It is clear to me that the vast mismatch between the spending efforts of renewable energy trade associations and fossil fuel trade associations gives opponents of climate action a significant advantage in the policy process.
ClimateVoices · Episode 28 · 07-10-23
An interview with Dr. Robert Brulle, Visiting Professor of Environment and Society at Brown University, and author of groundbreaking research on trade associations, political activity, and climate change. Dr. Brulle is the author of three books: Agency, Democracy and the Environment: The U.S. Environmental Movement from the Perspective of Critical Theory; co-editor, with David Pellow, of Power, Justice and the Environment; and co-editor, with Riley Dunlap, of Climate Change and Society: Sociological Perspectives. He was awarded the Frederick H. Buttle Distinguished Contribution Award to Environmental Sociology by the American Sociological Association in 2016.
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Dr. Robert Brulle
Visiting Professor of Environment and Society at Brown University, and author of groundbreaking research on trade associations, political activity, and climate change.
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