David Stevenson at his home in Lewes, Delaware, in September 2025. A study by a Brown University research group placed him at the center of the network of activists and political operators driving America’s anti–offshore wind movement. (Photo by Greg Kahn/Canary Media)
David Stevenson stood in a circle of friends and colleagues in an Orlando, Florida, hotel lobby. Everyone but him wore a lapel pin that read “ I Fossil Fuels.”
“ You want one?” asked a conference attendee, offering me the pin with a smirk. “ It can be a souvenir.”…