Ryan Wishart
@ryanwishart.bsky.social
Environmental Sociologist at Creighton University, Omaha, NE
One of these things is not like the others
November 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
One of these things is not like the others
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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The fossil fuel industry’s playbook: Deny. Delay. Dilute.
Chapter 2 of “Climate Obstruction” shows how Big Oil reinvented obstruction for the net-zero era.
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Chapter 2 of “Climate Obstruction” shows how Big Oil reinvented obstruction for the net-zero era.
Read: cssn.org/news-researc...
October 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The fossil fuel industry’s playbook: Deny. Delay. Dilute.
Chapter 2 of “Climate Obstruction” shows how Big Oil reinvented obstruction for the net-zero era.
Read: cssn.org/news-researc...
Chapter 2 of “Climate Obstruction” shows how Big Oil reinvented obstruction for the net-zero era.
Read: cssn.org/news-researc...
Check out our chapter on How Coal, Utilities, and Transportation Impede Climate Action!
It's finally here! 100+ scholars, global scope, practical insights. “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” shows how organized interests stall policy—and how governance can respond.
Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...
Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...
October 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Check out our chapter on How Coal, Utilities, and Transportation Impede Climate Action!
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BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website:
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October 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website:
cssn.org/news-researc...
cssn.org/news-researc...
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🚨NEW PAPER🚨
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🚨NEW PAPER🚨
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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“Not surprisingly, these scientists’ names and viewpoints were familiar from previous research by UCS and others, congressional testimony, and other public appearances.” Find out who authored the Trump administration’s sham climate report and uncover their ties to the #FossilFuel industry.
Who Wrote the Trump Administration’s Flawed Climate Report? Meet the Architects of Disinformation
Industry-backed actors create the illusion of legitimate debate, exploit uncertainty, and delay action.
blog.ucs.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“Not surprisingly, these scientists’ names and viewpoints were familiar from previous research by UCS and others, congressional testimony, and other public appearances.” Find out who authored the Trump administration’s sham climate report and uncover their ties to the #FossilFuel industry.
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When you recall that political reporters ran interference for Trump over his "opposition" to Project 2025, remember that even AT THAT TIME there was a hidden camera interview with Vought where he said that was bullshit and he didn't mean it. www.mediamatters.org/russ-vought/...
In undercover interview, Project 2025 architect gets candid on the initiative’s radical goals and connections to Trump
In an undercover interview with reporters from the British non-profit organization Centre for Climate Reporting, Project 2025 architect and MAGA ally Russ Vought admitted to the project's strong ties ...
www.mediamatters.org
October 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
When you recall that political reporters ran interference for Trump over his "opposition" to Project 2025, remember that even AT THAT TIME there was a hidden camera interview with Vought where he said that was bullshit and he didn't mean it. www.mediamatters.org/russ-vought/...
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Trump admin wants to keep expensive coal plants online to power AI
If you're wondering why electricity bills are going up....
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
If you're wondering why electricity bills are going up....
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Most coal-fired power plants will delay retirement to feed AI boom, energy secretary says
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump expects most of the nation's coal-fired power plants to delay retirement to help deliver the vast amount of electricity needed to fuel artificial intelligence, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Reuters on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Trump admin wants to keep expensive coal plants online to power AI
If you're wondering why electricity bills are going up....
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
If you're wondering why electricity bills are going up....
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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UCS's @karenstillerman.bsky.social breaks down why this report matters and the policies contributing to a spike in food prices and food insecurity in her latest blog:
The USDA Cancels Annual Hunger Study While Trump Policies Drive Up Food Prices
Canceling the annual Household Food Security Reports is part of a broader Trump administration effort to suppress data inconvenient to its political agenda.
blog.ucs.org
September 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
UCS's @karenstillerman.bsky.social breaks down why this report matters and the policies contributing to a spike in food prices and food insecurity in her latest blog:
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So proud of this collaboration led by @cssn.org
110 top experts from around the world
13 chapters on who is blocking or slowing action on climate change
A quantum leap in our understanding of why society has failed to solve this
Will be free online Oct 14 1/x
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
110 top experts from around the world
13 chapters on who is blocking or slowing action on climate change
A quantum leap in our understanding of why society has failed to solve this
Will be free online Oct 14 1/x
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
September 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
So proud of this collaboration led by @cssn.org
110 top experts from around the world
13 chapters on who is blocking or slowing action on climate change
A quantum leap in our understanding of why society has failed to solve this
Will be free online Oct 14 1/x
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
110 top experts from around the world
13 chapters on who is blocking or slowing action on climate change
A quantum leap in our understanding of why society has failed to solve this
Will be free online Oct 14 1/x
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Black lung is still destroying lives and families in Appalachia, and this “pro-coal” government doesn’t care.
