Stephen Leahy
@stephenleahy.bsky.social
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: https://leahy.substack.com
https://authory.com/StephenLeahy
3000+ articles @ The Guardian; Nat Geo; Vice; New Scientist; IPS; etc
Substack: https://leahy.substack.com
https://authory.com/StephenLeahy
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Michael Liebreich: “Canadian Oil and Gas Calling it Wrong”
Just like Block Buster called it wrong. Saw the disruptive innovation coming a mile away. Still misjudged the threat. Bankrupt a few years later.
@mliebreich.bsky.social #ableg #abpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social
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Just like Block Buster called it wrong. Saw the disruptive innovation coming a mile away. Still misjudged the threat. Bankrupt a few years later.
@mliebreich.bsky.social #ableg #abpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social
youtu.be/i2XPS-BRrBk
Michael Liebreich: “Canadian Oil and Gas Calling it Wrong”
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October 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Michael Liebreich: “Canadian Oil and Gas Calling it Wrong”
Just like Block Buster called it wrong. Saw the disruptive innovation coming a mile away. Still misjudged the threat. Bankrupt a few years later.
@mliebreich.bsky.social #ableg #abpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social
youtu.be/i2XPS-BRrBk
Just like Block Buster called it wrong. Saw the disruptive innovation coming a mile away. Still misjudged the threat. Bankrupt a few years later.
@mliebreich.bsky.social #ableg #abpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social
youtu.be/i2XPS-BRrBk
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This Is a really good conversation between @mliebreich.bsky.social and @kingsmillbond.bsky.social sith a dire warning to Norway: «as change goes from [fossil] growth to decline, there will be very profound consequences. That is also very rarely in the debate.»
The Electrotech Revolution Will Not Be Fossilized | Ep231: Kingsmill Bond
Podkastepisode · Cleaning Up: Leadership in an Age of Climate Change · 03.11.2025 · 50 min
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November 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This Is a really good conversation between @mliebreich.bsky.social and @kingsmillbond.bsky.social sith a dire warning to Norway: «as change goes from [fossil] growth to decline, there will be very profound consequences. That is also very rarely in the debate.»
Fabulous overview -- a must watch
Interesting discussion about the new Ember report. The world is going electric, lead by China. The question for Europe and the Western world at large, how to respond? In which areas can we compete, and how? Or are we going to cede the world market to China?
Premiering right now! Kingsmill Bond and the Electrotech Revolution on @cleaninguppod.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Fabulous overview -- a must watch
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Interesting discussion about the new Ember report. The world is going electric, lead by China. The question for Europe and the Western world at large, how to respond? In which areas can we compete, and how? Or are we going to cede the world market to China?
Premiering right now! Kingsmill Bond and the Electrotech Revolution on @cleaninguppod.bsky.social
youtu.be/G2bsoCOznXk?...
youtu.be/G2bsoCOznXk?...
The Electrotech Revolution Will Not Be Fossilized | Ep231: Kingsmill Bond
YouTube video by Cleaning Up Podcast
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November 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Interesting discussion about the new Ember report. The world is going electric, lead by China. The question for Europe and the Western world at large, how to respond? In which areas can we compete, and how? Or are we going to cede the world market to China?
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Thanks @rustneversleeps.bsky.social! As a business builder. I have never thought the way to beat climate change was "just stop oil". You have to build the alternatives, which means factories, supply chains, skills, capital formation, etc which takes time. Great to see my little model catching on.
Listening to @volts.wtf recent panel/podcast with @mliebreich.bsky.social , discussing his "Pragmatic Climate Reset", published in two parts at BNEF last September.
Michael mentioned his "simplest energy model ever" - just 4 parameters - and I decided to sketch up and add emissions and temps.
Michael mentioned his "simplest energy model ever" - just 4 parameters - and I decided to sketch up and add emissions and temps.
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Thanks @rustneversleeps.bsky.social! As a business builder. I have never thought the way to beat climate change was "just stop oil". You have to build the alternatives, which means factories, supply chains, skills, capital formation, etc which takes time. Great to see my little model catching on.
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Listening to @volts.wtf recent panel/podcast with @mliebreich.bsky.social , discussing his "Pragmatic Climate Reset", published in two parts at BNEF last September.
