Rebecca Leber
@rebleber.bsky.social
working on an investigative project on fossil fuel deception. board member of Society of Environmental Journalists. rebeccaleber.com
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.
I rejoined the SEJ board after my own career transitions to get this over the finish line. Proud to see it happen.
November 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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.
I rejoined the SEJ board after my own career transitions to get this over the finish line. Proud to see it happen.
multiple texts telling me “sandwich guy not guilty”
November 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
multiple texts telling me “sandwich guy not guilty”
what are the vibes like on bluesky? It’s been a minute
November 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
what are the vibes like on bluesky? It’s been a minute
"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-...
First @davisallen.bsky.social exposed how the oil industry promoted recycling knowing full well it wouldn't address plastic waste
Now it is "advanced recycling,” the same problem dressed up as a new "solution" -- check out his report! climateintegrity.org/projects/adv...
Now it is "advanced recycling,” the same problem dressed up as a new "solution" -- check out his report! climateintegrity.org/projects/adv...
The Fraud of Advanced Recycling | Center for Climate Integrity
How Big Oil and the Plastics Industry are Promoting a False Solution to the Plastic Waste Crisis
climateintegrity.org
May 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
First @davisallen.bsky.social exposed how the oil industry promoted recycling knowing full well it wouldn't address plastic waste
Now it is "advanced recycling,” the same problem dressed up as a new "solution" -- check out his report! climateintegrity.org/projects/adv...
Now it is "advanced recycling,” the same problem dressed up as a new "solution" -- check out his report! climateintegrity.org/projects/adv...
Reposted by Rebecca Leber
AI overviews are ~very~ ~bad~ for legit and non-predatory information sources. AI overviews are often wrong or simplistic, but Google displays them prominently and distracts people from clicking through on websites with more reliable answers, websites that need the traffic to survive.
AI Overviews Reduce Clicks by 34.5%
Google says AI Overviews increase clicks. Cold, hard logic disagrees, and so does our research.
ahrefs.com
April 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
AI overviews are ~very~ ~bad~ for legit and non-predatory information sources. AI overviews are often wrong or simplistic, but Google displays them prominently and distracts people from clicking through on websites with more reliable answers, websites that need the traffic to survive.
LAST DAY to register for the Society of Environmental Journalists conference before rates increase.
It's also the deadline for hotel group rates so don't procrastinate any longer! conference.sej.org/registration...
It's also the deadline for hotel group rates so don't procrastinate any longer! conference.sej.org/registration...
Registration Details - Society of Environmental Journalists Annual Conference
Register now for the #SEJ2025 annual environmental journalism conference, April 23-26, hosted by Arizona State University.
conference.sej.org
April 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
LAST DAY to register for the Society of Environmental Journalists conference before rates increase.
It's also the deadline for hotel group rates so don't procrastinate any longer! conference.sej.org/registration...
It's also the deadline for hotel group rates so don't procrastinate any longer! conference.sej.org/registration...
Reposted by Rebecca Leber
Center for Public Integrity is shutting down: Wesley Lowery resigned as board chair. The nonprofit newsroom, founded in 1987, is in talks to turn over its archives to a watchdog group. www.cjr.org/news/center-...
Center for Public Integrity is shutting down
Wesley Lowery resigned as board chair. The nonprofit newsroom, founded in 1987, is in talks to turn over its archives to a watchdog group.
www.cjr.org
April 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Center for Public Integrity is shutting down: Wesley Lowery resigned as board chair. The nonprofit newsroom, founded in 1987, is in talks to turn over its archives to a watchdog group. www.cjr.org/news/center-...
Reposted by Rebecca Leber
Amazing things are possible if 1) you can afford enough lawyers to neutralize any case against you, 2) you can pick the court, and 3) you are confident you'd get a full pardon if you step in it.
I can’t believe this is real! It’s like the worst caricature of how the right says Soros does politics.
In a video posted by Elon Musk’s PAC, a $1M check recipient linked voting to receiving the money:
“My name’s Ekaterina Deistler. …I did exactly what Elon Musk told everyone to do: sign the petition, refer friends and family, vote, and now I have a million dollars.”
“My name’s Ekaterina Deistler. …I did exactly what Elon Musk told everyone to do: sign the petition, refer friends and family, vote, and now I have a million dollars.”
March 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Amazing things are possible if 1) you can afford enough lawyers to neutralize any case against you, 2) you can pick the court, and 3) you are confident you'd get a full pardon if you step in it.
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
Reposted by Rebecca Leber
Exclusive offer for #SEJ2025 attendees! Pre-order your official SEJ t-shirt now and pick it up at the registration desk. Place your order by March 31 to guarantee yours! We will have limited quantities available for purchase on-site. $25 — sej.memberclicks.net/shirtpreorde...