The implementation of a lifesaving safety rule has been delayed yet again, and coal miners will continue to pay the price.
Via @westvirginiawatch.com westvirginiawatch.com/2025/08/14/t...
The implementation of a lifesaving safety rule has been delayed yet again, and coal miners will continue to pay the price.
Via @westvirginiawatch.com westvirginiawatch.com/2025/08/14/t...
‘They don’t care:’ Advocates for miners with black lung worry as silica dust rule delayed again • West Virginia Watch
A federal rule to limit coal miners’ exposure to dangerous silica dust — which was set to go into effect next week after already being delayed for months — is expected to be further postponed followin...
westvirginiawatch.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Black lung is still destroying lives and families in Appalachia, and this “pro-coal” government doesn’t care.
The implementation of a lifesaving safety rule has been delayed yet again, and coal miners will continue to pay the price.
Via @westvirginiawatch.com westvirginiawatch.com/2025/08/14/t...
The implementation of a lifesaving safety rule has been delayed yet again, and coal miners will continue to pay the price.
Via @westvirginiawatch.com westvirginiawatch.com/2025/08/14/t...
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If a scholar of petro-masculinity said that men lust for coal, it would be seen as an exaggeration. But here we are...
![u.s. department of energy post on x praising coal:
"She's an icon
She's a legend
And she is the moment
[sparkly picture of coal]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wlamchyb2ae65fgx75sfaqsq/bafkreieysdke6vg2abjjd3jwo3tsepp4smqeliw6no3vdxsnmyhvupthi4@jpeg)
August 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
If a scholar of petro-masculinity said that men lust for coal, it would be seen as an exaggeration. But here we are...
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WARNING SIGNS: Nebraska's GDP shrunk by a nation-leading 6.1% in the first quarter of 2025. Only Iowa lost as much, based on federal statistics. Tough times in agriculture led the way, which could signal trouble.
From Erin Bamer:
From Erin Bamer:
Feds say Nebraska GDP shrunk more than 6% in first quarter of 2025, led by ag • Nebraska Examiner
Nebraska tied with Iowa for the largest losses of Gross Domestic Product in the first quarter of 2025, of 6.1%, according to federal report.
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July 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
WARNING SIGNS: Nebraska's GDP shrunk by a nation-leading 6.1% in the first quarter of 2025. Only Iowa lost as much, based on federal statistics. Tough times in agriculture led the way, which could signal trouble.
From Erin Bamer:
From Erin Bamer:
Anyone with a basic understanding of economic inequality and taxation trends would have immediately caught this error. That our representatives believed it is revealing. In reality, comparing the table cited for 2017 with 2022 the share paid by the top 1% FELL (2.2%), as their share of income grew.
July 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Anyone with a basic understanding of economic inequality and taxation trends would have immediately caught this error. That our representatives believed it is revealing. In reality, comparing the table cited for 2017 with 2022 the share paid by the top 1% FELL (2.2%), as their share of income grew.
Nebraska’s congressional delegation ludicrously claim, in @owhnews.bsky.social , the 2017 tax cuts doubled the share of taxes paid by the richest 1%. Hyperlinks provided show they compare the share of individual income taxes paid by the 0.1% in 2017 with the top 1% now.
omaha.com/opinion/colu...
omaha.com/opinion/colu...
July 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Nebraska’s congressional delegation ludicrously claim, in @owhnews.bsky.social , the 2017 tax cuts doubled the share of taxes paid by the richest 1%. Hyperlinks provided show they compare the share of individual income taxes paid by the 0.1% in 2017 with the top 1% now.
omaha.com/opinion/colu...
omaha.com/opinion/colu...
Nebraska’s congressional delegation ludicrously claim, in our biggest newspaper, the 2017 tax cuts doubled the share of taxes paid by the richest 1%. Hyperlinks provided show they compare the share of individual income taxes paid by the 0.1% with the top 1%.
omaha.com/opinion/colu...
omaha.com/opinion/colu...
