Geoffrey Supran
@geoffreysupran.bsky.social
Professor of Environmental Science & Policy and Director of Climate Accountability Lab at University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science.
Investigating Big Oil's climate propaganda. Formerly Harvard, MIT, Cambridge.
Investigating Big Oil's climate propaganda. Formerly Harvard, MIT, Cambridge.
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Oil and gas companies will often claim to be partners in the clean energy transition, when it is politically expedient to do so, but new research finds their actual contributions are marginal:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Oil and gas industry’s marginal share of global renewable energy
Nature Sustainability - The decarbonization of oil and gas companies may not be as speedy or robust as advertised. This analysis finds that renewable energies make up just a minor fraction of the...
www.nature.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Oil and gas companies will often claim to be partners in the clean energy transition, when it is politically expedient to do so, but new research finds their actual contributions are marginal:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Please enjoy this executive at one of America's biggest gas companies openly admitting that expanding supply leads to increased demand for fossil fuels
He is not wrong: frantic expansion of fossil fuel supply worsens climate change. Tax it, cut subsidies, wind it down
www.ft.com/content/5ba8...
He is not wrong: frantic expansion of fossil fuel supply worsens climate change. Tax it, cut subsidies, wind it down
www.ft.com/content/5ba8...
October 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Please enjoy this executive at one of America's biggest gas companies openly admitting that expanding supply leads to increased demand for fossil fuels
He is not wrong: frantic expansion of fossil fuel supply worsens climate change. Tax it, cut subsidies, wind it down
www.ft.com/content/5ba8...
He is not wrong: frantic expansion of fossil fuel supply worsens climate change. Tax it, cut subsidies, wind it down
www.ft.com/content/5ba8...
WOW. The FBI is investigating an Exxon lobbyist for allegedly orchestrating the hacking & leaking of emails of 500+ environmentalists & their funders, colleagues & families in an ongoing effort to discredit lawsuits against the company for its climate deceit. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Exclusive: Exxon lobbyist investigated over hack-and-leak of environmentalist emails, sources say
The FBI has been investigating a longtime Exxon Mobil consultant over the contractor's alleged role in a hack-and-leak operation that targeted hundreds of the oil company’s biggest critics, according to three people familiar with the matter.
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2024 at 8:18 PM
WOW. The FBI is investigating an Exxon lobbyist for allegedly orchestrating the hacking & leaking of emails of 500+ environmentalists & their funders, colleagues & families in an ongoing effort to discredit lawsuits against the company for its climate deceit. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Another job posting from the Climate Accountability Lab at the University of Miami just dropped, this one in the psychology of climate change communication and psychological inoculation against misinformation...
More info and application form here: careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
More info and application form here: careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
November 25, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Another job posting from the Climate Accountability Lab at the University of Miami just dropped, this one in the psychology of climate change communication and psychological inoculation against misinformation...
More info and application form here: careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
More info and application form here: careers.miami.edu/us/en/job/R1...
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NEW #EnvHist via Last Chance Alliance: Western States Petroleum Assoc front groups spent nearly $32M in CA on influence spending over past 10 years since its slide deck exposing the groups it funds leaked to media, $18M in of it from Chevron (63% of total) lastchancealliance.org/decadeofdela...
A Decade of Deception: WSPA’s Web Leaked Front Groups - Last Chance Alliance
A decade ago, the anti-fracking movement expanded across California communities as advocates pushed the state to meet its reputation as a global climate
lastchancealliance.org
November 19, 2024 at 11:54 PM
NEW #EnvHist via Last Chance Alliance: Western States Petroleum Assoc front groups spent nearly $32M in CA on influence spending over past 10 years since its slide deck exposing the groups it funds leaked to media, $18M in of it from Chevron (63% of total) lastchancealliance.org/decadeofdela...
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If you missed this 🧵 on the "Koch & Climate Obstruction" report I wrote with Robert Brulle @climatessn.bsky.social, please read and share!
It unpacks what what Koch knew, and what Koch said.
Now, here's are new 🧵 on what Koch DID, starting with historic material from the 1990's.
It unpacks what what Koch knew, and what Koch said.
Now, here's are new 🧵 on what Koch DID, starting with historic material from the 1990's.
November 18, 2024 at 7:21 PM
If you missed this 🧵 on the "Koch & Climate Obstruction" report I wrote with Robert Brulle @climatessn.bsky.social, please read and share!
It unpacks what what Koch knew, and what Koch said.
Now, here's are new 🧵 on what Koch DID, starting with historic material from the 1990's.