Michael mentioned his "simplest energy model ever" - just 4 parameters - and I decided to sketch up and add emissions and temps.
Michael mentioned his "simplest energy model ever" - just 4 parameters - and I decided to sketch up and add emissions and temps.
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Listening to @volts.wtf recent panel/podcast with @mliebreich.bsky.social , discussing his "Pragmatic Climate Reset", published in two parts at BNEF last September.
Michael mentioned his "simplest energy model ever" - just 4 parameters - and I decided to sketch up and add emissions and temps.
Michael mentioned his "simplest energy model ever" - just 4 parameters - and I decided to sketch up and add emissions and temps.
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It's not everything she deserves, but it'll do.
Not minding your business is expensive. 😜https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/supreme-court-kim-davis-must-150124014.html
Supreme Court: Kim Davis must pay $360,000 for denying marriage licenses
Justices turned away Kim Davis's case seeking to reverse a $360,000 damages order for denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Kentucky.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
It's not everything she deserves, but it'll do.
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Putin puppet Fico bites the dust.
Slovakia’s prosecutor has ruled that the 2023 transfer of MiG‑29 jets and air defense systems to Ukraine was not a crime. The move, made under former PM Eduard Heger, faced legal challenge from the current pro-Russian government of Robert Fico. Politico reports the case is now closed.
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Putin puppet Fico bites the dust.
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Good piece by @desmog.com on the Telegraph’s record of having to issue ‘corrections’ on its stories about climate change (and yes, there’s some quotes from me) www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/t...
The Telegraph’s Record of Climate Falsehoods
The Telegraph, which has accused the BBC of bias and a lack of editorial rigour, has been forced to amend a swathe of climate inaccuracies. The BBC’s director-general and CEO resigned this weekend aft...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Good piece by @desmog.com on the Telegraph’s record of having to issue ‘corrections’ on its stories about climate change (and yes, there’s some quotes from me) www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/t...
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Progress made, but loopholes still remain for ING.
ING Bank took an important step in 2021 by pledging not to finance Amazon oil & gas trade flows from Ecuador and Peru — a move worth recognizing. It was also the first bank to have any kind of Amazon exclusion policy. 🎉
ING Bank took an important step in 2021 by pledging not to finance Amazon oil & gas trade flows from Ecuador and Peru — a move worth recognizing. It was also the first bank to have any kind of Amazon exclusion policy. 🎉
November 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Progress made, but loopholes still remain for ING.
ING Bank took an important step in 2021 by pledging not to finance Amazon oil & gas trade flows from Ecuador and Peru — a move worth recognizing. It was also the first bank to have any kind of Amazon exclusion policy. 🎉
ING Bank took an important step in 2021 by pledging not to finance Amazon oil & gas trade flows from Ecuador and Peru — a move worth recognizing. It was also the first bank to have any kind of Amazon exclusion policy. 🎉
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15-16 November online festival
with speakers including @jeremylent.bsky.social, @fisherdanar.bsky.social, @jamesgdyke.info, @gailbradbrook.bsky.social, @tzeporah.bsky.social and many others:
rev21.earth/festival/
with speakers including @jeremylent.bsky.social, @fisherdanar.bsky.social, @jamesgdyke.info, @gailbradbrook.bsky.social, @tzeporah.bsky.social and many others:
rev21.earth/festival/
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
15-16 November online festival
with speakers including @jeremylent.bsky.social, @fisherdanar.bsky.social, @jamesgdyke.info, @gailbradbrook.bsky.social, @tzeporah.bsky.social and many others:
rev21.earth/festival/
with speakers including @jeremylent.bsky.social, @fisherdanar.bsky.social, @jamesgdyke.info, @gailbradbrook.bsky.social, @tzeporah.bsky.social and many others:
rev21.earth/festival/
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We might be in for a whopper of a flu season as the circulating strain changes from what's in the shot. Should you still get the shot and what protection it offers? Absolutely. But also wash your hands, stay home when sick, mask up and clean the air where you live/ work.
