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This book finally got published today - free for download here cssn.org/news-research/… A monumental effort documenting climate obstruction across sectors, countries & governance levels, by 110 @ClimateSSN scholars I was chuffed to contribute to one of the chapters (thread)

We have officially moved to Bluesky. Follow us at @climatessn.bsky.social.

The five commissioners who sit atop FERC are arguably the most important decision-makers for power-sector decarbonization in the wake of the recent election. (1/2) utilitydive.com/news/ferc-2024…

🎓 Fossil fuel industry influence in higher education: A review and a research agenda - Hiltner - WIREs Climate Change - Wiley Online Library buff.ly/4cUGihq

New Policy Brief on what might be the course of the incoming @EU_Commission and the #EU Green Deal after this year's elections. I map some key challenges and what the new course can mean for Norway nupi.no/en/publication…

Dr. Gamper-Rabindran's study found that "..There is tremendous support for solar in rural communities, but the solar project has to be tailored [to] the agricultural activity and with the agricultural landscape," Read full study here: bit.ly/3Njhd5I

Rural Pennsylvania farmers are stopping the spread of solar mis- and dis-information in their communities, and are open to solar leasing proposals, scholar Dr. Shanti Gamper-Rabindran of @GSPIA states in recent podcast with @KaraHolsopple @AlleghenyFront bit.ly/400rbQM

Dr. Gamper-Rabindran's study found that "..There is tremendous support for solar in rural communities, but the solar project has to be tailored [to] the agricultural activity and with the agricultural landscape," Read full study here: bit.ly/3Njhd5I

So turns out that a top anti-climate lawsuit group was being funded as part of a 'confidential' oil industry campaign called 'Defend BP'. @SenWhitehouse told me it's part of a long pattern of 'phony front groups flush with dark money.' newrepublic.com/article/186169…

Extracting, cooling, and transporting natural gas accounts for the vast majority of its emissions. The greenwashing of LNG as a climate solution is outrageous. It’s actual self-delusion. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Nothing to see here -- just an internal report by Shell from 1989 precisely predicting the "violent weather" and "deluges" that just destroyed half of Appalachia, and summing up expected climate chaos with the comment, "Civilisation could prove a fragile thing."

Important work coming from @caadcoalition!

In the face of extreme weather, Africa’s farmers need facts, not falsehoods. Disinformation is an existential risk, and in his article, @heff_andrew highlights the importance of education, empowerment, and technological intervention to stop the spread. cigionline.org/publications/c…

Check out new research fueled by IBES alums – "Where ideology meets private interest: the three-part composition of climate obstruction in the United States" @ClimateDevLab @ClimateSSN iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…

Article from @insideclimate on big oil in academia featuring research from the CSSN "Special Interest and Industry Influence on Universities Working Group": insideclimatenews.org/news/06092024/…

📣 New poll from us & @DataProgress: The vast majority of U.S. voters — including 54% of Republicans — support legal action against Big Oil & the plastics industry for lying about the viability of plastic recycling and causing the plastic waste crisis. climateintegrity.org/news/view/vote…

University funding from fossil fuels slowing switch to green energy – report theguardian.com/business/artic… @guardian

See also, wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wc…

See @GeoffDembicki's piece in @DeSmog "How Oil And Gas Companies Infiltrate Higher Education to Maintain Influence" sgq.io/arNvPBg

Critical and groundbreaking research on fossil fuel ties in higher education & the university-fossil fuel partnerships that obstruct climate action from CSSN scholars S. Hiltner, @emi_eaton, @DrNoelHealy, @AndyJS1234, @jenniecstephens and @GeoffreySupran wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wc…