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Rebecca Leber

@rebleber.bsky.social
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investigating the fossil fuel industry. editing @pointsourcenews.org. board member of Society of Environmental Journalists. rleber@pointsourcenews.org subscribe --> pointsourcenews.org/introducing-poi…

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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 21h
It's funny to me that Vox.com, literally owned by a Murdoch, is still advertising itself as "independent media" - via popups on home site
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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Urban heat island effects are bad enough. Clustering data centers in cities, each of which can produce the heat of 54,000 houses, will make it exponentially worse, especially in already hot places like Phoenix Gift link to this great @bloomberg.com infographic: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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AI Data Centers Release Heat, Posing New Problem for Cities
As facilities to power AI grow larger and are built in clusters, they are spreading hot air beyond their property lines
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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
See you at noon!
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
a great new feature from @emdashsanders.bsky.social on the independent Colorado ranchers who want Big Oil to own up for climate damages, rather than leave the burden to local governments. pointsourcenews.org/the-colorado...
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The Colorado ranchers taking on Big Oil
As the Supreme Court considers a climate lawsuit against oil companies, ranchers say their livelihoods are caught in the fray.
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
hey friends, I'm in NYC for Climate Week, my first time in a long time at this circus :) if it's been a while since we've met up, say hi!
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I worked with Dr. Joe Romm in my first job, on his site Climate Progress. I thought he was fearless then, and he remained so throughout his career. His writing inspired and taught me, and many many others. Saddened by this unexpected loss. web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/news/r...
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Remembering Dr. Joe Romm
It is with great sadness that the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media shares news of the passing of PCSSM Senior Research Fellow Dr. Joe Romm. Please find below an obituary prepared ...
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Oil companies have presented themselves "as 'good-faith' (their words) partners eager to act while at the same time working behind the scenes" to head off methane regulations An important investigation out from @juliakane.bsky.social fieldnotes.substack.com/p/an-oil-exe...
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An Oil Exec’s Notes Spell Out Industry’s Methane Duplicity
A Fieldnotes investigation reveals how industry is supporting the illusion of regulation while avoiding the real thing.
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Gotta love seeing this much standout climate journalism in one place. It was an honor to be one of the judges for the 2026 @coveringclimatenow.org awards. check out the best in climate journalism & congrats to the winners! coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...
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The 2026 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now
Covering Climate Now is proud to announce the winners of the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its sixth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the clim...
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Point Source News @pointsourcenews.org · 17/09/2026
As climate lawsuits against fossil fuel companies get closer to trial, oil giants and a constellation of well-funded allies are deploying multiple strategies to try to undermine the cases or completely immunize the industry from liability. Here's a roadmap of all the ways they're doing it.
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“They’re pulling out all the stops”: Big Oil’s all-encompassing attacks on climate lawsuits
The fossil fuel industry and its allies are coordinating to end lawsuits that could make oil and gas companies pay for climate damages.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 16/09/2026
Tune in: Briefing today at 1 pm on the fraud of "clean" natural gas, with @rebleber.bsky.social, @rebeccajohn.bsky.social, and @juliakane.bsky.social @fieldnotes.co & @climateintegrity.org & @pointsourcenews.org
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Inside the Oil & Gas Industry's Campaign Against Methane Regulations
Oil and gas industry watchdog groups Fieldnotes and the Center for Climate Integrity will hold a virtual reporter briefing where experts will shed light on oil ...
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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This morning a GOP bill to immunize oil companies from all climate lawsuits will go to a full committee markup. It's one of many ways the industry and its well-funded allies are maneuvering to escape the law. Read about them in my first story for Point Source pointsourcenews.org/theyre-pulli...
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“They’re pulling out all the stops”: Big Oil’s all-encompassing attacks on climate lawsuits
The fossil fuel industry and its allies are coordinating to end lawsuits that could make oil and gas companies pay for climate damages.
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Professional news>>
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Julia Kane @juliakane.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sign up here! tinyurl.com/methane-brie...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Inside the Oil & Gas Industry's Campaign Against Methane Regulations. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Oil and gas industry watchdog groups Fieldnotes and the Center for Climate Integrity will hold a virtual reporter briefing where experts will shed light on oil & gas corporations’ recent behind-the-sc...
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Julia Kane @juliakane.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Attn: climate reporters — The Trump admin will soon release a proposal to gut Biden's landmark methane rule. @fieldnotes.co is teaming up w/ @rebeccajohn.bsky.social & @rebleber.bsky.social on a briefing re: the O&G industry's decades-long effort to avoid regs and the current plan to defang them.
Graphic advertising webinar hosted by Fieldnotes and the Center for Climate Integrity.
