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
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Like taking the batteries out of a smoke alarm that keeps sounding.
In our cross-state comparison study, that is a recipe for conflict and obstruction of the state’s climate goals.
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Yet more shenanigans from our profit and power hungry utility.
Excellent work by @theclf.bsky.social @geconsumers.bsky.social and @acadiacenter.bsky.social
How environmental advocates stopped a late-session push to let RI Energy own power plants rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/06/08/h...
I’m pleased to be among the experts quoted in this damning article from @tjjordan.bsky.social and @joeygrostern.bsky.social at @desmog.com exposing how elite news media have been complicit in promoting policies that undermine international climate goals. #ClimateSky #CommSky
Amen, Rep Tanzi @tanzister.bsky.social , thank you for reminding.
And thank you Representative Evan P. Shanley, “It is an investment in the community that, in some measure, fosters the conditions for your business and your family to grow.”
And thank you Speaker Blazejewski. @chrisblazejewski.com
"French has called for Republicans to openly embrace Islamophobia and supports deporting 100 million people, a total that would include legal residents and citizens. "
Wow.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2705202...
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James Dyke
An important lawsuit. We cannot normalize the federal government paying off private corporations with taxpayer money to alter their business plans because the president's donors don't want competition:
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/c...
It gets worse…not only do elite news outlets amplify these messages, but they also CREATE the messages on behalf of the fossil fuel industry, an issue I cover in my open-access book, #ContentConfusion, and in this recent journal article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #ClimateSky #CommSky
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With action on climate change gridlocked in Washington, D.C. over the past three decades, the U.S. states have become arenas for intense policymaking …
A bill that would let Rhode Island Energy build and operate electric generation facilities like power plants and battery storage projects was scheduled for a Senate vote Tuesday. But after environment...
Tonight the SouthCoast Wind project is coming before the #RhodeIsland Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) for its permit.
The 2 big #offshorewind projects we've built/are building in #NewEngland = good but not enough for winter demand. We need SC wind. /1
www.crmc.ri.gov/newsandevent...
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Michelle Amazeen
Bo French prevailed over incumbent Jim Wright after a primary campaign focused more on Islamophobia and deportations than oil and gas regulation.
Scientists warn that the Trump administration's push to dismantle a vital network of ocean-sensing instruments will stymie crucial weather and climate monitoring in the Pacific and Atlantic
Confronting severe economic challenges in the twenty-first century, many news media are forging new relationships with advertisers, including the focus of this ...
Scientists warn that the Trump administration's push to dismantle a vital network of ocean-sensing instruments will stymie crucial weather and climate monitoring in the Pacific and Atlantic
POV: You just listened to a podcast by @nytimes.com about climate activism, but it's sponsored by America's most powerful fossil fuel lobby.
My latest for @desmog.com with @joeygrostern.bsky.social: www.desmog.com/2026/06/04/t...
“I urge my colleagues to support their constituents — the 80%, not the 1%," @tanzister.bsky.social said. “I’m shocked that some of the people who represent the poorest communities in our state are standing up and shilling for the billionaires. It blows my mind.”
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/05/m...
The budget also funds an independent inspector’s general office, which would oversee the executive branch but not the legislative or judicial branches.
