Why it's so dang hard to pass Climate Change Legislation! (w/Timmons Roberts)
Links for more info on today's topic:
2009's Waxman-Markey Bill: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2454
Americans for Prosperity, a Koch funded astroturf group: https://www.energyandpolicy.org/americans-for-prosperity/
How Koch attacked the bill: https://grist.org/climate-policy/2011-03-16-koch-group-alec-cut-paste-attack-regional-climate-initiatives/3/
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Episode 91 of Energy Nerd Show & Tell. This week's guest: Timmons Roberts on why it's so hard to get Climate Change Legislation passed into law.
Timmons Roberts, Professor of Environmental Studies, Environment and Society and Sociology
Brown University
Timmons Roberts is Ittleson Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology at Brown University and the Executive Director of the Climate Social Science Network. He has taught in and directed environmental science and policy programs at Brown, the College of William and Mary, and Tulane University. Timmons was a James Martin 21st Century Professor at Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute in 2006-2007 and Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution from 2012-2020.