Title: "And not much more": Inside the Oil & Gas Industry's Campaign Against Methane Regulations
When: 9/16/2026 1:00pm EST
Register: https://tinyurl.com/methane-briefing
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It's been a million years since I've been to NYC Climate Week but looks like I'm going to be there year. Hope to reconnect with folks + hear about what's happening
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
great investigation from @rsanta.bsky.social -- excited to see more of her reporting soon at Mother Jones!
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Governor Jay Inslee @govjayinslee.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The fossil fuel industry lied to us. For decades, they’ve peddled the myth that “natural” gas is "clean" to pad their bottom line. @climateintegrity.org's new report rips the mask off: climateintegrity.org/projects/nat...
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
great insights here from @billmckibben.bsky.social on the success of natural gas deception — "if the PR campaign flummoxed me, imagine how well it worked on people who weren’t paying much attention at all" billmckibben.substack.com/p/bloated-an...
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
"This image of gas as clean is a fraud at least 50 years in the making." I'm a few days late to this but this work by @rebleber.bsky.social and @rebeccajohn.bsky.social on the decades-long effort to make everyone think a fossil fuel is something else entirely really is excellent:
climateintegrity.org
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Davis Allen @davisallen.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Excellent summary of the findings from our new report published in the NYT yesterday. If you haven't had time to make your way through the full report and 200+ documents uncovered by @rebeccajohn.bsky.social and @rebleber.bsky.social yet, this is a great introduction! www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/c...
Screenshot of a New York Times headline reading "Oil Firms Knew for Decades of Methane's Danger to Planet, Documents Suggest"
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 20/07/2026
A groundbreaking new report shows the gas industry knew 50 years ago that natural gas was a dirty fuel, yet promoted it for decades as "Clean Energy for Today and Tomorrow." Read DeSmog's latest. #CenterforClimateIntegrity #RebeccaJohn #RebeccaLeber #methane www.desmog.com/2026/07/20/h...
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How Big Oil Spent Decades Selling the Myth of ‘Clean’ Natural Gas
A new report reveals oil and gas companies knew as early as the mid-1970s that methane fueled climate change while launching massive PR campaigns to promote natural gas as clean energy.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
💥 The oil/gas industry “publicly underplayed the concerns over methane. And as the natural gas industry faced increasing competition from electric stoves and heaters, industry groups worked on an advertising campaign that highlighted gas as a clean fuel.” Gift: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/c...
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Oil Firms Knew for Decades of Methane’s Danger to Planet, Documents Suggest (Gift Article)
The companies knew they were releasing more of the greenhouse gas than they publicly reported, according to industry files cited by the Center for Climate Integrity, an activist organization.
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Josh Voorhees @joshvoorhees.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
New one from me: Fracking billionaire Harold Hamm, aka Trump’s ‘original oil guy,’ spent years downplaying the risks of a war from Iran. Now, he aims to profit from an energy crisis he assured US officials wouldn’t happen. 🔎The long version is @fieldnotes.co : fieldnotes.co/reporting/ha...
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Trump’s ‘Original Oil Guy’ Spent Years Dismissing the Risks of a War…
Fieldnotes is a watchdog group that investigates the oil and gas industry.
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Important New York Times story is out today on our investigation: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/c...
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Prof. Bob Howarth @profbobhowarth.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Great summary by Sarah Hoffman at desmog on new report by Center for Climate Integrity on decades-old misinformation campaign by big oil & gas on natural gas, methane, and climate. www.desmog.com/2026/07/20/h...
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How Big Oil Spent Decades Selling the Myth of ‘Clean’ Natural Gas
A new report reveals oil and gas companies knew as early as the mid-1970s that methane fueled climate change while launching massive PR campaigns to promote natural gas as clean energy.
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Davis Allen @davisallen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Chances are you've heard that methane leaks make natural gas worse for the climate than we've been led to believe. And yet many of us still think of gas as the "clean" fossil fuel. That didn't happen by accident.
Cover of a July 2026 report from the Center for Climate Integrity entitled "The Fraud of 'Clean' Natural Gas: How Big Oil and Gas Created the Myth that Natural Gas is a Climate Solution"
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Rebecca John @rebeccajohn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Our major new investigation is out today packed full of revelations about the oil and gas industry’s decades-long deception over natural gas. We show how big oil and gas created the myth of “clean” natural gas before deceptively marketing it as a climate solution. @climateintegrity.org
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A major new investigation out today with new revelations about the oil and gas industry's long-running deception over natural gas. We lay out in new details and documents how big oil and gas manufactured the myth of "clean" natural gas.
