In thinking about the climate crisis, we have all been overlooking the pernicious role of the railroads. New reporting in @TheAtlantic by @yayitsrob begins to shine a spotlight. Will link to piece in a moment. 1/6
But first: here is the report, by students at @BrownUniversity, on which the journalism is partially based. Just digging in myself but seems like essential reading for all climate advocates. 2/6 climatedevlab.brown.edu/uploads/2/8/4/…
Another crucial piece of the puzzle comes from @RBrulle at Drexel, who has long been doing vital work to understand the networks of influence that blocked climate action. 3/6 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…
Now here is the new story by Rob Meyer @yayitsrob, which I commend to everyone. 4/6 theatlantic.com/science/archiv…
One thing this recent work tells us is that public understand of what happened to wreck the climate is incomplete. Accountability is still lacking. People who ought to be disgraced, if not in prison, are still walking around with fat wallets. Immense work still to do. 5/6
Commendations to @RBrulle, @CTriedman, @ClimateDevLab, @TimmonsRoberts and others doing this work. Essential follows, along with @GeoffreySupran, @DavidPomerantz, @leahstokes and others. So many others that we may need to curate a "climate accountability follow list" soon. 6/6