March 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Exclusive offer for #SEJ2025 attendees! Pre-order your official SEJ t-shirt now and pick it up at the registration desk. Place your order by March 31 to guarantee yours! We will have limited quantities available for purchase on-site. $25 — sej.memberclicks.net/shirtpreorde...
wow, massive, frightening repercussions here apnews.com/article/gree...
Jury finds Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions in case over Dakota Access protest activities
A North Dakota jury has found Greenpeace liable for defamation and other claims in connection with protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
apnews.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
wow, massive, frightening repercussions here apnews.com/article/gree...
Reposted by Rebecca Leber
Update on this: nearly 200 advocacy groups (including @climateintegrity.bsky.social) are now calling on Dems in Congress to oppose a liability waiver for the fossil fuel industry www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
March 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Update on this: nearly 200 advocacy groups (including @climateintegrity.bsky.social) are now calling on Dems in Congress to oppose a liability waiver for the fossil fuel industry www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A lesson I learned reporting on Trump's rollbacks of environmental law — don't frame these as political fights — environmentalists vs Trump; focus on the real-world impacts.
March 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A lesson I learned reporting on Trump's rollbacks of environmental law — don't frame these as political fights — environmentalists vs Trump; focus on the real-world impacts.
Hiring a paid summer intern to work with me on a cool project. Dates are flexible. jobs.gusto.com/postings/cen...
RESEARCH INTERN - SUMMER 2025 at Center for Climate Integrity
jobs.gusto.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Hiring a paid summer intern to work with me on a cool project. Dates are flexible. jobs.gusto.com/postings/cen...
jobs! great openings at @fieldnotes.co, which is doing innovative investigative work to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable
fieldnotes.co/reporting/fi...
fieldnotes.co/reporting/fi...
Fieldnotes is Hiring
Fieldnotes is a watchdog group that investigates the oil and gas industry.
fieldnotes.co
February 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
jobs! great openings at @fieldnotes.co, which is doing innovative investigative work to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable
fieldnotes.co/reporting/fi...
fieldnotes.co/reporting/fi...
a bunch of outlets totally wiped out their environmental and climate desks in 2011 after cap-and-trade legislation failed.
this cycle of layoffs is more existential — the news business is failing — but it's also the same short-sightedness and cowering to power.
this cycle of layoffs is more existential — the news business is failing — but it's also the same short-sightedness and cowering to power.
February 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
a bunch of outlets totally wiped out their environmental and climate desks in 2011 after cap-and-trade legislation failed.
this cycle of layoffs is more existential — the news business is failing — but it's also the same short-sightedness and cowering to power.
this cycle of layoffs is more existential — the news business is failing — but it's also the same short-sightedness and cowering to power.
The CRA is a kind of congressional loophole to stop an agency from ever issuing a substantially similar regulation again, requiring a simple majority vote. So far, enviro regs an unsurprising target - including methane, HFCs and energy efficiency.
helpful tracker here ->
helpful tracker here ->
NEW: We just released our official Congressional Review Act resolutions tracker for the 119th Congress.
The CRA effectively makes it easy for lawmakers to enrich their industry donors at the public’s expense.
sensiblesafeguards.org/cra119/
The CRA effectively makes it easy for lawmakers to enrich their industry donors at the public’s expense.
sensiblesafeguards.org/cra119/
Congressional Review Act in the 119th Congress
Congressional Review Act in the 119th Congress The Congressional Review Act (CRA) allows Congress by simple majority vote in both chambers with limited debate, no possibility of a filibuster, and the ...
sensiblesafeguards.org
February 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The CRA is a kind of congressional loophole to stop an agency from ever issuing a substantially similar regulation again, requiring a simple majority vote. So far, enviro regs an unsurprising target - including methane, HFCs and energy efficiency.
helpful tracker here ->
helpful tracker here ->
The NYU climate economics journalism fellowship was a great experience & I met journalists from around the world — applications are open for their next cycle!
www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-s...
www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-s...
Climate Economics Journalism Fellowship - NYU SternArtboard 1Artboard 1
www.stern.nyu.edu
February 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The NYU climate economics journalism fellowship was a great experience & I met journalists from around the world — applications are open for their next cycle!
www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-s...
www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-s...
Some good news for climate journalism as MacArthur rolls out $6 million in grants (with Society of Environmental Journalists on the list!). It's exciting to see how many of these outlets prioritize accountability journalism. www.macfound.org/press/press-...
More than $6 Million in Support of Climate Journalism
www.macfound.org
February 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Some good news for climate journalism as MacArthur rolls out $6 million in grants (with Society of Environmental Journalists on the list!). It's exciting to see how many of these outlets prioritize accountability journalism. www.macfound.org/press/press-...
This is frightening www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is frightening www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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.