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Leah Garden

@leahgarden.bsky.social
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Freelance climate policy journalist/Board member of DC Chapter of Young Professionals in Energy. Sources can reach out to me securely at Signal @ leahgarden.86

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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
For any friends not familiar with tornadoes, yes they happen in the US, but almost ALWAYS in the midwest. Where the wide open plains are. That Washington DC is shutting down for tornado warnings is not normal. But climate change isn't a big deal, right??? www.nbcwashington.com/weather/weat...
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Live coverage: Tornado watch issued for DC area as severe storms move through
Track live updates as severe storms threaten D.C., Maryland and Virginia on Monday.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Okay businesses who still need to comply with mandated reporting standards in California and the EU, what does the EPA overturning its own scientific findings on GHG's threat mean for you? Does it mean anything at all? How does the rollback impact you at all? HMU! www.nbcnews.com/science/clim...
nbcnews.com
EPA to repeal its own conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the planet and threaten health
Known as the endangerment finding, the decision is the legal framework that allows the EPA to regulate emissions. Its reversal could upend many climate change policies.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
After the bloodbath at @washingtonpost.com, US journalism jobs looking even bleaker than I thought possible. Any other countries like Denmark looking to sponsor an American journalist's visa? Asking on behalf of a fellow laid off journalist who has news to report and no outlet to publish it.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
DOE has cut billions in committed loans and conditional commitments but won't disclose which projects are actually impacted. THIS is why I'm asking for those projects/companies to speak with me and provide the transparency Americans deserve www.utilitydive.com/news/the-wee...
utilitydive.com
The week in 5 numbers: DOE axes or alters $83B in loans, NJ governor comes out swinging
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey used their respective bully pulpits to push their energy priorities. Plus, transmission and, of course, PJM news.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Would love to hear from any climate tech company/project/startup about the state of their government loan. Do you have access to it? Still waiting? DM me or reach out via Signal @leahgarden.86
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
THIS @mbredsdorff.bsky.social. Reporting on climate tech in an upbeat tone can be SO MISLEADING when you have only so many words and no space for full context, like who's funding the climate tech and why? *cough it's often fossil fuel corps cough* reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/climate-tech...
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Climate technology reporting: without context and perspective we mislead our audiences
Magnus Bredsdorff from Denmark unpacks the trap of current climate tech news cycles towards better context and greater audience understanding.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 10/01/2026
New York sues Trump administration over pause on two offshore wind projects reut.rs/456BvIW
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New York sues Trump administration over pause on two offshore wind projects
New York's attorney general sued the Trump administration on Friday for suspending construction on two major offshore wind projects that the state says it needs to power 1 million homes and reduce its reliance on fossil fuels.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Pitch call!!! This is an incredible opportunity for an indigenous climate reporters or storytellers to get their voices heard!! Deadline is January 15, so get on it! #freelanceopportunity #climatejournalists
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
As a writer, I’m conditioned to look for themes and deeper meanings in articles and books. But god damn. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners has enough deeper meaning and incredible story telling in its 2 hour run than most novels put together. Tempted to switch into movie analysis full time!
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
#energysky! I need your help! I'm looking to speak to HVAC installers and utility professionals in Long Island. From the passage of the IRA, to the cut back of many of the IRA clean energy tax credits in the OBBB, what is the narrative from the industry? How is it impacting them day-to-day? 🙏
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
EUROPE. DO BETTER. The US needs you to be leading the charge in corporate accountability. California's SB253 and 261 can only do so much on their own. euobserver.com/green-econom...
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EU conservatives join far-right to gut green rules
The European Parliament’s biggest political group, the centre-right European People’s Party, has teamed up with the far right to roll back major parts of the EU’s green corporate rulebook.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Here’s some hope to help us process this news: I’m helping kids prep speeches advocating for climate policy, immigration reform, equal pay and gender equity, and increased access to mental health services. The oldest of the bunch are 13. www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/b...
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Tesla shareholders approve $1 trillion pay package for Musk | CNN Business
Tesla shareholders approved a pay package on Thursday that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
THE DREAM #energysky
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Cool cool cool cool..... www.linkedin.com/news/story/w...
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Wall Street bonuses are set to surge for second year | LinkedIn
Year-end incentive pay is likely to jump the most — 25% — for traders and dealmakers, according to compensation consultant Johnson Associates.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Social media is ADHD realized. Because I want to post obscure facts about my favorite US president (Ulysses S. Grant) and then follow that with a post about how we're actually testing to see if we can nuke huge incoming meteors so we dont go the way of the dinosaurs! And then send TikToks of dogs.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
THIS. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's win is so influential that readers globally want to understand how the Mayor-Elect will confront the climate crisis. So I summed up his official climate campaign promises for Italian outlet @renewablematter.bsky.social www.renewablematter.eu/en/new-york-...