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Rebecca John @rebeccajohn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Ever wondered why so many people think natural gas is "clean" and a climate solution? 🚨 Our new report out today explains why 🚨
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Deeply important work. Thanks to @rebleber.bsky.social and team
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Julia Kane @juliakane.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
This CCI report lays out, for the first time, exactly how the oil & gas industry created and pushed the myth of "clean," climate-friendly natural gas—a myth that persists to this day. This is an INCREDIBLE, meticulously-researched resource for anyone who works on climate.
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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Huge investigation out today helmed by @rebleber.bsky.social and @rebeccajohn.bsky.social revealing just how long ago industry knew gas would destroy the climate -- with tons of new details showing how they hid the facts and worked to promote gas as "clean." 👏👏
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 20/07/2026
NEW: Big Oil and Gas created the myth that natural gas is "clean" — despite knowing the health and climate harms of methane decades earlier than previously reported. A major CCI investigation exposes how the gas industry deceived the public and policymakers into believing gas is a climate solution.
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The Fraud of “Clean” Natural Gas | Center for Climate Integrity
How Big Oil and Gas Created the Myth that Natural Gas is a Climate Solution
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
a really good guide to the races and candidates in DC's first ranked-choice primary 51st.news/washington-d...
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The 51st voter guide for D.C.'s June 16 primary election
Here’s what to know about everything on your ballot for the June 16 primary.
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
E&E was a trusted and profitable brand with a lot of reader loyalty when Politico bought it in 2020. the short-sighted media moves keep coming. www.semafor.com/article/06/0...
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Exclusive: Politico folds E&E News ahead of broader energy push
In September, Politico plans to launch a series of energy-focused newsletters.
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
emily is taking much-deserved time off, but exciting things ahead!
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Umair Irfan @umairfan.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Hello - I've been let go from Vox. Obviously there's a lot going on in the energy and environment space, and I will continue to follow it. Open to ideas, outlets to pitch, collabs, and happy just to chat. You can reach me at uirfan AT gmail dot com
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
You know what I miss? RSS readers
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
i’ve been at #sej2026 Chicago this week, nerding out over microgrids and solar panels. Say hi if you haven’t yet!
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
There are a handful of syndicated climate content collaborations among news outlets that are well intentioned to boost overall climate coverage, however there is disturbing evidence of some outlets abusing this: Replacing laid-off reporters with free content from non-profit newsrooms.
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
this is an old Vox article I wrote about air pollution data currently listed no. 3 of the most popular stories. It's been permanently on this list for the three(!) years since I wrote this, and linked to directly in Apple's weather app. lesson from this: stop laying off climate/enviro reporters!
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
psa for the DMV: The DC Environmental Film Festival has a lot of great events the next two weeks! dceff.org while everything is on fire, i'm a huge advocate for supporting strong journalism and filmmaking and the organizations that champion them
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DCEFF | Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital
Advancing understanding and stewardship of the environment through the power of film for the past 30 years.
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
actually, I think I'm going to blame layoffs and media moguls grist.org/language/glo...
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The planet is overheating. Why is the news looking away?
Since 2021, global media coverage of climate change has dropped 38 percent. Blame wars, political chaos, and Jeffrey Epstein.
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Josh Voorhees @joshvoorhees.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
What last three @fieldnotes.co investigations tell us about: who, exactly, killed the endangerment finding? fieldnotes.substack.com/p/an-endange...
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An Endangerment Whodunnit
Set partly in a suburban Texas strip mall.
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
😔 the darkest timeline
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Trump just blew up a load-bearing pillar of climate regulation in the US. What happens now?
First, lawsuits.
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
a first of its kind analysis and compilation of Big Oil PR campaigns. you'll often see one-off examples of greenwashing, but to see the scale of 300+ ads, spanning over 25 years is another level. climateintegrity.org/projects/big...
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Big Oil’s Deceptive Climate Ads | Center for Climate Integrity
How Four Oil Majors Sold False Promises from 2000-2025
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
This weekend Society of Environmental Journalists overwhelmingly voted for reforms that make membership more inclusive & realistic for the financial challenges many journalists face. I rejoined the SEJ board after my own career transitions to get this over the finish line. Proud to see it happen.
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
multiple texts telling me “sandwich guy not guilty”
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
what are the vibes like on bluesky? It’s been a minute
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Rebecca Leber @rebleber.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
"Defendants have known for all of Julie’s life that their affirmative misrepresentations and omissions would claim lives. Julie is a victim of Defendants’ conduct. Her lifespan is a bridge between cause and effect" —the 1st wrongful death lawsuit against Big Oil climatecasechart.com/case/leon-v-...
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