce emissions
New research shows that even with modest reductions in military funding, the United States would keep a whole lot of carbon out of the atmosphere.
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Andrew Jorgenson @akjorgenson.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
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World's biggest polluter is in the US, study finds
The study's lead author told Newsweek that sustained cuts to expenditures could produce annual energy savings similar to the entire nation of Slovenia.
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Andrew Jorgenson @akjorgenson.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
We show that sustained cuts to U.S. military expenditures could result in annual energy savings on par with what the nation of Slovenia or the U.S. state of Delaware consumes annually by 2032.
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Andrew Jorgenson @akjorgenson.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
We also illustrate the potential impacts of different spending decisions on DOD energy consumption and present a forecast from 2023 to 2032 for seven different scenarios.
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Andrew Jorgenson @akjorgenson.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
We find that a decrease in military expenditures has a larger effect on decreasing energy consumption than an increase in expenditures does on increasing consumption. This is largely due to cuts in DOD energy consumption from facilities and vehicles and equipment, and jet fuel in particular.
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Andrew Jorgenson @akjorgenson.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
We conduct a time series analysis of the relationship between U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) direct energy consumption and U.S. military expenditures from 1975 to 2022, and we test for directional asymmetry in the effect of expenditures on energy consumption.
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Andrew Jorgenson @akjorgenson.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Our new study published in PLOS Climate indicates that very modest decreases in US military spending would lead to very big decreases in how much fossil fuels are consumed by the US Department of Defense. Summary in thread. dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour... #climatecrisis #energy #climate #sustainability
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Reducing U.S. military spending could lead to substantial decreases in energy consumption
The U.S. military is a significant contributor to the climate crisis and other sustainability concerns. However, there is very limited research on how changes in U.S. military spending directly impact...
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PLOS Climate @plosclimate.org · 02/07/2025
New research by @r-thombs.bsky.social, @akjorgenson.bsky.social and Brett Clark shows that sustained cuts to US military expenditures could result in annual energy savings on par with what the nation of Slovenia or the US state of Delaware consumes annually by 2032 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
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Reducing U.S. military spending could lead to substantial decreases in energy consumption
The U.S. military is a significant contributor to the climate crisis and other sustainability concerns. However, there is very limited research on how changes in U.S. military spending directly impact...
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Andrew Jorgenson @akjorgenson.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
New Paper Out Now in Social Problems: “Militarizing the Climate Crisis: An Analysis of the Short-Run and Long-Run Effects of Militarization on Nations’ Carbon Emissions, 1990–2020.” Brief summary in thread. academic.oup.com/socpro/advan... #climatecrisis #politicaleconomy #sociology #climatejustice
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Militarizing the Climate Crisis: An Analysis of the Short-Run and Long-Run Effects of Militarization on Nations’ Carbon Emissions, 1990–2020
ABSTRACT. Building on scholarship in global political economy, historical sociology, and environmental sociology, as well as emerging streams of research o
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