July 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Nebraska’s congressional delegation ludicrously claim, in our biggest newspaper, the 2017 tax cuts doubled the share of taxes paid by the richest 1%. Hyperlinks provided show they compare the share of individual income taxes paid by the 0.1% with the top 1%.
omaha.com/opinion/colu...
omaha.com/opinion/colu...
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US kids are 15x more likely to die by gun, and 2.5x more likely to die by car than kids in the OECD 18 countries.
All while their health is deteriorating in other ways.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
All while their health is deteriorating in other ways.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Trends in US Children’s Mortality, Chronic Conditions, Obesity, Functional Status, and Symptoms
This study aims to determine how US children’s health has been changing from 2007 to 2023 using multiple data collection methods and a comprehensive set of health indicators.
jamanetwork.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
US kids are 15x more likely to die by gun, and 2.5x more likely to die by car than kids in the OECD 18 countries.
All while their health is deteriorating in other ways.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
All while their health is deteriorating in other ways.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Harvard sociologist/polisci Theda Skocpol explains how the vast expansion of ICE in BBB may be Trump's secret weapon to overcome the barriers of federalism and complete his autocratic takeover of the American state. (History from Germany & Hungary in 20s/30s.) talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
Critical Read About the BBB, Federalism and the Future of American Democracy
TPM Reader TS (Harvard sociologist/political scientist Theda Skocpol) and I often compared...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Harvard sociologist/polisci Theda Skocpol explains how the vast expansion of ICE in BBB may be Trump's secret weapon to overcome the barriers of federalism and complete his autocratic takeover of the American state. (History from Germany & Hungary in 20s/30s.) talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
"rural voters who lost hospitals were roughly 5–10 percentage points more likely to vote Republican in subsequent presidential elections. If anything state Republicans seemed to benefit in rural areas from rejecting Medicaid and resulting rural health woes..."
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
July 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"rural voters who lost hospitals were roughly 5–10 percentage points more likely to vote Republican in subsequent presidential elections. If anything state Republicans seemed to benefit in rural areas from rejecting Medicaid and resulting rural health woes..."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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A rural hospital in a Nebraska county that voted 75-25 for the GOP Senator in November closed due to the Republican Party's impending Medicaid cuts. This is a harbinger of a bleak future to come for rural communities. www.splinter.com/rural-hospit...
Rural Hospital Closes Due to GOP’s Gargantuan Medicaid Cuts
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
July 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A rural hospital in a Nebraska county that voted 75-25 for the GOP Senator in November closed due to the Republican Party's impending Medicaid cuts. This is a harbinger of a bleak future to come for rural communities. www.splinter.com/rural-hospit...
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'It’s a stunning display of support for a widely unpopular set of ideas. In late September, just before the election, NBC News found that distaste for Project 2025 was one of the few things Americans agreed on; just four percent of Americans approved of the initiative.
www.desmog.com/2025/06/02/m...
www.desmog.com/2025/06/02/m...
MAPPED: 70 Percent of Trump’s Cabinet Tied to Project 2025 Groups
More than 50 high-level Trump administration officials have links to groups behind the Heritage Foundation-backed plan, a DeSmog analysis found.
www.desmog.com
June 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
'It’s a stunning display of support for a widely unpopular set of ideas. In late September, just before the election, NBC News found that distaste for Project 2025 was one of the few things Americans agreed on; just four percent of Americans approved of the initiative.
www.desmog.com/2025/06/02/m...
www.desmog.com/2025/06/02/m...
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Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing.
Could this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change?
Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing.
n.pr
June 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing.
Social media hype monetized content pouring into the growing public service void?
The plot to Twisters 3?
The plot to Twisters 3?
The viral storm streamers predicting deadly tornadoes faster than the National Weather Service
They use AI bots to offer real-time updates to millions of subscribers
But you won’t hear them talk about climate change - they don’t want to alienate viewers in red states
www.wired.com/story/the-vi...
They use AI bots to offer real-time updates to millions of subscribers
But you won’t hear them talk about climate change - they don’t want to alienate viewers in red states
www.wired.com/story/the-vi...
The Viral Storm Streamers Predicting Deadly Tornadoes—Sometimes Faster Than the Government
Storm streamers are using radars and AI robots to predict extreme weather for millions of YouTube subscribers, in some cases faster than the National Weather Service, which has been gutted by DOGE.
www.wired.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Social media hype monetized content pouring into the growing public service void?
The plot to Twisters 3?
The plot to Twisters 3?