Excited to have this out in print! If you are interested in persuasion, and particularly how patterns of persuasion change when effects grow, read on:

You know #Geothermal has at last made the <<Clean Energy Varsity Team>> when @newyorker.com runs a long read! Brilliant reporting by Rivka Galchen with quotes from @leahstokes.bsky.social @gwagner.com @timlatimer.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The thing about cancer research is that everyone is in favor of it, but the admin has spent 10 months trying to gut it. Please read/share/subscribe

Is national policy more responsive to the preferences of white Americans than to those of people of color? When Republicans control the presidency and/or the Senate, yes. White voters are more likely to see legislation they support become law than are Black, Latino, or Asian American voters.

For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files: splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app

✍️New working paper! In an era of polarized feelings about the Supreme Court, to what extent can the court shape public opinion in its favor? In a meta-analysis of 44 years of experimental data, I show that the court's influence is minimal, parallel, and confounded: 1/x osf.io/preprints/so...

In Germany, a standard 7kW rooftop solar system costs $10,000. In Australia, it costs $4,000. In the US, the same system costs about $28,000 — thanks partly to a mess of state, local, and HOA rules, per a new analysis shared with @alexckaufman.bsky.social: heatmap.news/energy/solar...

Georgia friends, please watch at least the first half of this video, it’s really important

Insurance now makes up 20% of today's mortgage payment -- up from 8% in the 2000s.

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol opened up the 60-day public comment period for its Scope 2 standard today. It's also seeking comments on calculating avoided emissions from RECs. Catch up on what its all about w/ my piece from Sept! heatmap.news/climate/scop...

Can't help but compare their story about No Kings yesterday to the anti-immigration protests in London last month. "Large crowds" when it's millions of left to center ppl and "huge crowd" when its tens of thousands of rightwingers (not remotely similar mobilization even controlling for US vs UK pop)

In this turbulent era, it is worth taking comfort in the predictable things: -The rising and setting of the sun, -The movement of the tides, -The MPSA submission deadline being extended. (I first heard this in 2021, it's aged quite well)

What are Americans worried about? In our most recent Climate Change in the American Mind survey, we routinely asked people how worried they are about a number of public issues: #4 State of democracy #3 The economy #2 Cost of living #1 at the link:

Yesterday I spoke with Task and Purpose about the importance of humor as a tool of political expression. Key points: -Humor is crucial to standing out in a crowded information environment. -Empirically, humor paired with facts is more persuasive than facts alone taskandpurpose.com/culture/nati...

How does parenthood change risk perception? I have a new paper out at American Politics Research, investigating this question through the lens of gun control and climate change... doi.org/10.1177/1532...

I have a new report with Social Change Lab on the impact of disruptive climate protests on voting intentions in Germany, the UK, and Sweden. In all 3 countries, climate protests have a modest pro-climate effect, increasing voting intention for greener parties: www.socialchangelab.org/protest-and-...

✍ New working paper! How does message repetition and timing affect the durability of climate message effects? To examine this Q, we conducted a five-wave panel study, tracking people's beliefs over the course of 10 weeks in response to listening to @climateconnections.bsky.social radio stories. 1/x

It's Teacher Appreciation Week. Here's how to appreciate teachers: pay them better.

📝 What affects the durability of persuasion? In our new working paper, through a five wave panel study over ten weeks, we evaluate the impact of two factors: how many times individuals are treated (dosage) and the interval between treatments (timing). 1/x

A really cool new study on the impact of climate activism has just dropped! Some highlights: 1) "There is strong evidence that climate activism shifts public opinion and media coverage in a pro-climate direction, but this varies by context and the tactics employed."

Great thread summarizing our new paper on the impacts of climate activism. TL:DR, strong evidence that activism has an impact, but that impact might be uneven across variables and is less certain outside of the United States/Europe.

New paper! India is a rapidly growing emitter, but little is know about support for specific climate policies there. In our new paper in Climatic Change, we investigate the factors that drive support or opposition to national climate policy (1/2) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

🚨 The ANES is on the list, because the award description includes the study of 'racial conflict.' The loss of the ANES would be a huge loss for public opinion, and for science.

📝 I have a new paper out in Energy Research and Social Science, examining if public opinion can help explain racial inequities in the siting of power plants. TL:DR: Yes, but not in the way we expect. Article is temporarily open access here-please read and share! authors.elsevier.com/a/1kbnT7tZ6a...

I'm organizing the APSA panels for the experiments section. Please submit your experimental papers* to our section first! Deadline extended to January 20. *see call for scope

Hi #climatesky community! I wrote a short piece in Nature, Worldview located here: rdcu.be/d6sWa. It explores what we can expect from Trump 2.0 on the environment & ways to push back. We can counter Trump's environmental actions & make progress on climate mitigation at the subnational level. A 🧵 1/

Application deadline closes on January 31 for *2025's Climate Pipeline Workshop* at Princeton University. May 9, 2025. It's designed for pre-tenure political scientists. harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

I have a new paper out in @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social, examining the factors driving climate policy in mid-sized American cities. At their invitation, I've also written a blog post outlining the most prominent lessons (1/n) www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...

🚨New Preprint🚨 With a 2nd Trump term, local action on climate is crucial. However, most evidence we have on climate public opinion is on national policies. I remedy this through two surveys examining public opinion toward local climate policies (1/n) osf.io/preprints/os...

Please apply by Jan 31 to 2025's Climate Pipeline Workshop at Princeton University, held on May 9, 2025. Designed for pre-tenure political scientists Cc @climatesollab.bsky.social @dustintingley.bsky.social @agazmararian.bsky.social harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Good news: Yale grad students ratified our first union contract this weekend and the university announced benefits will apply to all PhD students, not just union members. Benefits include a 20% increase in pay, 80% dental coverage, and 100% medical coverage for spouses. Reminder that #unionswork!

With the real potential for US dictatorship and catastrophic climate change, plus two key wars raging, thank God we are focused on the leadership of two small private universities 

New from me: We should be very clear that Trump’s plans for a second term involve killing us all even faster by spurring on an even quicker descent into a climate change-driven dystopia

On the eve of COP28, I'm re-upping this piece I wrote for Daedalus. As climate scholars, it's our professional responsibility to engage in climate politics. THe climate crisis is here. It's time for all hands on deck. 1/2 ClimateSky 🔌💡 GreenSky PoliSky direct.mit.edu/daed/article...

Excited to share the results from a survey on consumer electrification preferences. Part of our 2035 Initiative here at UCSB in partnership with @rewiringamerica.bsky.social and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

Hey, @profmusgrave.bsky.social can you please add me to polisky?