Will Kattrup

Large language model reveals an increase in climate contrarian speech in the United States Congress - Communications Sustainability Congressional opposition to climate policies has grown in the United States, and Republicans are approximately twelve times more likely than Democrats to make contrarian claims, according to an analys...

What's going on with claims about #climate science and solutions in the #USCongress?

Here's our analysis of trends over three decades using the most sophisticated framework yet. An exciting collaboration of three research teams on three continents.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

New Study Shows How Fossil Fuel Sectors Create a Climate Denial Echo Chamber on Social Media Research finds signs of “coordinated climate obstruction efforts” among oil, plastics, and agrichemical industries in social media messaging.

Research finds signs of “coordinated climate obstruction efforts” among oil, plastics, and agrichemical industries in social media messaging by @sharonkelly.bsky.social

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Networks of climate obstruction: Discourses of denial and delay in US fossil energy, plastic, and agrichemical industries The use of fossil-derived hydrocarbons in fossil energy, plastic production, and agriculture makes these three sectors mutually reinforcing and reliant on sustained fossil fuel extraction. In this pap...

Check out our new research on how the fossil energy, plastic & agrichemical industries are interconnected in their climate obstruction narratives and coordinated in efforts to deny & delay the transformative climate action needed for a stable & healthy future. journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

Trump said today he’d kill offshore wind projects that already have permits — and maybe were fully built already.

How’d he come up with that idea? And is it really on the table?

Funny you should ask. Read my story to find out!

Biden bans new offshore drilling in US coastal waters weeks before Trump handover Ban includes entire Atlantic coast, eastern Gulf of Mexico, Pacific coast off California, Oregon and Washington, and part of Bering Sea

Biden bans new offshore drilling in US coastal waters weeks before Trump handover #Climate

Kevin's new book is a gem and I'm delighted to be hosting this event. If you're interested in ending the fossil fuel industry, don't miss this talk!

Joshua Siegel @SiegelScribe A coalition of oil and gas groups, representing over 80% of U.S. domestic production, sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson today calling on passage of permitting bill before end of current Congress. @IPAAaccess, @oceanindustries, @WesternEnergy1, @EnergyWorkforce on letter While we certainly support additional Congressional action on the issue in the 119th Congress, our coalition believes there is an opportunity in the coming weeks to pass the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, which will in turn expedite President Trump's ability to execute on his promise to unleash American energy early in his first term. The bill would help streamline the federal approval process for major energy projects, accelerate agency reviews of these projects, and fix longstanding gaps in the nation's leasing and judicial review processes While this bill is merely the first step towards comprehensive permitting reform in this country, we believe that passing the package now, at the end of the 118th, and then earnestly advancing additional National Environmental Policy Act reforms such as those being drafted by Chairman Westerman in the Natural Resources Committee, will ensure that America can get back on track as quickly as possible.

Can someone please explain to me why, if the Manchin-Barrasso permitting reform bill is supposed to lower demand for fossil fuels, oil and gas groups are pushing it?

Someone?

Anyone?

Beyond dark money: Information subsidies and complex networks of opposition to offshore wind on the U.S. East Coast A new, more aggressive stage of opposition to offshore wind energy has arisen in the United States. In this article, we demonstrate how the discourses…

Wow! Really incredible new research from @timmonsroberts.bsky.social and colleagues revealing that anti-offshore wind groups are far more sophisticated (and dangerous) than one might imagine:
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University of Toronto’s environment school cuts financial ties to fossil fuels Princeton University, the only other North American school to take similar action, rolled back its commitment recently

State, local and even university action on climate become more important than ever under Trump. Hoping to see more of this! Professors and students, get out there and push your universities.

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Proud to see my first peer-review paper out now. We discuss how fossil fuel interests and climate denial veterans support local anti-wind groups!