It unpacks what what Koch knew, and what Koch said.
Now, here's are new 🧵 on what Koch DID, starting with historic material from the 1990's.
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NEW REPORT 🧵: Here's what Koch seemed to *know* about climate science, using documents from the 1970's, 80's and 90's
vs
what Koch *said* about climate science, and what Koch *did* to fight climate mitigation.
From Brown University Climate Social Science Network:
cssn.org/koch-and-cli...
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what Koch *said* about climate science, and what Koch *did* to fight climate mitigation.
From Brown University Climate Social Science Network:
cssn.org/koch-and-cli...
Koch and Climate Obstruction
This interim report, by Connor Gibson and Robert J. Brulle, is a result of ongoing historical research into the efforts by Koch, Inc. and its orbit organizations to obstruct climate […]
cssn.org
November 15, 2024 at 6:29 PM
NEW REPORT 🧵: Here's what Koch seemed to *know* about climate science, using documents from the 1970's, 80's and 90's
vs
what Koch *said* about climate science, and what Koch *did* to fight climate mitigation.
From Brown University Climate Social Science Network:
cssn.org/koch-and-cli...
vs
what Koch *said* about climate science, and what Koch *did* to fight climate mitigation.
From Brown University Climate Social Science Network:
cssn.org/koch-and-cli...
"We, the undersigned...call on governments worldwide to take immediate and decisive action to address this crisis" of climate disinformation. Honoured to be a co-signatory on this open letter, thanks to @caadcoalition.bsky.social for coordinating.
Nearly 100 experts+orgs sign open letter calling on governments to act on climate disinformation- including @michaelemann.bsky.social, @geoffreysupran.bsky.social, @maibached.bsky.social, @lewan.bsky.social and a ton more!
caad.network/analysis/unc...
caad.network/analysis/unc...
Climate Action Against Disinformation |
93 Experts+Orgs in Open Letter: Governments Should Curb Climate Disinformation
caad.network
November 14, 2024 at 2:00 PM
"We, the undersigned...call on governments worldwide to take immediate and decisive action to address this crisis" of climate disinformation. Honoured to be a co-signatory on this open letter, thanks to @caadcoalition.bsky.social for coordinating.
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In other news, the oily chucklefucks that designed Trump1.0's EPA transition have published their top10 wishlist for round 2.
November 13, 2024 at 6:02 PM
In other news, the oily chucklefucks that designed Trump1.0's EPA transition have published their top10 wishlist for round 2.
🚨No better day to announce the Climate Accountability Lab at the University of Miami is hiring for 4 new positions in computational social science (2xPhD, Postdoc, Software Engineer) to investigate disinformation & propaganda. Come help shape climate accountability for the next four years. ⬇️ 1/n
November 6, 2024 at 11:31 PM
🚨No better day to announce the Climate Accountability Lab at the University of Miami is hiring for 4 new positions in computational social science (2xPhD, Postdoc, Software Engineer) to investigate disinformation & propaganda. Come help shape climate accountability for the next four years. ⬇️ 1/n
NEW: In WIREs Climate Change today, our latest peer-reviewed research shows fossil fuel companies have systematically infiltrated academia, threatening to bias research and undermine meaningful climate action. THREAD.
📄 Open access: bit.ly/FossilFUniv
📄 Open access: bit.ly/FossilFUniv
Fossil fuel industry influence in higher education: A review and a research agenda
A growing research agenda: Timeline of the cumulative number of news articles (black, left axis), white paper reports (red, right axis), and peer-reviewed and academic publications (green, right axis....
bit.ly
September 5, 2024 at 5:06 PM
NEW: In WIREs Climate Change today, our latest peer-reviewed research shows fossil fuel companies have systematically infiltrated academia, threatening to bias research and undermine meaningful climate action. THREAD.
📄 Open access: bit.ly/FossilFUniv
📄 Open access: bit.ly/FossilFUniv
"PR firms & media companies have been aiding & abetting fossil fuel propagandists for decades & today’s speech [by the UN Secretary General] puts them on notice like never before" - Thx to BBC News for having me on to discuss António Guterres's call to ban fossil fuel ads. x.com/GeoffreySupr...
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June 7, 2024 at 10:19 PM
"PR firms & media companies have been aiding & abetting fossil fuel propagandists for decades & today’s speech [by the UN Secretary General] puts them on notice like never before" - Thx to BBC News for having me on to discuss António Guterres's call to ban fossil fuel ads. x.com/GeoffreySupr...
