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
Pinned
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
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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...
We call this a witch hunt--trawling for anything they can hold against one of the world's most effective climate change activists, @harjeet11.bsky.social
Really, it's an authoritarian state seeking to patrol and control civil society. #India needs better.
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Really, it's an authoritarian state seeking to patrol and control civil society. #India needs better.
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More climate activists under ED radar after searches at Harjeet Singh’s properties
More climate activists are on the radar of the Enforcement Directorate, which searched properties linked to climate activist Harjeet Singh in a funding probe| India News
www.hindustantimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:20 AM
We call this a witch hunt--trawling for anything they can hold against one of the world's most effective climate change activists, @harjeet11.bsky.social
Really, it's an authoritarian state seeking to patrol and control civil society. #India needs better.
www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/m...
Really, it's an authoritarian state seeking to patrol and control civil society. #India needs better.
www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/m...
This week is crucial for at least two of these major projects. The courts need to stop this infanticide.
Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/c...
Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/c...
Offshore Wind Projects Challenge Trump Administration’s Order to Stop Work
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:23 AM
This week is crucial for at least two of these major projects. The courts need to stop this infanticide.
Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/c...
Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/c...
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Labor-environmental coalitions have advanced state climate policy in the face of stiff climate policy opposition from Rhode Island Energy (owned by Pennsylvania Power & Light, which spent the most on lobbying), business coalitions, and the RI Public Utilities Commission (PUC). #RhodeIsland @cssn.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Labor-environmental coalitions have advanced state climate policy in the face of stiff climate policy opposition from Rhode Island Energy (owned by Pennsylvania Power & Light, which spent the most on lobbying), business coalitions, and the RI Public Utilities Commission (PUC). #RhodeIsland @cssn.org
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Reporter: Did you speak with the oil companies before the operation? Did you tip them off?
Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.
Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.
January 5, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Reporter: Did you speak with the oil companies before the operation? Did you tip them off?
Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.
Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.
Serious, and timely reporting.
“It’s like having the rug pulled out from under you,” Jack Morris, a Massachusetts-based scalloper and Trump voter, told me earlier this year. “Nobody understands why Trump did it. I don’t know what Trump’s agenda is.”
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“It’s like having the rug pulled out from under you,” Jack Morris, a Massachusetts-based scalloper and Trump voter, told me earlier this year. “Nobody understands why Trump did it. I don’t know what Trump’s agenda is.”
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
How Trump dismantled a promising energy industry — and what America…
The demolition of the offshore wind sector in 2025 will reverberate for decades, resulting in lost jobs, higher utility bills, and less reliable power…
www.canarymedia.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Serious, and timely reporting.
“It’s like having the rug pulled out from under you,” Jack Morris, a Massachusetts-based scalloper and Trump voter, told me earlier this year. “Nobody understands why Trump did it. I don’t know what Trump’s agenda is.”
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
“It’s like having the rug pulled out from under you,” Jack Morris, a Massachusetts-based scalloper and Trump voter, told me earlier this year. “Nobody understands why Trump did it. I don’t know what Trump’s agenda is.”
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
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Rhode Island offshore wind project now 87% complete. But mandatory power deadlines will be missed if pause is not lifted by Jan. 12, new court filings say. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/01/04/r...
Revolution Wind developers seek second court order against Trump administration • Rhode Island Current
Revolution Wind developers are asking a federal judge to bar the Trump administration from suspending work on the already 87% completed offshore wind project off Rhode Island's coast, arguing the Dec....
rhodeislandcurrent.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Rhode Island offshore wind project now 87% complete. But mandatory power deadlines will be missed if pause is not lifted by Jan. 12, new court filings say. By @nancyklavin.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/01/04/r...
Consider:
"an #SMR will never be built—not in time to matter, and not at a price that makes sense. But that won’t stop the industry from burning through billions more in public money, chasing a fantasy that distracts and diverts resources from real, proven solutions.
