Research that informs public debates
At a U.S. Senate Budget Committee hearing on June 21, 2023, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) featured findings from our research in his presentation, including a poster drawing on data from “Obstructing Action: Foundation Funding and U.S. Climate Change Counter-Movement Organizations,” co-authored with my Climate Social Science Network (CSSN) colleagues Robert Brulle, Galen Hall, and Kennedy Schell-Smith.
Selected media coverage
Research: Power, organized interests and environmental obstruction
“The American Beef Industry Understood Its Climate Impact Decades Ago”
Inside Climate News · March 14, 2025
“Scientists Reveal the Scale of Meat and Dairy Industry Greenwashing”
TIME · April 23, 2026
“98 per cent of meat and dairy sustainability pledges are greenwashing”
New Scientist · 2026
“That ‘Obama Scientist’ Climate Skeptic You’ve Been Hearing About ...”
Scientific American · June 1, 2021