Becky Bromley-Trujillo
@prof-b-t.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science @CNU. Research on US climate policy + U.S. state politics. Virginia Pollster. Mom to 2 humans, dog & cat. Loves nature. Views are my own.
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👋 I am a political scientist and VA pollster studying US environmental policy & political behavior. I post academic research, climate change stuff, politics, pics of nature, pets (🦮and 🐈 ), cute coffee shops, & gardens 🌸 ! I share my political views on here, but not in my classroom. Views are my own
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Admins won’t save us. We need to save ourselves & our universities. 👇🏻
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Admins won’t save us. We need to save ourselves & our universities. 👇🏻
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This sounds reasonable but is 100% wrong. Whether you or agree or disagree with a study is completely immaterial. What matters is whether the study was conducted properly and generates valid results. And it's impolitic to say but it's true: you have to have some level of expertise to judge that.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This sounds reasonable but is 100% wrong. Whether you or agree or disagree with a study is completely immaterial. What matters is whether the study was conducted properly and generates valid results. And it's impolitic to say but it's true: you have to have some level of expertise to judge that.
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Really lazy journalism for State House News service to say "Emerging House energy bill switches focus to affordability" when the House's bill actually guts energy efficiency programs that save people money and makes people pay a tax for new pipeline construction. It's Trumpian in its dishonesty.
November 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Really lazy journalism for State House News service to say "Emerging House energy bill switches focus to affordability" when the House's bill actually guts energy efficiency programs that save people money and makes people pay a tax for new pipeline construction. It's Trumpian in its dishonesty.
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Excellent coverage of local opposition to data centers across the country (especially the South).
Also, buy subscriptions to your local newspaper.
www.oklahoman.com/story/busine...
Also, buy subscriptions to your local newspaper.
www.oklahoman.com/story/busine...
Data center opposition emerging across United States, ousting industry allies from office
While Oklahoma is embracing data centers, local and state leaders throughout the United States are pausing or banning the industry's growth.
www.oklahoman.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Excellent coverage of local opposition to data centers across the country (especially the South).
Also, buy subscriptions to your local newspaper.
www.oklahoman.com/story/busine...
Also, buy subscriptions to your local newspaper.
www.oklahoman.com/story/busine...
It is always a pleasure working with @joshuabasseches.bsky.social and this podcast was super fun to record! Thanks @amywestervelt.bsky.social!
Great joining @amywestervelt.bsky.social (along with colleague and co-author @prof-b-t.bsky.social) to discuss our chapter in the recent @cssn.org volume, 'Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment':
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S14, Ep9 | Climate Obstruction at the Subnational (Local) Level
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
It is always a pleasure working with @joshuabasseches.bsky.social and this podcast was super fun to record! Thanks @amywestervelt.bsky.social!
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Shameful that our 80+% Democratic House of Representatives is trying to gut our state's climate commitments
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
House moves forward with bill to weaken 2030 climate goals - CommonWealth Beacon
The plan reverberating around Beacon Hill, as first reported by CommonWealth Beacon last week, is sure to put lawmakers in a politically difficult position and test their willingness to defend the cli...
commonwealthbeacon.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Shameful that our 80+% Democratic House of Representatives is trying to gut our state's climate commitments
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/house...
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I wrote here about Trump’s limited understanding of health insurance and how relying on direct payments to people for payment toward health care costs is a terrible idea. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I wrote here about Trump’s limited understanding of health insurance and how relying on direct payments to people for payment toward health care costs is a terrible idea. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Data centers are not the frontline of innovation. They are the dirty structures that nobody - certainly tech leaders in Silicon Valley - wants to live next to.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Data centers are not the frontline of innovation. They are the dirty structures that nobody - certainly tech leaders in Silicon Valley - wants to live next to.
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✊🏽✊🏽The Supreme Court rejected a long-shot attempt to overturn the landmark 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The appeal was from Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky, who was jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court rejects long-shot effort to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
The court turned away an appeal filed by Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky who was sued after refusing to issue a marriage license to a gay couple.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
✊🏽✊🏽The Supreme Court rejected a long-shot attempt to overturn the landmark 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The appeal was from Kim Davis, a former county clerk in Kentucky, who was jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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Just in time for #COP30, a useful roundup by experts on progress made over the last decade on the Paris Agreement, article by article. Interesting that there is no discussion of #Article6
Expert retrospective on a decade of the Paris Agreement - Nature Climate Change
To mark the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, Nature Climate Change asked experts to reflect on the progress of and barriers to several of its key Articles. They share their thoughts on import...
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It was such a pleasure hitting the trail with students (from my class-U.S. environmental policy, Bio Club, and CNU Center for Sustainability) + an amazing CNU alum who shared some great ecological information along the hike.
November 9, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It was such a pleasure hitting the trail with students (from my class-U.S. environmental policy, Bio Club, and CNU Center for Sustainability) + an amazing CNU alum who shared some great ecological information along the hike.
Virginia in the fall is hard to beat!
November 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Virginia in the fall is hard to beat!
CNU is especially lovely in the fall 🍁
November 8, 2025 at 3:03 AM
CNU is especially lovely in the fall 🍁
I have concerns that even with Dems in charge, Virginia may continue to advance fossil fuels & fail to meet the legal obligations of the Virginia Clean Economy Act in large part because data center growth has boxed us in 1/2 virginiamercury.com/2025/11/07/e...