"an #SMR will never be built—not in time to matter, and not at a price that makes sense. But that won’t stop the industry from burning through billions more in public money, chasing a fantasy that distracts and diverts resources from real, proven solutions.
The Nuclear Mirage: Why Small Modular Reactors Won’t Save Nuclear Power www.theenergymix.com/the-nuclear-...
#Encore: The Nuclear Mirage: Why Small Modular Reactors Won’t Save Nuclear Power
Don’t believe the hype around SMRs, says 50-year industry veteran Arnie Gundersen, calling them an expensive distraction from real climate solutions.
www.theenergymix.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Consider:
"an #SMR will never be built—not in time to matter, and not at a price that makes sense. But that won’t stop the industry from burning through billions more in public money, chasing a fantasy that distracts and diverts resources from real, proven solutions.
"an #SMR will never be built—not in time to matter, and not at a price that makes sense. But that won’t stop the industry from burning through billions more in public money, chasing a fantasy that distracts and diverts resources from real, proven solutions.
"following BOEM’s proposal to issue leases in the entire Wind Energy Area, “the DOD concluded that site-specific stipulations, designed in consultation with the DOD, could
mitigate the impact”
[and].."impacts would be negligible and avoidable.”
#Wind
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mitigate the impact”
[and].."impacts would be negligible and avoidable.”
#Wind
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Complaint – #1 in REVOLUTION WIND, LLC v. BURGUM (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-02999) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT, DOUGLAS J. BURGUM, Matthew Giacona, Kenneth Stevens, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ( Filing fee $...
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January 4, 2026 at 1:08 PM
"following BOEM’s proposal to issue leases in the entire Wind Energy Area, “the DOD concluded that site-specific stipulations, designed in consultation with the DOD, could
mitigate the impact”
[and].."impacts would be negligible and avoidable.”
#Wind
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mitigate the impact”
[and].."impacts would be negligible and avoidable.”
#Wind
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“What we are seeing is a war between the dying fossil fuel industry and the clean energy industry that is about to replace it with cheaper and cleaner energy,” US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said Friday.“and they’re fighting back dirty because they’re desperate.”
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/02/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/02/m...
‘Completely reckless’: R.I. lawmakers, labor leaders slam Trump administration’s suspension of offshore wind projects - The Boston Globe
“Please, for the love of God ... let us get back to work,” said Nick Reynolds, a journeyman industrial painter who has been working on Revolution Wind for three years.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:05 PM
“What we are seeing is a war between the dying fossil fuel industry and the clean energy industry that is about to replace it with cheaper and cleaner energy,” US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said Friday.“and they’re fighting back dirty because they’re desperate.”
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/02/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/02/m...
And here’s our other big story of 2025
This book is out and open access here: academic.oup.com/book/61469?l...
December 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
And here’s our other big story of 2025
Looking back on 2025, this was a big one for us.
3.5 months of radio silence since then, so, yeah, it was harassment.
3.5 months of radio silence since then, so, yeah, it was harassment.
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...
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Looking back on 2025, this was a big one for us.
3.5 months of radio silence since then, so, yeah, it was harassment.
3.5 months of radio silence since then, so, yeah, it was harassment.
".. the Corporate Mapping Project compiled a public database of the 1656 organizations and 44,433 people who make up what we shall now refer to as the Climate Change Counter Movement within Canada."
#Canada
#ClimateDenial
#ClimateDelay
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#Canada
#ClimateDenial
#ClimateDelay
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Countering the Climate Change Counter Movement: Six lessons from Canada's climate delays
The global transition away from fossil fuels is dangerously delayed. While climate delays are a complex issue, the fossil-fuel funded Climate Change C…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
".. the Corporate Mapping Project compiled a public database of the 1656 organizations and 44,433 people who make up what we shall now refer to as the Climate Change Counter Movement within Canada."
#Canada
#ClimateDenial
#ClimateDelay
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#Canada
#ClimateDenial
#ClimateDelay
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Great quote from Tony (Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication)
I completely agree.
I completely agree.
