Rebecca Leber
@rebleber.bsky.social
working on an investigative project on fossil fuel deception. board member of Society of Environmental Journalists. rebeccaleber.com
"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-...
—the 1st wrongful death lawsuit against Big Oil climatecasechart.com/case/leon-v-...
June 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"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-...
—the 1st wrongful death lawsuit against Big Oil climatecasechart.com/case/leon-v-...
if you think today's newspaper columns can be unhinged, the 1970s had no rules
March 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
if you think today's newspaper columns can be unhinged, the 1970s had no rules
google docs is incapable of giving me consistent formatting for a memo but absolutely insists on replacing any critical thinking
January 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
google docs is incapable of giving me consistent formatting for a memo but absolutely insists on replacing any critical thinking
Escaped from DC for the inauguration, ended up stuck in the south in a blizzard. I may not being coming back.
January 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Escaped from DC for the inauguration, ended up stuck in the south in a blizzard. I may not being coming back.
My stories at Vox continue to get a fair amount of traffic, especially on air pollution and the air quality index.
Noticed that at some point in the last two weeks Vox significantly changed my bio, hacking off all my experience -- courtesy of Wayback Machine
Noticed that at some point in the last two weeks Vox significantly changed my bio, hacking off all my experience -- courtesy of Wayback Machine
January 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My stories at Vox continue to get a fair amount of traffic, especially on air pollution and the air quality index.
Noticed that at some point in the last two weeks Vox significantly changed my bio, hacking off all my experience -- courtesy of Wayback Machine
Noticed that at some point in the last two weeks Vox significantly changed my bio, hacking off all my experience -- courtesy of Wayback Machine
SCOTUS declined to take up Honolulu's climate deception lawsuit against major oil companies. Oil companies made the appeal to SCOTUS in hopes it would knock down the case.
This means the case proceed under state law in Hawaii and can move on to discovery!
This means the case proceed under state law in Hawaii and can move on to discovery!
January 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
SCOTUS declined to take up Honolulu's climate deception lawsuit against major oil companies. Oil companies made the appeal to SCOTUS in hopes it would knock down the case.
This means the case proceed under state law in Hawaii and can move on to discovery!
This means the case proceed under state law in Hawaii and can move on to discovery!
so January 3 is now the official kickoff of "Earth Month" pitches. and annual reminder that I regret this headline, which only encouraged them
January 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
so January 3 is now the official kickoff of "Earth Month" pitches. and annual reminder that I regret this headline, which only encouraged them
Chevron showcases Real Colorado Man who "channels his passion for protecting the environment into his work" and who supposedly says things like "that's what drives us to a better tomorrow."
and they do it in lowercase because they're cool like that www.chevron.com/newsroom/202...
and they do it in lowercase because they're cool like that www.chevron.com/newsroom/202...
December 20, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Chevron showcases Real Colorado Man who "channels his passion for protecting the environment into his work" and who supposedly says things like "that's what drives us to a better tomorrow."
and they do it in lowercase because they're cool like that www.chevron.com/newsroom/202...
and they do it in lowercase because they're cool like that www.chevron.com/newsroom/202...
what a gross distortion of what free press means www.politico.com/live-updates...
December 11, 2024 at 4:24 PM
what a gross distortion of what free press means www.politico.com/live-updates...
research day at one of my favorite places
December 6, 2024 at 10:03 PM
research day at one of my favorite places
Google’s ai labels and top results are often garbage and I wish there was a way to turn them off. This man was not a journalist rigged.ghost.io/e-bruce-harr...
December 4, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Google’s ai labels and top results are often garbage and I wish there was a way to turn them off. This man was not a journalist rigged.ghost.io/e-bruce-harr...
This is one of the best stories I’ve seen explaining how oil and gas companies are hiding their actual impact on climate change despite cooperating with voluntary reporting programs
www.ft.com/content/374e...
www.ft.com/content/374e...
November 14, 2024 at 7:02 PM
This is one of the best stories I’ve seen explaining how oil and gas companies are hiding their actual impact on climate change despite cooperating with voluntary reporting programs
www.ft.com/content/374e...
www.ft.com/content/374e...
In 2021, an Exxon lobbyist was recorded bragging how the company's support for a carbon tax was a PR ploy it ensured would never actually happen. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...
The lesson: tread carefully with the company's public positioning on Paris and everything climate
The lesson: tread carefully with the company's public positioning on Paris and everything climate
November 14, 2024 at 6:52 PM
In 2021, an Exxon lobbyist was recorded bragging how the company's support for a carbon tax was a PR ploy it ensured would never actually happen. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021...
The lesson: tread carefully with the company's public positioning on Paris and everything climate
The lesson: tread carefully with the company's public positioning on Paris and everything climate
What happened next is important: Oil company members, including Exxon and Chevron, redirected the program's efforts to serve their PR instead of research.
November 12, 2024 at 8:22 PM
What happened next is important: Oil company members, including Exxon and Chevron, redirected the program's efforts to serve their PR instead of research.
A stellar new investigation from @rebeccajohn.bsky.social has uncovered the first known time the oil industry was warned about rising CO2 from fossil fuels, 1954, incredibly via their own front group.
November 12, 2024 at 8:20 PM
A stellar new investigation from @rebeccajohn.bsky.social has uncovered the first known time the oil industry was warned about rising CO2 from fossil fuels, 1954, incredibly via their own front group.
How to pin a feed -
November 11, 2024 at 6:36 PM
How to pin a feed -
Search feeds, add it, then you can edit how they appear in the app in settings (# right hand corner)
November 11, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Search feeds, add it, then you can edit how they appear in the app in settings (# right hand corner)
you can pin your or someone else's feed so it appears on your homescreen & edit the order - ie I did this with Greensky
November 11, 2024 at 5:56 PM
you can pin your or someone else's feed so it appears on your homescreen & edit the order - ie I did this with Greensky
November 7, 2024 at 4:13 PM
I’ve seen dozens of advice columns on how to self soothe that don’t meet the moment. This is about finding your agency. Recommend this as a compelling read wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-t...
November 6, 2024 at 11:24 PM
I’ve seen dozens of advice columns on how to self soothe that don’t meet the moment. This is about finding your agency. Recommend this as a compelling read wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-t...
I'm at the Senate Budget hearing today reporting for
@WeAreDrilled
The hearing spotlights new revelations about Big Oil's climate disinformation campaigns. Democrats released a bicameral report yesterday publishing thousands of pages of subpoenaed documents
@WeAreDrilled
The hearing spotlights new revelations about Big Oil's climate disinformation campaigns. Democrats released a bicameral report yesterday publishing thousands of pages of subpoenaed documents
May 1, 2024 at 1:47 PM
I'm at the Senate Budget hearing today reporting for
@WeAreDrilled
The hearing spotlights new revelations about Big Oil's climate disinformation campaigns. Democrats released a bicameral report yesterday publishing thousands of pages of subpoenaed documents
@WeAreDrilled
The hearing spotlights new revelations about Big Oil's climate disinformation campaigns. Democrats released a bicameral report yesterday publishing thousands of pages of subpoenaed documents
a real golden age for climate denier twitter
June 27, 2023 at 9:20 PM
a real golden age for climate denier twitter
Honored to be among this incredible list of climate journalism. https://coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the-2023-ccnow-journalism-awards/
June 22, 2023 at 4:13 AM
Honored to be among this incredible list of climate journalism. https://coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the-2023-ccnow-journalism-awards/