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New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s plans to combat climate change
Though Mamdani’s campaign rarely touted his climate policy for the US’s largest city, he appears to have some plans
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
So Trump is withholding SNAP benefits from his constituents and allowing them to starve during a Congressionally-triggered government shutdown, instead of swooping in as the savior to feed his peasants... I mean people? PR win and doing his job? Too good for reality. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
I'm so done with Meta. Some low-life hacks my account that I've had for over a decade and now I'm just now allowed into it ever again? Meta doesn't care, since they have NO customer service. WHEN are we getting updated anti-monopoly laws?
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
THIS. 100%. ESPECIALLY VERY MAINSTREAM LEADERS IN THE MARKETPLACE WITH PODCASTS...
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
In response to Puerto Rican American citizen Bad Bunny leading the Superbowl halftime show Corey Lewandowski complained that Bad Bunny "hates America," then vaguely threatened to have ICE at the Superbowl. To quote the iconic Abed Nadir, this is the darkest timeline. www.avclub.com/bad-bunny-tr...
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Trump admin already threatening Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show with ICE raids
Trump admin already threatening Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show with ICE raids
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Dear every company hiring for new employees, If we already attached a meticulously curated resume in pdf form for you, don't make us then retype (and generally correct) the autofill work experience section immediately afterwards. We won't waste your time if you don't waste ours!!
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Next the Dept. of Justice is going to ban the words "Jeffery" and "Epstein"...how is our Congress okay with this?? www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
politico.com
Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list
It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Sometimes it’s overwhelming thinking about the United State’s potential, and how it’s being squandered. I’m sure this present government isn’t the dream my grandparents fought tooth and nail to get to from the holocaust.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
#energysky Don't neglect local elections!! They make or break climate policy!
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Is anyone else disappointed by @ramtrucks.bsky.social newest ad saying “Americans just can’t help being American” but think AMURICA. Is this the new bare minimum normal for US markets? Nationalism disguised as American-made? TLDR some Dodge Ram manufacturers are in Mexico youtu.be/u1KC9ssyNUk?...
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Ram | Never Stop Being American | Nothing Stops Ram
YouTube video by Ram Trucks
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
My latest with Heated! Regardless of your thoughts on TikTok, its clearly an effective place for climate and environmental advocacy. More people care about conservation and are against expensive and unnecessary oil drilling than ever, even if its not covered on mainstream media.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Only the truly guilty move to defund the free press. When you’re hiding from @npr.org you KNOW it’s a bad look. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8hsRVTt/
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Congress has decided to claw back previously approved funding for public media. This decision hurts people in communities across the country, but it has only strengthened our resolve to keep Americans...
TikTok video by npr
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Last night's @ypedc.bsky.social Expert Session with @jigarshahdc.bsky.social, the former Director of the DOE's LPO, was great! He sat down with 30 young energy professionals and had a frank and productive dialogue. Thank you Jigar our amazing young professionals for showing up and doing the work.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Can 2025 be the year we all just finally agree that read-receipts were maliciously created so passive aggressive/weak people can send you a message without any of the burden of communicating like a person?
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Quick Q for all of my experienced journalism peers: So as a newly laid off journalist, what's the first thing I should do? Drink a lot? Ponder the potential of a book? Drink while pondering? Let me know, just want to make sure I'm handling this correctly!
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
🧵 (1/4)This is my last day at Trellis. Media was never the most secure professional path to choose, but I continue to believe with full confidence that journalism's role in a functional democracy is resolute, and I will not let one bump in the road derail my mission. I'm not going anywhere.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I am excited to share that @jigarshahdc.bsky.social will be sitting down with the Young Professionals in Energy DC on 7/10 for one of our signature events—an Expert Session—to answer professional development & energy sector queries! Learn more and register here ➡️ lu.ma/zn8l2ayu
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Expert Session: Jigar Shah · Luma
💡 What is an Expert Session? Networking can be challenging... so YPE DC is bringing the experts to YOU with our new event series! Our Expert Sessions will…
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Well, you're not a real journalist until you've been laid off once or twice! I'm officially leaving Trellis and am open to any leads/connections/well wishes that my @bsky.app community can share. My drive to make climate policy transparent and incorruptible continues #climatejournalistssky
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Trellis Group @trellisgroup.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
How the latest proposed revisions to the CSRD further weakens it.
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How the latest proposed revisions to the CSRD further weakens it
The EU's chief negotiator wants to lessen the efficacy and impact of seminal CSRD and CSDDD standards.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
"Ulysses S. Grant is attempting to choreograph Whitney Houston's afterlife concert with the same strategy he used to conquer Vicksburg. Whitney is not having it." Today was rough and somehow led to my sending this text.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Sooooo what are other DC people doing instead of attending a military parade that shuts down half of the city against the majority of the city’s will??