“I find it stunning that even some people in the climate community say that we should stop talking about the climate because there’s a cost-of-living crisis going on.....it’s a fundamental error to treat these issues as mutually exclusive – climate solutions are also cost-of-living solutions"
December 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Great quote from Tony (Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication)
I completely agree.
I completely agree.
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SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Pedestrian fatalities reach 17-year-high. This trend could be why
Fifty-one pedestrians had been killed on the state’s roads this year as of Saturday – the most in any calendar year since 2008.
www.theage.com.au
December 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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“Dozens of other assessments all support the same conclusion: Climate changes driven by fossil-fuel combustion pose a clear and present danger to US national security and military operations. Not one.. concluded that wind, solar, or other renewable energy sources posed any national security threat.”
Trump is manipulating national security to stop energy projects he doesn't like, while ignoring and censoring real environmental security threats.
That's corrupt and dangerous.
thebulletin.org/2025/12/trum...
That's corrupt and dangerous.
thebulletin.org/2025/12/trum...
Trump is manipulating national security to stop energy projects he doesn’t like
On Monday, December 22, the Trump Administration announced it was pausing five major offshore wind energy projects, citing “national security risks.”
thebulletin.org
December 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“Dozens of other assessments all support the same conclusion: Climate changes driven by fossil-fuel combustion pose a clear and present danger to US national security and military operations. Not one.. concluded that wind, solar, or other renewable energy sources posed any national security threat.”
Explains a LOT.
"Americans for Prosperity has thrown its political weight behind legislation that hobbles renewables in favor of oil, gas and coal
The Koch political group
$20m ads
>1,500 meetings with lawmakers,
>475,000 phone calls,
>100,000 letters to Congress
www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/t...
"Americans for Prosperity has thrown its political weight behind legislation that hobbles renewables in favor of oil, gas and coal
The Koch political group
$20m ads
>1,500 meetings with lawmakers,
>475,000 phone calls,
>100,000 letters to Congress
www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/t...
The Koch Network Is Pushing Trump to Accelerate AI, Documents Show
Right-wing political group Americans for Prosperity, backed by oil and gas billionaire Charles Koch, sees data centers as part of a larger pro-fossil fuel agenda.
www.desmog.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Explains a LOT.
"Americans for Prosperity has thrown its political weight behind legislation that hobbles renewables in favor of oil, gas and coal
The Koch political group
$20m ads
>1,500 meetings with lawmakers,
>475,000 phone calls,
>100,000 letters to Congress
www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/t...
"Americans for Prosperity has thrown its political weight behind legislation that hobbles renewables in favor of oil, gas and coal
The Koch political group
$20m ads
>1,500 meetings with lawmakers,
>475,000 phone calls,
>100,000 letters to Congress
www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/t...
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Wow this story. Want to understand the opposition to wind energy?
See what @timmonsroberts.bsky.social has been telling us ...
See what @timmonsroberts.bsky.social has been telling us ...
New extraordinary reporting affirms our studies—from the man at the center of our network map.
“The Brown study actually was fairly accurate about writing down all the people involved. … I was probably the common denominator for those groups,” said Stevenson.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
“The Brown study actually was fairly accurate about writing down all the people involved. … I was probably the common denominator for those groups,” said Stevenson.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
The man behind the fall of offshore wind
David Stevenson has solar on his roof and drives a hybrid. How did he become the leader of the movement that helped Trump crush offshore wind farms?
www.canarymedia.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Wow this story. Want to understand the opposition to wind energy?
See what @timmonsroberts.bsky.social has been telling us ...
See what @timmonsroberts.bsky.social has been telling us ...
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"..the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative advocacy group with ties to the oil and gas industry, last month petitioned the administration to rescind Vineyard Wind’s construction and operation plan"
Because, Texas should tell us how to run our energy system
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/c...
Because, Texas should tell us how to run our energy system
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/c...
White House Orders Agencies to Escalate Fight Against Offshore Wind
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"..the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative advocacy group with ties to the oil and gas industry, last month petitioned the administration to rescind Vineyard Wind’s construction and operation plan"
Because, Texas should tell us how to run our energy system
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/c...
