The vicious cycle on climate change: the worse things get > the more people feel doomed & helpless > the less they engage, just as we need them most. To break the cycle, I'm trying something WAY different (think @GretaThunberg x #StrangerThings4 ). A 🧵 The fossil fuel industry and its allies are master storytellers—nimble, sophisticated, targeted, ever-evolving. Just as we effectively counter one fossil fuel industry narrative, another pops up. They’re cynically feeding narratives of apathy & doomism to keep the status quo 2/11

🟢New paper!🟢

I show the fossil fuel industry’s role in initiating & amplifying the targeting of climate protesters in the U.S. Targeting climate protesters is usually framed as a *government* effort but industry has played a critical role. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… Industry tactics include:
*lobbying for federal & state legislation (sometimes drafted by industry) cranking up penalties for climate protesters
*surveillance
*rhetorical and legal push to label climate protesters as terrorists & extremists
*massive retaliatory lawsuits.