Timmons Roberts
@timmonsroberts.bsky.social
Climate change social scientist. Collaborator, determined dreamer, dad. Director, @ClimateSSN.bsky.social And @climatedevlab.bsky.social
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu CSSN.org personal account; reskeets NE endorsement
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu CSSN.org personal account; reskeets NE endorsement
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Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
www.nytimes.com
My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Excellent coverage of exactly the problem we face 35 years into the effort to face #climatechange:
"a decades-long disinformation bombardment.," as @whitehouse.senate.gov put it.
Now on solutions--see work by Climate Action Against Disinformation groups
caad.info
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
"a decades-long disinformation bombardment.," as @whitehouse.senate.gov put it.
Now on solutions--see work by Climate Action Against Disinformation groups
caad.info
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Excellent coverage of exactly the problem we face 35 years into the effort to face #climatechange:
"a decades-long disinformation bombardment.," as @whitehouse.senate.gov put it.
Now on solutions--see work by Climate Action Against Disinformation groups
caad.info
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
"a decades-long disinformation bombardment.," as @whitehouse.senate.gov put it.
Now on solutions--see work by Climate Action Against Disinformation groups
caad.info
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
“What people call conflicts of interests…I call experience and trusted relationships that we have throughout the world.”
-Son-in-Law of the President of my country.
Let the record reflect what this family has done:
“Corruption..is now the norm in geopolitics”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
-Son-in-Law of the President of my country.
Let the record reflect what this family has done:
“Corruption..is now the norm in geopolitics”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
All the president’s millions: how the Trumps are turning the presidency into riches
From Vietnam to the Balkans, Donald Trump’s family has launched a global dealmaking blitz since his re-election
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“What people call conflicts of interests…I call experience and trusted relationships that we have throughout the world.”
-Son-in-Law of the President of my country.
Let the record reflect what this family has done:
“Corruption..is now the norm in geopolitics”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
-Son-in-Law of the President of my country.
Let the record reflect what this family has done:
“Corruption..is now the norm in geopolitics”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
"Don’t let the federal push for petroleum keep you from making the switch. Heat pumps keep you warm in winter, cool in summer — and are a lot better for the planet."
(switching to a heat pump will reduce its carbon emissions by nearly 3 tons a year -oil=6 tons)
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
(switching to a heat pump will reduce its carbon emissions by nearly 3 tons a year -oil=6 tons)
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
How a heat pump transformed my Rhode Island home - The Boston Globe
After relying on oil heat, switching to a heat pump cut heating bills and stopped polluting the air, writes Conservation Law Foundation Rhode Island attorney.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"Don’t let the federal push for petroleum keep you from making the switch. Heat pumps keep you warm in winter, cool in summer — and are a lot better for the planet."
(switching to a heat pump will reduce its carbon emissions by nearly 3 tons a year -oil=6 tons)
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
(switching to a heat pump will reduce its carbon emissions by nearly 3 tons a year -oil=6 tons)
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Reposted by Timmons Roberts
Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea …
#EMobility
#EMobility
August 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea …
#EMobility
#EMobility
A lobbyist here in verbal testimony called propane "The molecule blessed by Nature."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Propane gas leak likely cause of home explosion in Maine on Thanksgiving Day, officials say - The Boston Globe
Cliff Hannon, 66, remained hospitalized Friday as investigators returned to the blast scene in Oakland, a small town in central Maine.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A lobbyist here in verbal testimony called propane "The molecule blessed by Nature."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
"The changes could strip federal protections from up to .. about 85 percent of all wetlands nationwide"
#Zeldin “We will do more deregulation [at EPA] in one year than entire federal governments in the past have done across all..agencies"
Let's learn the hard way
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
#Zeldin “We will do more deregulation [at EPA] in one year than entire federal governments in the past have done across all..agencies"
Let's learn the hard way
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"The changes could strip federal protections from up to .. about 85 percent of all wetlands nationwide"
#Zeldin “We will do more deregulation [at EPA] in one year than entire federal governments in the past have done across all..agencies"
Let's learn the hard way
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
#Zeldin “We will do more deregulation [at EPA] in one year than entire federal governments in the past have done across all..agencies"
Let's learn the hard way
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
Reposted by Timmons Roberts
Reporting by @mongabay.com on our new Global Assessment and larger trends of climate obstruction in the COP: india.mongabay.com/2025/11/obst...
Obstruction tactics delay climate action, says global assessment
A new global assessment explores who is blocking action on climate change through coordinated disinformation campaigns.
india.mongabay.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Reporting by @mongabay.com on our new Global Assessment and larger trends of climate obstruction in the COP: india.mongabay.com/2025/11/obst...
Been singing this song for a long time, but it is more timely than ever.
And I'd never heard that last verse...clearly written for 2025.
Let's save this country.
And I'd never heard that last verse...clearly written for 2025.
Let's save this country.
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Been singing this song for a long time, but it is more timely than ever.
And I'd never heard that last verse...clearly written for 2025.
Let's save this country.
And I'd never heard that last verse...clearly written for 2025.
Let's save this country.
Somehow I missed this while I was there.
