IBES Professor Timmons Roberts offered commentary, noting that “A lot of companies have sort of outsourced their climate obstruction to their trade associations.”
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Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
J Timmons Roberts
Ittleson Professor of Environment and Society, Professor of Sociology
Research Interests
Climate change policy, Environmental social science, UNFCCC, Climate justice
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The Newport Daily News
How a Newport advisory commission ended up a part of the anti-offshore wind controversy
This article cites research from IBES' Climate and Development Lab.
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“A lot of the anti-offshore wind groups are just throwing up whatever they can and seeing what sticks to the wall,” said IBES and Sociology Professor Timmons Roberts.
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"Pestilence, starvation, drought. To know one's product may bring that about, and bury the evidence, is unspeakable," commented IBES Professor Timmons Roberts.
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ASB Zeitung
UN sharply criticizes the fossil fuel sector
IBES and Sociology Professor Timmons Roberts noted that "Money from [fossil fuel] companies floods every aspect of our lives, making it challenging or impossible to undertake the comprehensive climate action science demands."
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