Resource Type: Social Science Research

In our final IRA Data & Insights Hub report of the year, we share how partners in our Field Research Program are building evidence-based messaging to persuade communities on the benefits of clean energy and climate justice solutions. Read below for highlights on what we’re learning at the doors and online from communities in New York, Maine, and New Jersey.

This article reveals that opposition to offshore wind on the U.S. East Coast is driven by a hybrid network of local groups, fossil fuel interests, and national climate denial organizations. These local groups are not purely grassroots nor fully manufactured but instead rely heavily on “information subsidies” from think tanks to spread misleading narratives. The study warns that this coordinated opposition poses a significant threat to renewable energy development in the U.S.

Today we share excerpts from this month’s IRA Data & Insights Hub report, a literature review covering what we do (and don’t) know about combatting narrative threats to IRA & clean energy rollout. We have learned a lot about addressing mis/dis information since we last wrote about this. Beyond the empirical research, the report also rounds up other tipsheets and guides with messaging advice and rebuttals to misinformation. Check out the full report for more details and links to the underlying research.