Interactive COP30 Exhibit Allows Attendees To Be Shot Up Into Air On Big Spurt Of Oil — theonion.com/interactive-...
Interactive COP30 Exhibit Allows Attendees To Be Shot Up Into Air On Big Spurt Of Oil — theonion.com/interactive-...
Interactive COP30 Exhibit Allows Attendees To Be Shot Up Into Air On Big Spurt Of Oil
theonion.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Somehow I missed this while I was there.
Interactive COP30 Exhibit Allows Attendees To Be Shot Up Into Air On Big Spurt Of Oil — theonion.com/interactive-...
Interactive COP30 Exhibit Allows Attendees To Be Shot Up Into Air On Big Spurt Of Oil — theonion.com/interactive-...
Reposted by Timmons Roberts
“We are failing to act on climate change because we did not anticipate and prepare for the obstruction… for those who would block and delay the transition that needs to happen for our species to survive," says @timmonsroberts.bsky.social
india.mongabay.com/2025/11/obst...
india.mongabay.com/2025/11/obst...
Obstruction tactics delay climate action, says global assessment
A new global assessment explores who is blocking action on climate change through coordinated disinformation campaigns.
india.mongabay.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“We are failing to act on climate change because we did not anticipate and prepare for the obstruction… for those who would block and delay the transition that needs to happen for our species to survive," says @timmonsroberts.bsky.social
india.mongabay.com/2025/11/obst...
india.mongabay.com/2025/11/obst...
"If Rhode Island continues to decrease its fossil fuel reliance at the same rate as it has over the last five years, it will miss the 2030 target, while further jeopardizing its 2050 goal, the report warns."
The state will have to jump to 4.5% annual reductions
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
The state will have to jump to 4.5% annual reductions
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
DEM report: R.I. must speed up lowering carbon emissions to meet Act on Climate mandates
Rhode Island needs to put the pedal to the metal on its clean energy transition — while reducing its reliance on driving — if it wants to achieve its own decarbonization mandates, according to a new r...
www.yahoo.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"If Rhode Island continues to decrease its fossil fuel reliance at the same rate as it has over the last five years, it will miss the 2030 target, while further jeopardizing its 2050 goal, the report warns."
The state will have to jump to 4.5% annual reductions
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
The state will have to jump to 4.5% annual reductions
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
"In fact, the annual CO2 from Norway's fossil fuel exports is around 10 times higher than its domestic emissions . Per capita, that makes Norway the world’s second biggest emitter after Qatar."
Yet in some other ways, it's a leader.
Norway's contradiction is profound.
www.dw.com/en/norways-b...
Yet in some other ways, it's a leader.
Norway's contradiction is profound.
www.dw.com/en/norways-b...
Norway's big green lie – DW – 09/26/2025
Hydropower, heat pumps and EVs made Norway a climate darling. Oil and gas exports made it rich. When one Norwegian started to question his role in this story, he came up against the paradox shaping th...
www.dw.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"In fact, the annual CO2 from Norway's fossil fuel exports is around 10 times higher than its domestic emissions . Per capita, that makes Norway the world’s second biggest emitter after Qatar."
Yet in some other ways, it's a leader.
Norway's contradiction is profound.
www.dw.com/en/norways-b...
Yet in some other ways, it's a leader.
Norway's contradiction is profound.
www.dw.com/en/norways-b...
Mind-boggling numbers in here.
"the entire population of 2.3 million people faced “extreme, multidimensional impoverishment”.
"Gaza’s economy had contracted by 87% over.. 2023-2024, leaving its GDP per capita at just $161
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
interactive.guim.co.uk/uploader/emb...
"the entire population of 2.3 million people faced “extreme, multidimensional impoverishment”.
"Gaza’s economy had contracted by 87% over.. 2023-2024, leaving its GDP per capita at just $161
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
interactive.guim.co.uk/uploader/emb...
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Mind-boggling numbers in here.
"the entire population of 2.3 million people faced “extreme, multidimensional impoverishment”.
"Gaza’s economy had contracted by 87% over.. 2023-2024, leaving its GDP per capita at just $161
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
interactive.guim.co.uk/uploader/emb...
"the entire population of 2.3 million people faced “extreme, multidimensional impoverishment”.
"Gaza’s economy had contracted by 87% over.. 2023-2024, leaving its GDP per capita at just $161
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
interactive.guim.co.uk/uploader/emb...
Really great to see this thorough review/summary of our Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment volume, and the new briefing paper on obstruction in the UNFCCC talks.
india.mongabay.com/2025/11/obst...
india.mongabay.com/2025/11/obst...
Obstruction tactics delay climate action, says global assessment
A new global assessment explores who is blocking action on climate change through coordinated disinformation campaigns.
india.mongabay.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Really great to see this thorough review/summary of our Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment volume, and the new briefing paper on obstruction in the UNFCCC talks.
india.mongabay.com/2025/11/obst...
india.mongabay.com/2025/11/obst...
Second part of this great, devastating, reporting.