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Canada could face ‘worst kind’ of flu season as experts warn evolving strain may be mismatch for vaccine | CBC News
With flu cases now rising in Canada, medical experts are bracing for a difficult influenza season linked to the global spread of an evolving H3N2 strain that could be a mismatch for this year’s vaccin...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We might be in for a whopper of a flu season as the circulating strain changes from what's in the shot. Should you still get the shot and what protection it offers? Absolutely. But also wash your hands, stay home when sick, mask up and clean the air where you live/ work.
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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"Another thing you don't have to worry about in the EU, or really in any developed nation outside the U.S., is the threat of a mass shooter. What I've come to realize is that America is a country being run by mass shooters."
I wrote about how I'm seeing America after my long trip around Europe for my newsletter
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An isolated nightmare
An international perspective on what's happening in the United States.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"Another thing you don't have to worry about in the EU, or really in any developed nation outside the U.S., is the threat of a mass shooter. What I've come to realize is that America is a country being run by mass shooters."
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The President pardoned members of his private militia after they failed to overturn an election; they, in turn, pledge their support to him and urge him to use them to police civil society.
New:
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
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On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
![STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): And one other thing I want to say is that President Trump, as commander in chief, always has absolute authority to call all of us up as the militia because every one of us — in federal statues defining the militia, it's every able-bodied male from age 17-45. And for us veterans, it goes up to age 64 because of our prior training and experience.
Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union. And right now, we see all three of those in play.
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And the militia is all of us. So the National Guard is part of the militia, which is why it's completely lawful for him to use the National Guard as he has, and he should do more of that, I think, across the country.
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He could just say given the circumstances of an invasion, insurrection, and resistance against federal law being being enforced, I'm calling up the militia, ordering all the men to come together [in] every county, put the veterans in charge of training and organizing all the other men and just have them stand too and await his orders. He can do that and I think he should do that. And so that's what I'll be advocating for from him. So from the bottom, from down the rank and file, we can let President Trump know that we're ready to serve, encourage him to do that, call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:af7tqcetuyt352aolf3znlxe/bafkreialm4skuozqobejpd6vx4m6kuwsgtidxmmxvj3ftcff6otiuyohiy@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The President pardoned members of his private militia after they failed to overturn an election; they, in turn, pledge their support to him and urge him to use them to police civil society.
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
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Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
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Join us tomorrow online or in Bélem for the 6th final session of International Rights of Nature Tribunal at #COP30
We will deliver the Tribunal’s final judgments and present A New Pledge for Mother Nature
RSVP: rightsofnaturetribunal.org/a-new-pledge-for-mother-nature-tribunal-2025
We will deliver the Tribunal’s final judgments and present A New Pledge for Mother Nature
RSVP: rightsofnaturetribunal.org/a-new-pledge-for-mother-nature-tribunal-2025
A New Pledge For Mother Nature Tribunal 2025 - Rights Of Nature Tribunal
The 6th International Rights of Nature Tribunal will hold its final session on 11 November 2025, in Belém, Brazil, just before COP30.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Join us tomorrow online or in Bélem for the 6th final session of International Rights of Nature Tribunal at #COP30
We will deliver the Tribunal’s final judgments and present A New Pledge for Mother Nature
RSVP: rightsofnaturetribunal.org/a-new-pledge-for-mother-nature-tribunal-2025
We will deliver the Tribunal’s final judgments and present A New Pledge for Mother Nature
RSVP: rightsofnaturetribunal.org/a-new-pledge-for-mother-nature-tribunal-2025
Someone should make a poster:
"Journalism is not a luxury, it is infrastructure for survival."
--Rhett Ayers Butler
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"Journalism is not a luxury, it is infrastructure for survival."
--Rhett Ayers Butler
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Journalism Is a Catalyst for Change—and a Critical Investment - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
For philanthropists focused on climate and biodiversity, journalism is a high-leverage investment that strengthens all other interventions.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Someone should make a poster:
"Journalism is not a luxury, it is infrastructure for survival."
--Rhett Ayers Butler
nonprofitquarterly.org/journalism-i...
"Journalism is not a luxury, it is infrastructure for survival."
--Rhett Ayers Butler
nonprofitquarterly.org/journalism-i...
