Think tank @BrownUniversity providing accessible research for just climate policy & climate denial accountability. Led by @TimmonsRoberts, powered by undergrads
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Joined September 2011
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The Climate and Development Lab retweeted
Check out new research fueled by IBES alums – "Where ideology meets private interest: the three-part composition of climate obstruction in the United States"
@ClimateDevLab @ClimateSSN
iopscience.iop.org/article/1…
Is one countermovement fighting action on climate change or three?
Turns out there are 3: "the conservative movement, oil and gas industry groups, and electric utilities/mining/heavy industry"..movement is the "interface"
iopscience.iop.org/article/1…
Go @climatedevlab @climatessn
The Climate and Development Lab retweeted
The @climatedevlab began this project with a team of students going to committee rooms at the statehouse and the state archives, here in Rhode Island. After studies in MA and CT, we went national. State-level politics are super-important, esp. with gridlock in DC.
Who is lobbying with whom, against what, and with what outcomes?
This article was five years in the making, built on a huge new dataset. Proud of the work by @ClimateDevLab scholars @GalenPHall and @trevordculhane, and really useful results.
it's here: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
The Climate and Development Lab retweeted
Who's influencing climate and energy policy in your state?
We're rolling out reports on millions of lobbying records, which we've made available online.
Check the thread and share.
Our latest @climatedevlab briefing, "Climate and Clean Energy Lobbying in Nebraska," analyzes 5,000 lobbying positions to reveal the dynamics in the legislature that surround the state’s current transition from coal to wind energy.
climatedevlab.brown.edu/post…
🧵 below:
#NELeg
The Climate and Development Lab retweeted
Great review of our brand new @ClimateSSN assessment volume on obstruction of climate action in Europe
📢NEW: When it comes to climate inaction, our media and the IPCC have been trying to tell the story of Star Wars without Darth Vader. A new book shows how this approach is making fools of us all: climatelaundry.substack.com/…
ALT An image of Earth taken from space, over which is projected the unmistakable shape of Dark Vader, in whose silhouette is reflected a dark and burning oil refinery.
The Climate and Development Lab retweeted
We analyzed more than 100 breaking news stories about recent record-breaking heat and rainfall in the U.S.
Less than half mentioned climate change.
Only 11 percent mentioned fossil fuels, or other pollution sources.
heated.world/p/the-media-is-…
The Climate and Development Lab retweeted
My friend and colleague @TimmonsRoberts has been at the forefront of climate social science since I have known him, and his current work with the @ClimateSSN is arguably his most important contribution yet. This is exactly what we need: coordinated social scientists ...
The Climate and Development Lab retweeted
Who is blocking action on #climate change? @ClimateSSN Director and Co-editor @TimmonsRoberts talks with lead chapter author @KacperSzulecki about our just-launched assessment on Climate Assessment Across Europe. Download free at CSSN.org
The Climate and Development Lab retweeted
The UN climate chief today called on governments at mid-year talks in Bonn to make “serious progress” towards setting a new climate finance goal due to be agreed at COP29 but sharp divisions remain - @joeloyo reports #JuneClimateMeetings #SB60 climatechangenews.com/2024/0…
The Climate and Development Lab retweeted
Who is lobbying with whom, against what, and with what outcomes?
This article was five years in the making, built on a huge new dataset. Proud of the work by @ClimateDevLab scholars @GalenPHall and @trevordculhane, and really useful results.
it's here: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
The Climate and Development Lab retweeted
The study is based on a novel dataset of interest groups' policy positions encompassing 224,530 lobbying and testimony records on 5449 pieces of legislation in 12 states.
And the data is publicly available, free, here, thanks to @GalenWinsor and Lizzy:
howdotheylobby.org
The Climate and Development Lab retweeted
CSSN Climate Obstruction Across Europe 2024 Conference
May 22-24. Mark your calendars! Register!
youtu.be/yaPkmdcSs48?si=Dvnq… via @YouTube
The Climate and Development Lab retweeted
“When lobbying firms represent both the polluter and the people experiencing pollution, it represents a pretty clear conflict of interest,” said @climatedevlab's @trevordculhane
New report just out, CDL data with @fminusing investigation.
@Brown_IBES
desmog.com/2024/05/08/f-minu…
The Climate and Development Lab retweeted
"Fossil fuel interests have worked with right-wing think tanks and community groups to block projects up and down the East Coast, according to a recent report by @BrownUniversity's @ClimateDevLab," @maxinejoselow '16 and @jdawsey1 write for @washingtonpost.washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
The Climate and Development Lab retweeted
Great work on US anti-wind movements by @isaac_slevin & co at the @climatedevlab. Many similarities with our own research at @greenpeacefr on the French networks published in Le Monde 2 years ago (1/7)👇
drilled.media/news/podcast-a…
The Climate and Development Lab retweeted
Coming from a military family, Isabella Garo ’24 has lived all over the globe — an upbringing that has influenced how she views the natural world. Today, her experiences have shaped her into an ENVS concentrator & a dedicated climate activist. Learn more⤵️ ibes.brown.edu/news/2024-04-…
The Climate and Development Lab retweeted
The dataset is citable at:
Galen Hall, Joshua A. Basseches, Rebecca Bromley-Trujillo, Trevor Culhane. Forthcoming. "CHORUS: A new dataset of state interest group policy positions in the United States." State Politics & Policy Quarterly.
Super excited to have our webtool on state lobbying covered so well...
Remember, this dataset is about all issues, 17 states.
With States Leading on Climate Policy, New Tools Peer Into Lobbying ‘Black Box’ insideclimatenews.org/news/0…
@Brown_IBES @BrownUResearch @BrownUniversity
The Climate and Development Lab retweeted
Super excited to have our webtool on state lobbying covered so well...
Remember, this dataset is about all issues, 17 states.
With States Leading on Climate Policy, New Tools Peer Into Lobbying ‘Black Box’ insideclimatenews.org/news/0…
@Brown_IBES @BrownUResearch @BrownUniversity
The Climate and Development Lab retweeted
Who's lobbying on what with whom in the U.S. states?
Very proud to be making this major transparency and democratic accountability tool available free to the public.
This dataset has 14 million lobbying records in 17 states, on all issues.
And cool network graphics 4u.
Today, we're launching How Do They Lobby, a website tracking millions lobbying and testimony positions on bills in state legislatures across the US.
Check it out here: howdotheylobby.org
ALT Screenshot of How Do They Lobby site, showing two of the main features of the site: "Search over 14 million policy positions, interest groups, and state bills" and "Explore coalitions of interest groups," showing a data table and network analysis figure.
The Climate and Development Lab retweeted
That’s fine in the short run, because even if you ran your car off a 100% natural gas grid, you’d still cut your carbon pollution roughly in half compared to a gasoline car. And in the long run the bulk of new electricity will come from lower carbon sources. Don’t worry about it
The Climate and Development Lab retweeted
What are critics saying about #offshorewind in the U.S. Congress?
Brown's @ClimateDevLab launches another study, this one of 411 negative claims about the impacts of wind power and other renewable energy. You talk about
Spinning Negativity!
climatedevlab.brown.edu/post…