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 endorsementhttps://bsky.app/profile/timmonsroberts.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/timmonsroberts.bsky.social/post/3mvnhaqun3s2s"The E.P.A. minimized the impact of greenhouse gases from American power plants, saying they “have no material impact on global climate change. In fact, if all carbon dioxides were eliminated tomorrow, there would be no meaningful climate impact.” B.S. Gift article. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/climate/epa-power-plant-climate-rules.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BlE.gsXE.JU7oZEoM3XY3&smid=bs-share16 Sep 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:wlvhoruacaa3tjsdhd2vkd6h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvnhaqun3s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/timmonsroberts.bsky.social/post/3mvkpie7lac2fThe finance sector has gotten a free pass on responsibility for climate change. That is ending... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/private-equity-firms-energy-assets-greenhouse-gas15 Sep 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:wlvhoruacaa3tjsdhd2vkd6h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkpie7lac2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/timmonsroberts.bsky.social/post/3mvkegb52t22fUseful. Thanks Sabin Center. https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sabin_climate_change/281/15 Sep 2026 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:wlvhoruacaa3tjsdhd2vkd6h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkegb52t22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/timmonsroberts.bsky.social/post/3mvfsa6hy2s2d"So why don’t the western allies and Nato intervene to stop it? The principal reason is chronic US ambivalence and unreliability..Joe Biden tossed lifebelts to the Ukrainians in 2022, then left them to sink or swim. Trump has since tried to drown them" Act now https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/13/putin-ukraine-nato-russia-forever-war-crime-against-humanity-western-democracies?CMP=share_btn_url13 Sep 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:wlvhoruacaa3tjsdhd2vkd6h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfsa6hy2s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/timmonsroberts.bsky.social/post/3mvfdbphnhc2dlooking forward to reading...I think launches are coming at Climate Week NYC https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/big-oils-origin-story/13 Sep 2026 09:54 +0000at://did:plc:wlvhoruacaa3tjsdhd2vkd6h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfdbphnhc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/timmonsroberts.bsky.social/post/3mv7goqf7uc2rhttps://open.substack.com/pub/heated/p/ais-climate-problem-is-worse-than?r=36lkn&utm_medium=ios11 Sep 2026 01:39 +0000at://did:plc:wlvhoruacaa3tjsdhd2vkd6h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7goqf7uc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/timmonsroberts.bsky.social/post/3mv43vbery22x“The Brown study actually was fairly accurate about writing down all the people involved. … I was probably the common denominator for those groups,” Stevenson told me. https://ecori.org/the-man-behind-the-fall-of-offshore-wind09 Sep 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:wlvhoruacaa3tjsdhd2vkd6h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv43vbery22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/timmonsroberts.bsky.social/post/3muwdvx4xwc22https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/07/heat-climate-crisis-paris-milan-phoenix07 Sep 2026 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:wlvhoruacaa3tjsdhd2vkd6h/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwdvx4xwc22https://bsky.app/profile/timmonsroberts.bsky.social/post/3musa6ybyes22Great reporting, @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social Perfect summary: "Across states, public support for climate Superfund bills has been no match for the behind the scenes lobbying of the fossil fuels industry, according to a recent report from Brown University’s Climate and Development Lab." [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:wlvhoruacaa3tjsdhd2vkd6h/app.bsky.feed.post/3musa6ybyes22https://bsky.app/profile/timmonsroberts.bsky.social/post/3mus72jbnt222https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/ohio-fake-comments-clean-energy05 Sep 2026 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:wlvhoruacaa3tjsdhd2vkd6h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mus72jbnt222https://bsky.app/profile/timmonsroberts.bsky.social/post/3mupvzm3lds2uThis was the plan in 2012. If there is anyone with inside information on how this actually went down since then, please DM me. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/may/08/conservative-thinktanks-obama-energy-plans04 Sep 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:wlvhoruacaa3tjsdhd2vkd6h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupvzm3lds2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/timmonsroberts.bsky.social/post/3muk5vvkur22wNew York’s effort to get the big oil companies to help pay for all the damages from climate change got a setback from a district judge Monday. This petition pushes back https://make-polluters-pay.solidarity.tech/tax-big-oil-billionaires02 Sep 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:wlvhoruacaa3tjsdhd2vkd6h/app.bsky.feed.post/3muk5vvkur22whttps://bsky.app/profile/timmonsroberts.bsky.social/post/3mtw4univis2wOur sizzlin' new report (out this morning) covered in here- Supporters of state-level legislation to recover costs for climate disasters from oil companies outnumber opponents 3:1 in public hearings, but behind closed doors, opposition lobbyists ply their wares. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/25/fossil-fuel-lobbyists-fight-climate-damage25 Aug 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:wlvhoruacaa3tjsdhd2vkd6h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw4univis2whttps://bsky.app/profile/timmonsroberts.bsky.social/post/3mtwpdrv5i22hWow. "25 of the 38 organizations (66%) supporting Exxon and Suncor have documented financial ties to fossil fuel defendants, the broader fossil fuel industry, or climate denial foundations and dark-money networks" https://consumerwatchdog.org/energy/new-report-exposes-fossil-fuel-backed-network-flooding-supreme-court-with-briefs-seeking-to-shield-oil-gas-companies-in-climate-deception-case/25 Aug 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:wlvhoruacaa3tjsdhd2vkd6h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwpdrv5i22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/timmonsroberts.bsky.social/post/3mtwnh5txt22wYup. Can't sugar-coat this mess we've made--people need straight talk. Link to the study here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41768191/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:wlvhoruacaa3tjsdhd2vkd6h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwnh5txt22whttps://bsky.app/profile/timmonsroberts.bsky.social/post/3mtwnatgijk2wJust, wow. We've got the data on that! Think of all the good in the world that could be done with the money spent on all the suits alone of oil lobbyists and lawyers. Let alone the hourly rate. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:wlvhoruacaa3tjsdhd2vkd6h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwnatgijk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/timmonsroberts.bsky.social/post/3mtweq5wncc2cHere we go. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23082026/suncor-v-boulder-supreme-court-climate-case/25 Aug 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:wlvhoruacaa3tjsdhd2vkd6h/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtweq5wncc2c