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Findings from the @climateintegrity.org show that gas companies have known their impact for decades. Natural gas being touted as the 'climate solution' is a large part of the industry's success. See the full report below. climateintegrity.org/projects/nat...

The Fraud of “Clean” Natural Gas | Center for Climate IntegrityHow Big Oil and Gas Created the Myth that Natural Gas is a Climate Solutionclimateintegrity.org

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Important work, and a valuable collaboration with @tcij.org!

Land use and agriculture rule much of Brazil's environmental policy. Scholars and CSSN members Daniela Campello et. al. observe how the government operates within Brazil’s Agribusiness Caucus (FPA). They find shocking anti-environment results. See their findings: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Green rhetoric, anti-environmental voting: legislative behavior in Brazil’s agribusiness caucusDo international market pressures reshape domestic climate politics, or do they merely induce rhetorical adaptation? While climate politics in advanced economies centers on fossil fuels, Brazil pre...www.tandfonline.com

See their piece in the @ucs.org blog: blog.ucs.org/delta-merner...

Scope 3 on Trial: What it Means For Corporate Climate AccountabilityThis piece was co-authored with Joana Setzer, Associate Professorial Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and co-published on July 6, 2026. In May 2026, the Supr...blog.ucs.org

Important work from Delta Merner and Joana Setzer - see some of the key questions facing courts, and where the conversations of corporate climate accountability are going. www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...

Scope 3 on trial: what it means for corporate climate accountability - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environmentJoana Setzer and Delta Merner discuss their new research examining how courts around the world are approaching corporate climate accountability.www.lse.ac.uk

Out today! @joshuabasseches.bsky.social investigates how energy and utility companies have worked to move local politics towards corporate profitability, as well as the growth of their influence over and access to widespread "renewable portfolio standard" laws. mitpress.mit.edu/978026205358...

Owning the Green GridHistorically (and for the foreseeable future), most public policy action in the United States to combat the global climate crisis has taken place at the stat...mitpress.mit.edu

@academic.oup.com's 500th #openaccess book! “Open access allowed us to publicize our two assessment volumes on obstruction of climate action broadly and quickly, and to make it available all over the world at once," @timmonsroberts.bsky.social, editor. corp.oup.com/news/publish...

Publishing our 500th open access book - Oxford University PressOur 500th open access book underscores the dedication of our authors and editors in advancing open scholarship to support a more inclusive, collaborative community.corp.oup.com

The capture of early-career academics, the co-option of "sustainability," and more: what does beef's influence over academia look like? See Dr. Vasile Stănescu's article published today in @oxfordunipress.bsky.social academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

Becoming Part of the Family: Greenwashing, Animal Agriculture, and the Strategic Capture of Climate ResearchAbstract. A large and growing body of research affirms the severe climate impacts of animal agriculture. Yet rather than undertake structural change, the iacademic.oup.com

Last day to submit your proposal to CSSN's RFP!

Nationalism as a tool of climate obstruction: This review identifies four forms—resource nationalism, energy nationalism, techno-nationalism, and fossil fascism—and shows how they can delay, divert, or undermine effective climate action. See the full paper here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...

Join us at 11am EST today, as Dr. Dale Jamieson will speak on climate ethics, creating meaningful work in new academic subfields, and more. Register here: brown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CSSN Conference - Keynote with Dale Jamieson. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.We are pleased to host Dale Jamieson, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies and Philosophy at New York University, to speak on climate ethics. For more information on the work that Dr. Jamieson ...brown.zoom.us

Tomorrow! Join us for a presentation and a discussion to follow.

Looking back at a foundational article from our working group focused on Nationalism and Climate Obstruction: academic.oup.com/oocc/article... This piece explores “green nationalism,” and asks what its role can be in shaping policies, despite pushback: is it a path forward, or a hinderance?

Green promises, gray realities: nationalism between climate action and obstructionAbstract. This article examines the intersection of climate obstruction and “green nationalism,” exploring whether the latter can act as a tool against theacademic.oup.com

One week away! Mark your calendars for a talk and discussion on climate ethics, and what climate scholarship means in this current moment. bit.ly/4tcdBFe

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CSSN Conference - Keynote with Dale Jamieson. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.We are pleased to host Dale Jamieson, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies and Philosophy at New York University, to speak on climate ethics. For more information on the work that Dr. Jamieson ...bit.ly

University policies are failing to protect against fossil fuel influence on academic research, harkening back to the days of Big Tobacco’s disinformation on campus. CSSN scholars and colleagues, C. Ceccon, @truzaar.bsky.social, and @jenniecstephens.bsky.social's study is in Climatic Change today!

How do we make our academic work make a difference? What does knowledge production look like when it is being threatened from outside forces? Thrilled to share that NYU's Dr. Dale Jamieson will be this year's keynote speaker for our upcoming online annual conference. Register here: bit.ly/4tcdBFe

"We argue that inertia is not merely passive but actively maintained by those with institutional power." See this sweeping look at climate obstruction and inaction in Australia by CSSN members Vanessa Bowden, Daniel Nyberg, and @chriswrightau.bsky.social. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Obstructing change: political inertia and the maintenance of climate inaction in AustraliaDespite widespread public concern and mounting climate impacts, Australia’s climate policy remains stalled. This paper investigates how political, industrial, and environmental actors narrate clima...www.tandfonline.com

Researchers find that 98% of recent environmental claims by major meat and dairy companies can be characterized as greenwashing. See M. Bach, L. Loy, @katharinemach.bsky.social, S. Shukla McDermid, and J. Jacquet's full study below. journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

Environmental claims, climate promises, and ‘greenwashing’ by meat and dairy companiesAnimal agriculture has disproportionate environmental impacts relative to other forms of food production and accounts for at least 16.5% of all global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Many of the large...journals.plos.org

An exciting event to look out for this weekend at the energy transition conference in Colombia. The event will feature experts on climate obstruction, and will offer strategies for a just energy transition. See the link for more information and how to attend!