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
U.S. clean energy prod. and storage is about to have a dark period. But @jigarshahdc.bsky.social, ex- Director of DOE's LPO, says that regardless of agenda, clean energy is the U.S.'s future. Now Congress decides whether clean energy will be expensive or affordable. trellis.net/article/whyj...
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Why Jigar Shah thinks American clean energy isn't dead yet
The former Biden energy official says growing demand will assure future production, even if Congress will determine how expensive it will get.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
The House's version of the reconciliation bill will give companies taking advantage of clean energy manufacturing and investments credits 45Y and 48E all of 60 days post-signing to break ground. Here's hoping the Senate sees the economic calamity that is... www.utilitydive.com/news/inflati...
utilitydive.com
House’s 60-day deadline for IRA eligibility would trigger ‘scramble’: EY experts
“From a commercial perspective, it's not a unilateral decision most of the time on whether you can begin construction,” said Greg Matlock, a tax leader at EY Americas.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
So can @bsky.app do its thing and help connect this climate policy journalist to a source regarding EU CSRD legislation and Scope 3 timelines? Ya know, a very broad and common topic. #greensky #energysky
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
31 legal scholars are warning industries that the EU Omnibus proposal opens companies up to risk of litigation. Feels like a huge waste of money, given the whole point of the Omnibus package was to unburden the fiscal lift tied to corporate sustainability disclosures. trellis.net/article/eus-...
trellis.net
EU’s Omnibus package heightens legal risk, say experts
EU's Omnibus proposal weakens corporate positions against climate-motivated lawsuits.
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Exclusive: Trump is fast-tracking and approving mines before companies can confirm they’ll produce the “critical minerals” they claim “This is what you’d expect from China,” a former veteran mining industry lobbyist told me Via @heatmap.news
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Trump Is Making Risky Bets in Pursuit of a Mining Boom
“This is what you’d expect from China,” a veteran mining industry lobbyist told Heatmap.
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
NEW: The anti-clean energy provisions in Trump's budget bill “could result in nearly 300,000 current and future American jobs to be lost, including 86,000 in solar manufacturing,” according to the Solar Energy Industries Association Household energy costs could also rise as much as 7% by 2035
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Trump's big, oily bill
The anti-clean energy provisions in Trump's budget bill could raise household energy costs by as much as 7 percent.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
This EPA budget hearing is a great example of rewriting narratives. If someone says something loud enough and often enough, it starts to become the truth, regardless of the documented evidence to the contrary. Businesses against IRA energy credits are shooting their ROI in the foot.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
@trellisgroup.bsky.social conducted a survey asking readers how cutting IRA credits from the #reconciliation bill will affect them, and 85% responded the impact would be negative. This follows a late night Sunday vote that pushed forward this harmful budget proposal. trellis.net/article/trel...
trellis.net
Poll: 85% would be hurt by government clean energy credit cuts
The majority of respondents cite financial hardship to their organizations.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
PSA! Tuesday, 4/29, I'm moderating a panel on the current state of climate media for DC Climate week with an incredible lineup for the panel: @emorwee.bsky.social from Heated, @saraschonhardt.bsky.social from @politico.com's E&E News, and @bloomberg.com's Jennifer Hijazi! lu.ma/ky7woln7
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Beyond the Echo Chamber: Climate Journalism Today · Luma
Informing the public about the causes and impacts of climate change has never been an easy task. As a macro-concept, it’s difficult to personalize the degree…
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
The IRA and its clean energy credits is more in danger than ever. The only way to save any of them is for businesses to call their representatives to tell them how much they rely upon these credits to operate! I mean, when better then on Earth Day of all days?? trellis.net/article/thes...
trellis.net
PSA: These 26 Republicans support preserving IRA energy credits
You can reach out now to tell them which clean credits your company depends on for jobs and revenue.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Because who wants positive relationships with our allies that also help stabilize grids and clean energy supply chains?! Tariffs are going to solve all the problems, so sit down, shut up, and nod. trellis.net/article/trum...
trellis.net
Trump's tariffs endanger California-Mexico clean energy deal
Anyone seeking a case study of today's business uncertainty can start with Governor Newsom's suddenly sidelined memorandum of understanding.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Am I crazy or did Trump just go on a tangent about ramps installed for FDR's wheelchair during his administration during his "Liberation Day" announcement?
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I don’t know if I’ve ever been moved to happy tears by a politician. I’ve shed many unhappy and pissed off tears b/c of a politician. But Cory Booker beating Storm Thurmond’s filibuster record - achieved when he tried to prevent the Civil Rights Act - brought happy tears to my eyes.
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Leah Garden @leahgarden.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
They may try to gut DEI, but always remember progress is happening! At a slow, migraine-inducing, heart rate raising, SSRI downing kind of manner, for sure. But it’s happening.
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