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...
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"This assault on myself and others are part of a growing authoritarianism, if not even creeping fascism within the United States."
You can listen to Tom Alter's full story in his own words on our YouTube channel 👇
You can listen to Tom Alter's full story in his own words on our YouTube channel 👇
Faculty on the Front Lines: Tom Alter (Texas State University)
YouTube video by The AAUP
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:03 PM
"This assault on myself and others are part of a growing authoritarianism, if not even creeping fascism within the United States."
You can listen to Tom Alter's full story in his own words on our YouTube channel 👇
You can listen to Tom Alter's full story in his own words on our YouTube channel 👇
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Another judge has just ruled that the Republicans' stop work order of Orsted's Sunrise Wind project in New York is unconstitutional, for similar reasoning as in the other offshore wind cases that have all been won.
🚨 BIG CLEAN ENERGY NEWS: New York's Sunrise Wind, which will produce enough power for 600,000 homes, has been given the go-ahead by a federal judge to resume construction after being unlawfully paused by Trump.
This now means that ALL FIVE offshore wind projects halted by Trump have won in court.
This now means that ALL FIVE offshore wind projects halted by Trump have won in court.
Judge Deals Fifth Blow to Trump’s War on Offshore Wind Power
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Another judge has just ruled that the Republicans' stop work order of Orsted's Sunrise Wind project in New York is unconstitutional, for similar reasoning as in the other offshore wind cases that have all been won.
I have no idea about this.
But it is blowing my mind considering it.
Have a look.
But it is blowing my mind considering it.
Have a look.
If true, this could explain a lot: Epstein’s mysterious money; the wire transactions to former Soviet states; Trump’s submissiveness around Putin.
Epstein's sex empire was 'KGB honeytrap'
The release of more than three million new documents relating to the late sex offender gives credence to claims made by senior security officials: that Epstein was working on behalf of Moscow.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 12:59 AM
I have no idea about this.
But it is blowing my mind considering it.
Have a look.
But it is blowing my mind considering it.
Have a look.
I want to lift up this article once more...there's so much in here that needs to be addressed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:29 AM
I want to lift up this article once more...there's so much in here that needs to be addressed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Perceptive piece, knows a lot about US interventions in Latin America.
"When it comes to state overthrow, Iberian languages .. have a bunch of words for them."
golpe militar
golpe parlamentar
golpe judicial
intentona
quartelada
golpe de oficiais
autogolpe
Now:
"autogolpe imperial?"
"When it comes to state overthrow, Iberian languages .. have a bunch of words for them."
golpe militar
golpe parlamentar
golpe judicial
intentona
quartelada
golpe de oficiais
autogolpe
Now:
"autogolpe imperial?"
"Trump threatened not just Cuba, but Colombia and Mexico. Look what we can do to you; you better get in line. If the goal was to intimidate & coerce everyone else,then perhaps all that was needed was the spectacular humiliation & decapitation of a rival state"
www.northsouthnotes.org/p/imperial-t...
www.northsouthnotes.org/p/imperial-t...
Imperial theater and the world-systemic self-coup
January 2026
www.northsouthnotes.org
February 1, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Perceptive piece, knows a lot about US interventions in Latin America.
"When it comes to state overthrow, Iberian languages .. have a bunch of words for them."
golpe militar
golpe parlamentar
golpe judicial
intentona
quartelada
golpe de oficiais
autogolpe
Now:
"autogolpe imperial?"
"When it comes to state overthrow, Iberian languages .. have a bunch of words for them."
golpe militar
golpe parlamentar
golpe judicial
intentona
quartelada
golpe de oficiais
autogolpe
Now:
"autogolpe imperial?"
“It is grossly misleading to state that U.S. #LNG would be good for the climate,” Dr. Niklas Höhne,..." The full lifecycle emissions of LNG include the very energy-intensive process of liquefying gas, as well as shipping it" LNG’s emissions "as emissions-intensive as coal.”
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Behind the Push to Re-brand LNG as “Green”
U.S. LNG producers are using dubious climate claims to sell overseas customers on increasing their imports.
drilled.media
February 1, 2026 at 12:55 AM
“It is grossly misleading to state that U.S. #LNG would be good for the climate,” Dr. Niklas Höhne,..." The full lifecycle emissions of LNG include the very energy-intensive process of liquefying gas, as well as shipping it" LNG’s emissions "as emissions-intensive as coal.”
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Interesting fact: Dogs generate 95% of human walking in suburban neighbourhoods.
January 29, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Interesting fact: Dogs generate 95% of human walking in suburban neighbourhoods.