Because, Texas should tell us how to run our energy system
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/c...
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So cynical.
'“Our petition is intended to bring Vineyard Wind to the front of the burner, if you will, at the Interior Department,” said Ted Hadzi-Antich, a senior attorney with the Texas Public Policy Foundation.'
'“Our petition is intended to bring Vineyard Wind to the front of the burner, if you will, at the Interior Department,” said Ted Hadzi-Antich, a senior attorney with the Texas Public Policy Foundation.'
September 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
So cynical.
'“Our petition is intended to bring Vineyard Wind to the front of the burner, if you will, at the Interior Department,” said Ted Hadzi-Antich, a senior attorney with the Texas Public Policy Foundation.'
'“Our petition is intended to bring Vineyard Wind to the front of the burner, if you will, at the Interior Department,” said Ted Hadzi-Antich, a senior attorney with the Texas Public Policy Foundation.'
“Dozens of other assessments all support the same conclusion: Climate changes driven by fossil-fuel combustion pose a clear and present danger to US national security and military operations. Not one.. concluded that wind, solar, or other renewable energy sources posed any national security threat.”
Trump is manipulating national security to stop energy projects he doesn't like, while ignoring and censoring real environmental security threats.
That's corrupt and dangerous.
thebulletin.org/2025/12/trum...
That's corrupt and dangerous.
thebulletin.org/2025/12/trum...
Trump is manipulating national security to stop energy projects he doesn’t like
On Monday, December 22, the Trump Administration announced it was pausing five major offshore wind energy projects, citing “national security risks.”
thebulletin.org
December 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“Dozens of other assessments all support the same conclusion: Climate changes driven by fossil-fuel combustion pose a clear and present danger to US national security and military operations. Not one.. concluded that wind, solar, or other renewable energy sources posed any national security threat.”
Merry Christmas 4who celebrate
"During a recent cold snap, the project was already eliminating dsome $2 million a day in costs to ratepayers by displacing the need for additional natural gas, according to an analysis done by the Green Energy Consumers Alliance."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/22/s...
"During a recent cold snap, the project was already eliminating dsome $2 million a day in costs to ratepayers by displacing the need for additional natural gas, according to an analysis done by the Green Energy Consumers Alliance."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/22/s...
Trump administration suspends five offshore wind projects, including Vineyard Wind, escalating attack on renewables - The Boston Globe
Vineyard Wind is nearing the completion of construction off Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard and is currently capable of producing some 572 megawatts of power.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Merry Christmas 4who celebrate
"During a recent cold snap, the project was already eliminating dsome $2 million a day in costs to ratepayers by displacing the need for additional natural gas, according to an analysis done by the Green Energy Consumers Alliance."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/22/s...
"During a recent cold snap, the project was already eliminating dsome $2 million a day in costs to ratepayers by displacing the need for additional natural gas, according to an analysis done by the Green Energy Consumers Alliance."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/22/s...
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
“The playbook is obvious,” @larrychretien.bsky.social “The feds want to break the finances of these projects”
“The result of these actions remains the same: Workers lose hours, families face uncertainty, and energy prices stay high” @patcrowley401.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/22/s...
“The result of these actions remains the same: Workers lose hours, families face uncertainty, and energy prices stay high” @patcrowley401.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/22/s...
Trump administration suspends five offshore wind projects, including Vineyard Wind, escalating attack on renewables - The Boston Globe
Vineyard Wind is nearing the completion of construction off Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard and is currently capable of producing some 572 megawatts of power.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“The playbook is obvious,” @larrychretien.bsky.social “The feds want to break the finances of these projects”
“The result of these actions remains the same: Workers lose hours, families face uncertainty, and energy prices stay high” @patcrowley401.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/22/s...
“The result of these actions remains the same: Workers lose hours, families face uncertainty, and energy prices stay high” @patcrowley401.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/22/s...