Banning or boycotting fossil-fuel ads would "hit oil companies where it hurts" by "removing one of the key cogs in Big Oil's climate denial & delay machine" - My take to
The Guardian's @dharna.bsky.social on the UN Secretary General's call to ban fossil fuel ads. www.theguardian.com/media/articl...
The Guardian's @dharna.bsky.social on the UN Secretary General's call to ban fossil fuel ads. www.theguardian.com/media/articl...
June 7, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Banning or boycotting fossil-fuel ads would "hit oil companies where it hurts" by "removing one of the key cogs in Big Oil's climate denial & delay machine" - My take to
The Guardian's @dharna.bsky.social on the UN Secretary General's call to ban fossil fuel ads. www.theguardian.com/media/articl...
The Guardian's @dharna.bsky.social on the UN Secretary General's call to ban fossil fuel ads. www.theguardian.com/media/articl...
This is massive. UN Secretary General calls for a worldwide ban on fossil fuel advertising. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Godfathers of climate chaos’: UN chief urges global fossil-fuel advertising ban
António Guterres says world faces ‘climate crunch time’ and announces dire new scientific warnings of global heating
www.theguardian.com
June 5, 2024 at 4:43 PM
This is massive. UN Secretary General calls for a worldwide ban on fossil fuel advertising. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
RIGHT NOW: US Senate Budget Committee formally refers its 3-year investigation of Big Oil's "continuing pattern of...knowingly & misleading the public" on climate change to Department of Justice. "The complaint writes itself," says Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Senate Budget Committee Press Conference
www.youtube.com
May 22, 2024 at 4:39 PM
RIGHT NOW: US Senate Budget Committee formally refers its 3-year investigation of Big Oil's "continuing pattern of...knowingly & misleading the public" on climate change to Department of Justice. "The complaint writes itself," says Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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The fossil fuel industry's "discourses of delay," as @geoffreysupran.bsky.social calls them here -- www.americanprogress.org/article/thes... -- were front and center at this most recent talk.
Column: Here's what Exxon's CEO gets wrong about the climate crisis
After decades of climate denial and delay, the company is still putting oil and gas first.
www.latimes.com
May 7, 2024 at 8:21 PM
The fossil fuel industry's "discourses of delay," as @geoffreysupran.bsky.social calls them here -- www.americanprogress.org/article/thes... -- were front and center at this most recent talk.
Didn’t expect to be invited to Congress to testify as an expert witness about Big Oil’s climate deceit only for a Senator to ask me if I'd call him a “sick f*ck” based on a Tweet I’d never seen 😂. Thanks to HEATED's @emorwee.bsky.social for setting the record straight: heated.world/p/gop-senato...
GOP Senator accidentally creates amazing ad for climate activists
Senator John Kennedy’s profanity-laden rant at Wednesday’s Senate hearing is now being used against him.
heated.world
May 6, 2024 at 10:35 PM
Didn’t expect to be invited to Congress to testify as an expert witness about Big Oil’s climate deceit only for a Senator to ask me if I'd call him a “sick f*ck” based on a Tweet I’d never seen 😂. Thanks to HEATED's @emorwee.bsky.social for setting the record straight: heated.world/p/gop-senato...
Honored & excited to be testifying to Congress next Wed at
the Senate Budget Committee's hearing on "Denial, Disinformation, & Doublespeak: Big Oil’s Evolving Efforts to Avoid Accountability for Climate Change", w/ Rep Jamie Raskin & lawyer Sharon Eubanks: www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/den...
the Senate Budget Committee's hearing on "Denial, Disinformation, & Doublespeak: Big Oil’s Evolving Efforts to Avoid Accountability for Climate Change", w/ Rep Jamie Raskin & lawyer Sharon Eubanks: www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/den...
Denial, Disinformation, and Doublespeak: Big Oil’s Evolving Efforts to Avoid Accountability for Climate Change | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget
www.budget.senate.gov
April 24, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Honored & excited to be testifying to Congress next Wed at
the Senate Budget Committee's hearing on "Denial, Disinformation, & Doublespeak: Big Oil’s Evolving Efforts to Avoid Accountability for Climate Change", w/ Rep Jamie Raskin & lawyer Sharon Eubanks: www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/den...
the Senate Budget Committee's hearing on "Denial, Disinformation, & Doublespeak: Big Oil’s Evolving Efforts to Avoid Accountability for Climate Change", w/ Rep Jamie Raskin & lawyer Sharon Eubanks: www.budget.senate.gov/hearings/den...