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🛢️ New from @desmog.com: The American Petroleum Institute is making it a top priority in 2026 to weaken key EU climate laws, using trade threats, front groups and Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda to protect fossil fuel profits.
Top U.S. Oil Lobby API Targets Landmark EU Climate Law, Policy Document Shows
The declaration coincides with U.S. fossil fuel companies’ use of Trump’s trade tensions and international discord to undermine EU climate laws.
buff.ly
January 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM
🛢️ New from @desmog.com: The American Petroleum Institute is making it a top priority in 2026 to weaken key EU climate laws, using trade threats, front groups and Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda to protect fossil fuel profits.
Taxation without representation.
With 28.6 million people now paying the US, Venezuela should be demanding statehood, with 2 senators and 32-33 seats in the House.
That's the number they'd get using the average state population per seat.
34 seats in Congress.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
With 28.6 million people now paying the US, Venezuela should be demanding statehood, with 2 senators and 32-33 seats in the House.
That's the number they'd get using the average state population per seat.
34 seats in Congress.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
Rubio Says Venezuela Will Submit Monthly Budget to White House
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Taxation without representation.
With 28.6 million people now paying the US, Venezuela should be demanding statehood, with 2 senators and 32-33 seats in the House.
That's the number they'd get using the average state population per seat.
34 seats in Congress.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
With 28.6 million people now paying the US, Venezuela should be demanding statehood, with 2 senators and 32-33 seats in the House.
That's the number they'd get using the average state population per seat.
34 seats in Congress.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/u...
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10/ Politicians igored them because warnings alone do not compel action in the face of organised vested interests.
Fossil capital.
Extractive industries.
Short-term political incentives.
Institutional inertia.
These were always the real obstacles, not a lack of credibility.
Fossil capital.
Extractive industries.
Short-term political incentives.
Institutional inertia.
These were always the real obstacles, not a lack of credibility.
January 24, 2026 at 4:57 AM
10/ Politicians igored them because warnings alone do not compel action in the face of organised vested interests.
Fossil capital.
Extractive industries.
Short-term political incentives.
Institutional inertia.
These were always the real obstacles, not a lack of credibility.
Fossil capital.
Extractive industries.
Short-term political incentives.
Institutional inertia.
These were always the real obstacles, not a lack of credibility.
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9/ Which brings us to the real lesson, and the part that tends to get quietly skipped.
Policy-makers didn’t ignore environmentalists because they were naive or soft.
They didn’t ignore security and military analysts because they were idealists.
They ignored both.
Policy-makers didn’t ignore environmentalists because they were naive or soft.
They didn’t ignore security and military analysts because they were idealists.
They ignored both.
January 24, 2026 at 4:57 AM
9/ Which brings us to the real lesson, and the part that tends to get quietly skipped.
Policy-makers didn’t ignore environmentalists because they were naive or soft.
They didn’t ignore security and military analysts because they were idealists.
They ignored both.
Policy-makers didn’t ignore environmentalists because they were naive or soft.
They didn’t ignore security and military analysts because they were idealists.
They ignored both.
Needed: strong response for int'l students
"If, because of the experiences of Öztürk and others like her, international students fear to speak their minds and contradict the gov't — or simply choose not to study here at all — our campuses will be poorer for it."
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/28/o...
"If, because of the experiences of Öztürk and others like her, international students fear to speak their minds and contradict the gov't — or simply choose not to study here at all — our campuses will be poorer for it."
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/28/o...
Trump can’t be allowed to punish campus free speech - The Boston Globe
Rümeysa Öztürk had her student visa revoked solely because she wrote an op-ed.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Needed: strong response for int'l students
"If, because of the experiences of Öztürk and others like her, international students fear to speak their minds and contradict the gov't — or simply choose not to study here at all — our campuses will be poorer for it."
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/28/o...
"If, because of the experiences of Öztürk and others like her, international students fear to speak their minds and contradict the gov't — or simply choose not to study here at all — our campuses will be poorer for it."
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/28/o...
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It’s hard to accurately describe what is happening in Minneapolis without sounding crazy.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
January 22, 2026 at 2:12 PM
It’s hard to accurately describe what is happening in Minneapolis without sounding crazy.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
I'm turning 65 in two weeks. I'm OK with that, but I have no idea where the time went.
What chagrins me, is that I'm graduating into THE ONLY DEMOGRAPHIC that approves of Trump (white, male, >65).
Weird study, w/ results of interviews over a time period.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-very-dde...
What chagrins me, is that I'm graduating into THE ONLY DEMOGRAPHIC that approves of Trump (white, male, >65).
Weird study, w/ results of interviews over a time period.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-very-dde...
