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Stephen Leahy

@stephenleahy.bsky.social
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Author & Enviro Jurno +25 years | SEAL Award for Enviro Journalism; UN Global Prize for Climate Reporting, etc 3000+ articles @ The Guardian; Nat Geo; Vice; New Scientist; IPS; etc Substack: leahy.substack.com authory.com/StephenLeahy

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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 3h
“People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/o...
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Opinion | Wildfires Are Unfightable Now
This year’s fast moving, virtually irrepressible wildfire events are not the seasonal burns of decades past.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 6h
This 👇
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 3h
“People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | Wildfires Are Unfightable Now
This year’s fast moving, virtually irrepressible wildfire events are not the seasonal burns of decades past.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 3h
Today would be a good day for top editors in our major news organizations to call a meeting to announce to their staff that yes, this is fascism, and they should report and write accordingly. From August 2024: presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...
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We have become an authoritarian state, and our top newsrooms are in denial | Press Watch
The frog in the proverbial pot is dead.
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 3h
Before replacing gas service lines, utilities will need to offer customers a financial incentive to electrify instead, thanks to a new California law. Other states are looking to emulate California with bills of their own: www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele... by @alisontakemura.bsky.social 🔌💡
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A new gas line or cash to electrify? California lets households…
Before replacing gas service lines, utilities will need to offer customers a financial incentive to electrify instead, thanks to a new law.
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Anaximander's Elbows Up Tardigrade Brigade 🍁🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 @centristhumanist.bsky.social · 20h
Canadian solar panel manufacturers have very small global market footprint. It should be different, but Carney is tnvesting in the past not the future.
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Solar PV manufacturing capacity and production by country and region, 2021-2027 - IEA
Solar PV manufacturing capacity and production by country and region, 2021-2027 - Chart and data by the International Energy Agency.
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Jason Dove Mark @jasondovemark.bsky.social · 3h
Smart piece by @johnvaillant.bsky.social: "There’s no getting around the fact that we — as a species and as a planet — are now living in the future that climate scientists have been warning us about for more than half a century." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/o...
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Opinion | Wildfires Are Unfightable Now
This year’s fast moving, virtually irrepressible wildfire events are not the seasonal burns of decades past.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 3h
Ilhan Omar has taken years of Trump's attacks & never backed down Now this admin has federal agents searching her home I'll explain why this is so outrageous w/ @ErinBurnett at 7:15 ET 👇 - TN
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Agents search Rep. Omar's Washington home in criminal probe as she vows she won't 'be silenced'
Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar says she will “not be silenced” and calls a search of her Washington home part of President Donald Trump’s “intimidation” campaign.
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Rachel de Leon @raeoflion.bsky.social · 3h
This is all so fucking predictable and infuriating at once. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Elon Musk is the midterms' biggest disinformation risk
The world’s wealthiest man pours money into GOP candidates while backing a floridly fake story about a Democrat on the platform he owns.
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 5h
So much for democracy. in US system, whoever has the biggest budget nearly always wins
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6h
Elon Musk has quietly funneled more than $276 million into Republican groups since July, making him by far the largest known donor in the midterms as he tries to save the GOP’s Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
Elon Musk is sitting and looking ahead. A headline reads: "Elon Musk Gave a Staggering $276 Million to Boost Republicans’ Midterm Chances." Photo by Demetrius Freeman for The New York Times.
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 5h
Very cool idea...fun for the kids too! www.lizardsandlies.ca
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Lizards and Lies Board Game
Lizard and Lies is a board game that lets you spread or stop the spread of conspiracy theory on social media. Free to download, print, and play, the game asks you to work in pairs to sow chaos or keep newsfeeds under control.
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 6h
Guess she tells her kids she's proud to have helped make a really bad problem for them and their future worse
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 6h
Much-needed refresher? "The 2015 Paris climate agreement means all countries agreed to phase out fossil fuel use. That’s essential in order to keep climate change under 2 degrees C." www.ipsnews.net/2021/01/pres...
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 6h
From a 2010 article of mine: "A single pond in the Brazilian Amazon can sustain a greater variety of fish than is found in all of Europe's rivers" www.ipsnews.net/2010/02/the-...