Delighted to hear my paper w/ @rahmstorf.bsky.social & @naomioreskes.bsky.social, which showed Exxon predicted global warming w/ breathtaking accuracy years before it attacked climate science & scientists, was the second most talked-about climate article of 2023! www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-the...
Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2023 - Carbon Brief
Using Altmetric data, Carbon Brief has compiled a list of the 25 most talked-about climate-related papers that were published in 2023.
www.carbonbrief.org
January 11, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Delighted to hear my paper w/ @rahmstorf.bsky.social & @naomioreskes.bsky.social, which showed Exxon predicted global warming w/ breathtaking accuracy years before it attacked climate science & scientists, was the second most talked-about climate article of 2023! www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-the...
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Media coverage of COP28 has been largely positive. But the conference's Decision text is a masterclass in greenwashing. What does that tell us about the language of climate politics?
My latest in The New Republic.
#Greensky #Energysky
newrepublic.com/article/1776...
My latest in The New Republic.
#Greensky #Energysky
newrepublic.com/article/1776...
Language Wars Could Decide the Climate Fight
COP28 embraced linguistic ambiguity for the purpose of petrostate propaganda. But climate advocates can also use that to their advantage.
newrepublic.com
December 19, 2023 at 1:55 PM
Media coverage of COP28 has been largely positive. But the conference's Decision text is a masterclass in greenwashing. What does that tell us about the language of climate politics?
My latest in The New Republic.
#Greensky #Energysky
newrepublic.com/article/1776...
My latest in The New Republic.
#Greensky #Energysky
newrepublic.com/article/1776...
I'm live on @npr.org in 5 mins (at 10am ET) w/
@amywestervelt.bsky.social & @duncanwrites.bsky.social, talking about how Big Oil shifts blame for the climate crisis from companies to consumers. Join us! 📻https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/12/19/how-big-oil-helped-push-the-idea-of-a-carbon-footprint
@amywestervelt.bsky.social & @duncanwrites.bsky.social, talking about how Big Oil shifts blame for the climate crisis from companies to consumers. Join us! 📻https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/12/19/how-big-oil-helped-push-the-idea-of-a-carbon-footprint
How Big Oil helped push the idea of a 'carbon footprint'
Your carbon footprint helps you identify actions you can take to personally fight climate change. It also shifts responsibility away from petrochemical companies. If that seems convenient for Big Oil,...
www.wbur.org
December 19, 2023 at 2:57 PM
I'm live on @npr.org in 5 mins (at 10am ET) w/
@amywestervelt.bsky.social & @duncanwrites.bsky.social, talking about how Big Oil shifts blame for the climate crisis from companies to consumers. Join us! 📻https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/12/19/how-big-oil-helped-push-the-idea-of-a-carbon-footprint
@amywestervelt.bsky.social & @duncanwrites.bsky.social, talking about how Big Oil shifts blame for the climate crisis from companies to consumers. Join us! 📻https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/12/19/how-big-oil-helped-push-the-idea-of-a-carbon-footprint
For the first time in its 28-year history, a UN climate agreement uses the F-words: Fossil Fuels.
COP28’s oil tanker-size loopholes notwithstanding, how did we get here?
Our 2017 @sciam piece sums up the confluence of forces that have finally named the elephant in the room:
COP28’s oil tanker-size loopholes notwithstanding, how did we get here?
Our 2017 @sciam piece sums up the confluence of forces that have finally named the elephant in the room:
December 13, 2023 at 2:54 PM
For the first time in its 28-year history, a UN climate agreement uses the F-words: Fossil Fuels.
COP28’s oil tanker-size loopholes notwithstanding, how did we get here?
Our 2017 @sciam piece sums up the confluence of forces that have finally named the elephant in the room:
COP28’s oil tanker-size loopholes notwithstanding, how did we get here?
Our 2017 @sciam piece sums up the confluence of forces that have finally named the elephant in the room:
As we (rightly) celebrate the first ever UN climate pact to recognise the role of fossil fuels, just a reminder that fossil fuel interests have known that their products could cause dangerous global heating since before UN climate talks even began three decades ago.
December 13, 2023 at 2:53 PM
As we (rightly) celebrate the first ever UN climate pact to recognise the role of fossil fuels, just a reminder that fossil fuel interests have known that their products could cause dangerous global heating since before UN climate talks even began three decades ago.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then a global pact calls for "transitioning away from fossil fuels"...
...then they fight you some more.
...then they fight you some more.
December 13, 2023 at 2:52 PM
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then a global pact calls for "transitioning away from fossil fuels"...
...then they fight you some more.
...then they fight you some more.