January 22, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I'm turning 65 in two weeks. I'm OK with that, but I have no idea where the time went.
What chagrins me, is that I'm graduating into THE ONLY DEMOGRAPHIC that approves of Trump (white, male, >65).
Weird study, w/ results of interviews over a time period.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-very-dde...
What chagrins me, is that I'm graduating into THE ONLY DEMOGRAPHIC that approves of Trump (white, male, >65).
Weird study, w/ results of interviews over a time period.
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-very-dde...
Some nice coverage of our new report on who's blocking action on climate in the Rhode Island legislature.
This is a "blue state" with huge Democratic majorities.
Yet 21 of 22 priority bills of statewide climate and environment organizations in 2025 died in committee.
ecori.org/the-usual-su...
This is a "blue state" with huge Democratic majorities.
Yet 21 of 22 priority bills of statewide climate and environment organizations in 2025 died in committee.
ecori.org/the-usual-su...
The Usual Suspects When It Comes Climate Action Obstruction in Rhode Island - ecoRI News
The first sentence of the report grabbed my attention. “After stunning successes in 2021 and 2022, climate action has slowed in Rhode Island.”
ecori.org
January 22, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Some nice coverage of our new report on who's blocking action on climate in the Rhode Island legislature.
This is a "blue state" with huge Democratic majorities.
Yet 21 of 22 priority bills of statewide climate and environment organizations in 2025 died in committee.
ecori.org/the-usual-su...
This is a "blue state" with huge Democratic majorities.
Yet 21 of 22 priority bills of statewide climate and environment organizations in 2025 died in committee.
ecori.org/the-usual-su...
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Woah! A new report by @climatedevlab.bsky.social reveals that two RI state agencies—DPUC & PUC—are some of the most vocal opponents of environmental legislation.
Thanks, and HERE is the report that the lobbyists didn't like...
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/who-s-o...
@shankman.bsky.social @fitzprov.bsky.social @globeri.bsky.social danmcgowan.bsky.social
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/who-s-o...
@shankman.bsky.social @fitzprov.bsky.social @globeri.bsky.social danmcgowan.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Woah! A new report by @climatedevlab.bsky.social reveals that two RI state agencies—DPUC & PUC—are some of the most vocal opponents of environmental legislation.
Thanks, and HERE is the report that the lobbyists didn't like...
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/who-s-o...
@shankman.bsky.social @fitzprov.bsky.social @globeri.bsky.social danmcgowan.bsky.social
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/who-s-o...
@shankman.bsky.social @fitzprov.bsky.social @globeri.bsky.social danmcgowan.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Thanks, and HERE is the report that the lobbyists didn't like...
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/who-s-o...
@shankman.bsky.social @fitzprov.bsky.social @globeri.bsky.social danmcgowan.bsky.social
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/who-s-o...
@shankman.bsky.social @fitzprov.bsky.social @globeri.bsky.social danmcgowan.bsky.social
Time to wax 'em up?
(14 weeks-long Winter War, Finland protects its sovereignty against the USSR. )
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
(14 weeks-long Winter War, Finland protects its sovereignty against the USSR. )
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
January 18, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Time to wax 'em up?
(14 weeks-long Winter War, Finland protects its sovereignty against the USSR. )
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
(14 weeks-long Winter War, Finland protects its sovereignty against the USSR. )
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Having captured the Supreme Court, corrupted the U.S. Congress, and occupied the executive branch from the inside, why would they not expand their corrupt ambitions overseas?
www.somo.nl/the-secretiv...
www.somo.nl/the-secretiv...
The secretive cabal of US polluters that is rewriting the EU’s human rights and climate law - SOMO
Leaked documents reveal how a secretive alliance of eleven large multinational enterprises has worked to tear down the EU’s flagship human rights and climate law, the Corporate Sustainability Due Dili...
www.somo.nl
January 18, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Having captured the Supreme Court, corrupted the U.S. Congress, and occupied the executive branch from the inside, why would they not expand their corrupt ambitions overseas?
www.somo.nl/the-secretiv...
www.somo.nl/the-secretiv...
"Ultimately, staying quiet at a time like this is self-defeating. It undermines the global institutions needed to address a growing global climate problem that poses serious financial threats.
And ..the state of the democracies they operate in .. is undeniably dark."
And ..the state of the democracies they operate in .. is undeniably dark."
January 18, 2026 at 11:35 AM
"Ultimately, staying quiet at a time like this is self-defeating. It undermines the global institutions needed to address a growing global climate problem that poses serious financial threats.
And ..the state of the democracies they operate in .. is undeniably dark."
And ..the state of the democracies they operate in .. is undeniably dark."
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