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The Amazon Is Not Eternal
The Amazonian apocalypse is just around the corner, according to scientists gathered at the conference launching the International Year of Biodiversity. The Amazon forest “is very close to a tipping point,” and if destruction continues, it could shrink to one third of its original size in just 65 years, warns Thomas Lovejoy, world-renowned tropical biologist. […]
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Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 10h
Can dedicated cycle lanes improve quality of life? Glasgow’s South City Way features 3km of uninterrupted cycle lanes, connecting Queen’s Park with the city centre. Residents tell us how it’s changing everyday life. Explore all 11 examples from our Route Forward report: cyclinguk.org/route-forward
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10h
Friendly reminder that @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social thinks we should "turn the page" on these guys even though they're literally doing "show me your papers" shit after raiding the house of someone he works with. Every day. Who has the same job as him.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 10h
Feels like not enough people are aware of how fully cooked the internal combustion engine is. My mum's old diesel Honda currently costs £120 to fill up, on which it'll do just under 300 miles. My sister's EV costs £6 for a full charge which will take her 280 miles.
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 14h
"Lots of Canadians"? , a few as in 0.01%...not nearly enough There are very few places where my writing would get published in Canada
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 14h
Sad to hear Ireland following Canada's dumb, short-sighted example
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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
If the Kremlin isn’t a covert backer of this snake-fest, I’ll be completely and utterly shocked. #AmericaFest is a #TPUSA influence operation and a disinformation & propaganda hub. I can only image the treacherous brainstorming that will go on behind closed doors.
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AMERICA Fest
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TULSI GABBARD
MICHAEL KNOWLES
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11/10/2026
For centuries, the snowcapped peaks of the Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl volcanoes in Mexico fed rivers and springs that flowed across the Cholula valley. But this relationship with water has been altered, a result of climate change and human intervention.
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In a once-lush valley, communities lead a fight to defend water
Water in central Mexico’s Cholula valley has transformed from a shared resource into a costly and unevenly distributed commodity.
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 11/10/2026
. New major heat pump initiative connects households to Canada’s electricity ambitions We need to take urgent #ClimateAction right now to avoid the worst of Climate Change! Read on: cleanenergycanada.org/respo... .
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New major heat pump initiative connects households to Canada’s electricity ambitions - Clean Energy Canada
TORONTO — Rachel Doran, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response today’s announcement of the National Heat Pump Rebate Program: “The federal government’s newly launched $2 billion National Heat Pump Rebate P
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
One month doesn’t make a trend. But the trend is unmistakable. www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monit...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Good news and a thank you to Ukraine! Bot traffic from Russian tech company Yandex’s network has plunged following Ukrainian strikes on its data centers.
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Will Canadians get off their couches and do something about it?
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Guess Canadians will have to get off their couches and do something about it. Doubt they will, though.
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
yes
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“It’s clear that they see some journalists as opponents,”
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Using 30+ fake grassroots groups to shill for the oil and gas industry
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Ryan Hagele 🇨🇦 @theginjaninja.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I am owning my actions. Im just saying i didnt expect it to be this bad.
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
for example: thenarwhal.ca/fossil-fuel-...
thenarwhal.ca
‘Knowing our opponents’: how a pro-oil-and-gas group tracks journalists, First Nations and environmentalists
New research by Greenpeace Canada lays out a web of pro-oil and gas groups working together to influence public opinion on climate change
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
BREAKING NYT: The Trump Justice Department is investigating whether the major television networks — ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox — violated federal antitrust laws when the group briefly suspended their pooled coverage of Trump, according to six people with knowledge of the department's action.
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Justice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage
Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was looking into whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/10/2026
Zelenskyy: "If President Trump really wants to have elections, tell Putin give us two months, 60 days of total ceasefire -- 60 days -- and we will organize elections. Of course, we will be ready for any choice of our people."
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Preventing the transition to clean energy: Canada’s policies to fight the climate crisis, protect nature and defend Indigenous Rights are a “problem". -- Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers thenarwhal.ca/fossil-fuel-...
thenarwhal.ca
‘Knowing our opponents’: how a pro-oil-and-gas group tracks journalists, First Nations and environmentalists
New research by Greenpeace Canada lays out a web of pro-oil and gas groups working together to influence public opinion on climate change
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
At @standupforscience.net we aren’t just talking about a better future…we are forging it.  OUT NOW from the SUFS Foundation Policy & Research Team: @irenesufs.bsky.social @brynnpaulsen.bsky.social @colesci.bsky.social @wondersofnature23.bsky.social www.standupforscience.foundation/how-we-got-h...