"As the auto industry struggled through the subsequent financial crisis, other car companies and battery retailers also declined to sign on. Green Lead collapsed"
Explore this gift article. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
"As the auto industry struggled through the subsequent financial crisis, other car companies and battery retailers also declined to sign on. Green Lead collapsed"
Explore this gift article. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
The Auto Industry Was Warned: Battery Recycling Was Poisoning People
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Second part of this great, devastating, reporting.
"As the auto industry struggled through the subsequent financial crisis, other car companies and battery retailers also declined to sign on. Green Lead collapsed"
Explore this gift article. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
"As the auto industry struggled through the subsequent financial crisis, other car companies and battery retailers also declined to sign on. Green Lead collapsed"
Explore this gift article. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
"Losing Revolution Wind’s electricity entirely would have cost New England consumers about $500 million a year, "
Feel the cold? Offshore wind alleviates grid woes in winter, study says. #energysky -- via Canary Media:
Feel the cold? Offshore wind alleviates grid woes in winter, study…
A sector despised by President Trump can boost grid reliability on the East Coast when people crank up the heat and gas plants are tested by extreme…
www.canarymedia.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"Losing Revolution Wind’s electricity entirely would have cost New England consumers about $500 million a year, "
It was super fun to have a great session I was on at #COP30 have a rapper summarize the whole thing. Baba Brinkman is so good, y’all.
Also: a custom rap anthem is the absolute best way to end any session. Check out Baba Brinkman's astounding rap-up of our climate information integrity panel here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH_5...
@cape-acme.bsky.social
@cape-acme.bsky.social
COP30 – Just Facts – Baba Brinkman Rap Up
YouTube video by Event Rap
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
It was super fun to have a great session I was on at #COP30 have a rapper summarize the whole thing. Baba Brinkman is so good, y’all.
Reposted by Timmons Roberts
It did not go as planned, but it DID go as expected ...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...
COP30 Backpedals on Climate Action - Inside Climate News
BELÉM, Brazil—After negotiators at COP30 retreated from meaningful climate action by failing to specifically mention the need to stop using fossil fuels in the final conference documents published Sat...
insideclimatenews.org
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
It did not go as planned, but it DID go as expected ...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...
Unfortunately, this reporting captures my read of the final Belém #COP 30 Mutirão document--it's a nothing burger repeating previous agreements. But two good things did happen:
1. Things didn't backslide.
2. Information Integrity is in the document as a fundamental
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
1. Things didn't backslide.
2. Information Integrity is in the document as a fundamental
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
Oil Producers, but Maybe Not the Planet, Get a Win as Climate Talks End
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Unfortunately, this reporting captures my read of the final Belém #COP 30 Mutirão document--it's a nothing burger repeating previous agreements. But two good things did happen:
1. Things didn't backslide.
2. Information Integrity is in the document as a fundamental
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
1. Things didn't backslide.
2. Information Integrity is in the document as a fundamental
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
"the Climate Politics Dilemma: the serious risks of climate change versus the very challenging politics of climate mitigation. Far from grappling with the hard tradeoffs, CR reifies and hardens the two sides of the Dilemma"
Good stuff @jeffcolgan.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Good stuff @jeffcolgan.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Global Climate Politics after the Return of President Trump | International Organization | Cambridge Core
Global Climate Politics after the Return of President Trump - Volume 79 Issue S1
www.cambridge.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"the Climate Politics Dilemma: the serious risks of climate change versus the very challenging politics of climate mitigation. Far from grappling with the hard tradeoffs, CR reifies and hardens the two sides of the Dilemma"
Good stuff @jeffcolgan.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Good stuff @jeffcolgan.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Wow, magisterial! Thanks!
Looking forward to the convo.
Looking forward to the convo.
On Friday, I am talking with @timmonsroberts.bsky.social about this magisterial recent report on the origins & nature of climate obstruction. Basically: who has sabotaged climate action, how, and why.
Got questions?
Got questions?
Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network
Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment.
cssn.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Wow, magisterial! Thanks!
Looking forward to the convo.
Looking forward to the convo.
“It’s a warning to other large companies that you cannot just claim that you’re magically going to erase your greenhouse gas emissions,” Eberly said. “You have to come with the goods if you’re going to claim meaningful climate improvement.”
gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
‘Climate-Friendly’ Beef Now Has to Prove It
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
“It’s a warning to other large companies that you cannot just claim that you’re magically going to erase your greenhouse gas emissions,” Eberly said. “You have to come with the goods if you’re going to claim meaningful climate improvement.”
gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Reposted by Timmons Roberts
A big move in the right direction by world leaders.
See CSSN Director @timmonsroberts.bsky.social quoted in @earthjournalism.bsky.social: earthjournalism.net/stories/coun...
See CSSN Director @timmonsroberts.bsky.social quoted in @earthjournalism.bsky.social: earthjournalism.net/stories/coun...
Countries Sign A Declaration To Fight Climate Disinformation At COP30
earthjournalism.net
November 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A big move in the right direction by world leaders.
See CSSN Director @timmonsroberts.bsky.social quoted in @earthjournalism.bsky.social: earthjournalism.net/stories/coun...
See CSSN Director @timmonsroberts.bsky.social quoted in @earthjournalism.bsky.social: earthjournalism.net/stories/coun...