Climate Politics
Offshore Wind Opponents Target Work of Brown University Researcher
The group asked for the retraction of work led by Timmons Roberts and said it is preparing to escalate the matter to the Trump administration.
Wind turbine foundation components at the Revolution Wind construction hub in Providence, Rhode Island.
Photographer: Adam Glanzman/BloombergTimmons Roberts is used to receiving legal complaints about his work examining groups who oppose offshore wind.
What was surprising about the letter he received earlier this month wasn’t that one of those groups was asking Roberts and his employer, Brown University, to retract some of his research. It was that the group was represented by a Washington, DC law firm, that said it was preparing to send “coordinated reports” about his work to the US National Science Foundation and Energy Department.