Must read:
"Supporting independent journalism... decentralizes authority, invests in truth that anyone can use, and respects communities as participants rather than subjects."
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"Supporting independent journalism... decentralizes authority, invests in truth that anyone can use, and respects communities as participants rather than subjects."
nonprofitquarterly.org/journalism-i...
Journalism Is a Catalyst for Change—and a Critical Investment - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
For philanthropists focused on climate and biodiversity, journalism is a high-leverage investment that strengthens all other interventions.
nonprofitquarterly.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Must read:
"Supporting independent journalism... decentralizes authority, invests in truth that anyone can use, and respects communities as participants rather than subjects."
nonprofitquarterly.org/journalism-i...
"Supporting independent journalism... decentralizes authority, invests in truth that anyone can use, and respects communities as participants rather than subjects."
nonprofitquarterly.org/journalism-i...
"Journalism is not a substitute for policy or enforcement, yet it supplies the conditions those actions require, credible information delivered in time and in public."
"For philanthropists focused on #climate & #biodiversity, supporting #journalism may seem peripheral" compared w/ the main goals.
"In practice, it is a high-leverage investment that strengthens & multiplies the effectiveness of all the above."
Good thinking via @npquarterly.bsky.social here:
"In practice, it is a high-leverage investment that strengthens & multiplies the effectiveness of all the above."
Good thinking via @npquarterly.bsky.social here:
Journalism Is a Catalyst for Change—and a Critical Investment - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
For philanthropists focused on climate and biodiversity, journalism is a high-leverage investment that strengthens all other interventions.
nonprofitquarterly.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"Journalism is not a substitute for policy or enforcement, yet it supplies the conditions those actions require, credible information delivered in time and in public."
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"For philanthropists focused on #climate & #biodiversity, supporting #journalism may seem peripheral" compared w/ the main goals.
"In practice, it is a high-leverage investment that strengthens & multiplies the effectiveness of all the above."
Good thinking via @npquarterly.bsky.social here:
"In practice, it is a high-leverage investment that strengthens & multiplies the effectiveness of all the above."
Good thinking via @npquarterly.bsky.social here:
Journalism Is a Catalyst for Change—and a Critical Investment - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
For philanthropists focused on climate and biodiversity, journalism is a high-leverage investment that strengthens all other interventions.
nonprofitquarterly.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"For philanthropists focused on #climate & #biodiversity, supporting #journalism may seem peripheral" compared w/ the main goals.
"In practice, it is a high-leverage investment that strengthens & multiplies the effectiveness of all the above."
Good thinking via @npquarterly.bsky.social here:
"In practice, it is a high-leverage investment that strengthens & multiplies the effectiveness of all the above."
Good thinking via @npquarterly.bsky.social here:
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1/5. 🗣️At the opening plenary of #COP30, Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, speaks to the huge economic 💰 and human cost ☠️ that #LossAndDamage caused by the #ClimateCrisis 🔥 and how the cost of #ClimateAction 💪 is far less than the cost of inaction. 🧮
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
1/5. 🗣️At the opening plenary of #COP30, Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, speaks to the huge economic 💰 and human cost ☠️ that #LossAndDamage caused by the #ClimateCrisis 🔥 and how the cost of #ClimateAction 💪 is far less than the cost of inaction. 🧮
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Read the full paper by Isabel Pacheco, Ellen van der Werff and Linda Steg here: "Circular citizenship behaviors: How individuals can promote systemic change toward a circular economy" @rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social
Circular citizenship behaviors: How individuals can promote systemic change toward a circular economy
Sustainability challenges, such as transitioning to a circular economy, require people to engage in sustainable behaviors. Yet, current systems often …
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November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Read the full paper by Isabel Pacheco, Ellen van der Werff and Linda Steg here: "Circular citizenship behaviors: How individuals can promote systemic change toward a circular economy" @rug.nl @rug-gmw.bsky.social
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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Since 1990, the emissions share of the richest 1% has increased by 13%, and the richest 0.1% has grown by 32%, while the poorest 50% has decreased by 3%.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Since 1990, the emissions share of the richest 1% has increased by 13%, and the richest 0.1% has grown by 32%, while the poorest 50% has decreased by 3%.
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...
policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/cl...