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Advancing science for the public good.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 11/10/2026
None of this is surprising but it is a good dissection of how the White House and its allies generate victim-narrative bullshit.
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How the White House Manufactured a Narrative About a Trump Aide’s Call Logs (Gift Article)
A release of selected records from the classified documents inquiry is a case study in how omitting context can create political ammunition.
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Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Brazil’s most effective nature campaigner Marina Silva warns Flávio Bolsonaro will try to finish his father’s ‘perverse project’ to destroy the Amazon www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Marina Silva on Flávio Bolsonaro: He will try to finish his father’s ‘perverse project’ to destroy the Amazon
Exclusive: Former Brazilian environment minister warns of destruction as far-right scion favourite to become president
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 10/10/2026
My god. A Virginia data center ran backup diesel generators full blast for 24 hours, creating a giant cloud of toxic smoke that choked its human neighbors. The government claimed there was nothing they could do.
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Virginia Data Center Ran Diesel Generators for 24 Hours. Residents Fled Their Homes
Virginia data center diesel generators ran nearly 24 hours during a Code Red alert, leaving neighbors with no regulatory recourse under current state permits.
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What the heck is happening in Canada? Canada’s electricity production today is “less green than it was just five years ago”. 440megatonnes.ca/insight/net-...
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2030 target and net zero: Canada is 20 years behind
This analysis shows that the country’s current climate policy package would leave emissions stubbornly high through mid-century.
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Billionaires are funding climate-denying misinformation. “They do it because they don’t want people to act collectively; they want people to feel powerless,” said one of 1,250 invitation-only attendees leahy.substack.com/p/an-uncomfo...
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An uncomfortable look at where we are headed--and what can be done
Highlights from the UK’s National Emergency Briefing
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Major media’s weak responses to Trump’s abuses encourage even more abuses. I wrote about that a couple weeks ago in my Stop the Presses newsletter (which you should subscribe to).
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The press wear ‘kick me’ signs and wonder why Trump kicks them
The White House is emboldened to disrespect journalists because journalists disrespect themselves
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 10/10/2026
NEW: Check out this excerpt from Dark Phoenix that I published in my newsletter. open.substack.com/pub/theorcha...
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What Danielle Smith and Bari Weiss Have in Common
A sample of my forthcoming book, Dark Phoenix: The Rise, Fall, and Re-emergence of Danielle Smith
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Pamela Banting, PhD 🇨🇦 @pamelabanting.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I bought it but at first I was a little nervous about sustained engagement with this book’s subject matter. But it’s very informative as well as a real page turner. I do read it in the daylight hours though and don’t keep it on my night table in order to protect my dreams. Just a precaution.. 🫣
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Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @duanebratt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If Trump was indeed a Russian asset how would he act any differently than he already is?
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Max Boot @maxboot.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Over at my Substack--"The Long View"--I have some thoughts about how the Trump-Zelensky relationship is again in crisis mode because of Trump's incorrigible pro-Putin bias. bit.ly/4s0v9VI
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Trump turns on Ukraine--again
The Trump-Zelensky relationship is again in crisis mode, because of Trump’s pro-Putin bias
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Seniors for Climate @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Our job is not to make them care for the same reason we care.” Our goal is climate action, and there are many doors that can lead us there. Everyone has their own reasons to care. 🌎 🌎 @katharinehayhoe.com #Seniorsforclimate #LaterIsTooLate
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Diesel refining is down 30% in Russia www.iea.org/commentaries...
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Russian refining sector struggles amid intensifying Ukrainian attacks - IEA
Russian refining sector struggles amid intensifying Ukrainian attacks - A commentary by David Martin, Talya Vatman
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
ummm -- it's another Trump distraction Diesel refining is down 30% in Russia -- IEA www.iea.org/commentaries...
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Russian refining sector struggles amid intensifying Ukrainian attacks - IEA
Russian refining sector struggles amid intensifying Ukrainian attacks - A commentary by David Martin, Talya Vatman
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Stephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
natch
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