With Democrats in charge, Spanberger targets lower energy bills — and higher costs for data centers • Virginia Mercury
Fresh off a decisive election night, Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger is promising a sharp turn in Virginia’s energy policy.
virginiamercury.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I have concerns that even with Dems in charge, Virginia may continue to advance fossil fuels & fail to meet the legal obligations of the Virginia Clean Economy Act in large part because data center growth has boxed us in 1/2 virginiamercury.com/2025/11/07/e...
The Republican Party does not really do introspection after elections and this speech is as tone-deaf as they come...
Mike Johnson: "What happened last night is blue states and blue cities voted blue. We all saw that coming. And no one should read too much into last night's election results."
November 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Republican Party does not really do introspection after elections and this speech is as tone-deaf as they come...
A short #election 🧵- Democrats had historic victories across the nation; in Virginia they dominated. The outcomes are a strong repudiation of Trump who is a polarizing & unpopular figure in the face of high inflation, democratic erosion & a government shutdown voters largely blame on Republicans 1/
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A short #election 🧵- Democrats had historic victories across the nation; in Virginia they dominated. The outcomes are a strong repudiation of Trump who is a polarizing & unpopular figure in the face of high inflation, democratic erosion & a government shutdown voters largely blame on Republicans 1/
Well that's a wrap! I'm back on WUSA at 6:30am so time to get a tiny bit of sleep now 😴. The blue tsunami hit Virginia and it sure was an incredible night in Virginia politics!
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Well that's a wrap! I'm back on WUSA at 6:30am so time to get a tiny bit of sleep now 😴. The blue tsunami hit Virginia and it sure was an incredible night in Virginia politics!
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As we today wonder if polls will be accurate, consider that, last year, state-level election polls had an average error (in any direction) of 3 points, the most accurate year since 1944. And they had an average pro-Democratic bias of 2.7 points.
The bottom line: Across all levels of elections, the average polling error in 2024 was 3.3 percentage points, down from 5.3 in 2020 and 5.2 in 2016. National presidential polls missed by 2.6 points on average, and state-level presidential polls by 3.0 on average.
November 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
As we today wonder if polls will be accurate, consider that, last year, state-level election polls had an average error (in any direction) of 3 points, the most accurate year since 1944. And they had an average pro-Democratic bias of 2.7 points.
Virginians get out the vote today! What happens in state govt. is incredibly consequential! Also, the attorney general is arguably the single most important state actor holding presidents accountable so don't skip that one. I'll be on WAVY & WUSA-DC tonight talking elections so tune in! #VAElections
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Virginians get out the vote today! What happens in state govt. is incredibly consequential! Also, the attorney general is arguably the single most important state actor holding presidents accountable so don't skip that one. I'll be on WAVY & WUSA-DC tonight talking elections so tune in! #VAElections
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This!! The federal government has contingency funds for EXACTLY this purpose and the Trump regime is intentionally keeping food from hungry people (many of which are children).
Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."
October 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This!! The federal government has contingency funds for EXACTLY this purpose and the Trump regime is intentionally keeping food from hungry people (many of which are children).
In all seriousness, F*%* Bill Gates
#Adaptation without #Mitigation is a strategy GUARANTEED to make #ClimateChange worse. Hopelessly downstream thinking from the wealthy that CAN ONLY get a lot of people killed. #BillGates www.nbcnews.com/science/clim...
Bill Gates calls for 'strategic pivot' in climate change fight away from curbing emissions
In a memo released Tuesday, Gates said the world's primary goal should instead be to prevent suffering, particularly for those in the toughest conditions in the world's poorest countries.
www.nbcnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
In all seriousness, F*%* Bill Gates
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A data center, which can use as much electricity as Philadelphia, is the new American factory, creating the future and propping up the economy. How long can this last?
Inside the Data Centers That Train A.I. and Drain the Electrical Grid
A data center, which can use as much electricity as Philadelphia, is the new American factory, creating the future and propping up the economy. How long can this last?
www.newyorker.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A data center, which can use as much electricity as Philadelphia, is the new American factory, creating the future and propping up the economy. How long can this last?
Check out our latest Virginia elections survey from the Wason Center at CNU. We surveyed 803 Virginia likely voters on VA statewide races (Gov., LG, AG), a generic ballot for VA House of Delegates, top of mind policy issues, & the AG text scandal. Full results here: cnu.edu/wasoncenter/... 1/
Spanberger Leads Earle-Sears by 7 Points
Hashmi leads Reid by 2 points; after text messaging scandal, Miyares leads Jones by 1 Point in Attorney General Race
cnu.edu
October 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Check out our latest Virginia elections survey from the Wason Center at CNU. We surveyed 803 Virginia likely voters on VA statewide races (Gov., LG, AG), a generic ballot for VA House of Delegates, top of mind policy issues, & the AG text scandal. Full results here: cnu.edu/wasoncenter/... 1/
*Stay tuned* New Wason Center Virginia elections poll out tomorrow. This is our final of the election season. Survey covers Virginia Gov, LG, AG, House of Delegates generic ballot, top of mind issues + some ?s related to the Jones text scandal. Release is expected at 4pm tomorrow! #VirginiaElections
October 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
*Stay tuned* New Wason Center Virginia elections poll out tomorrow. This is our final of the election season. Survey covers Virginia Gov, LG, AG, House of Delegates generic ballot, top of mind issues + some ?s related to the Jones text scandal. Release is expected at 4pm tomorrow! #VirginiaElections