Resource Type: Research & Articles

We are excited to share with you all the work of Amanecer People’s Project, the first of our 2024 Climate Justice Micrograntees to be profiled this year. Based in El Paso, TX, Amanecer works to build community power in support of policies that “prioritize our health, environmental integrity, racial and economic equity, restore democratic power, and work towards destabilizing the systems of power that produce climate injustice.”

Misinformation about environmental issues is prominent on social media. This research found the following activity that contained misinformation or negative narratives related to the environment, particularly motivations about the environmental movement (from May 15-21, 2024): 2,000 X posts with more than 10 reposts; 1,000 Facebook posts with more than 10 engagements; 70 TikTok posts; 300 Telegram posts with more than 1,000 views; 90 Truth Social posts with more than 10 retruths; 60 Gab posts with more than 10 reposts. Some topics include “Texas wind turbine graveyard proves green movement isn’t green” and “Jordan Peterson asserts climate science is an appalling scam.”

We’ve added 117 newly-published items to the Lab’s Resource Library since the start of this year—polls, social science papers, reports, case studies and more. Below we highlight key themes and some of the most notable resources.