Rebecca Leber

"...we’ve all been subject to a decades-long industry influence campaign targeted at politicians and the public, designed to convince us that methane gas is 'natural' fuel that’s good for our bodies and the environment."

Was great going on Heated's podcast with @emorwee.bsky.social & @tracywholf.bsky.social to unpack why smart people believe that natural gas is a climate solution and the long campaign that got us there. heated.world/p/why-smart-...

extremely good @emorwee.bsky.social / @rebleber.bsky.social piece here, on the REALLY REALLY WILD number of ppl who think that gas is a "clean" fuel - that didn't just happen, the industry made it happen! heated.world/p/why-smart-...

Attn: climate/energy reporters — EPA will propose a rule gutting methane standards in "days not weeks." @fieldnotes.co just posted our briefing on how the oil & gas industry has been working behind the scenes w/ the Trump admin to get this done. w/ @rebleber.bsky.social & @rebeccajohn.bsky.social:

new story from me and @emdashsanders.bsky.social: Attorneys for oil companies tried to convince SCOTUS that climate lawsuits should be stopped. Their arguments could reach into state-level cases against powerful industries beyond just oil and gas. pointsourcenews.org/boulder-exxo...

I stared at Justice Kavanaugh for ~2 hours (only justice I could clearly see from my nosebleed SCOTUS seat) during the first case of the term: a hugely consequential bid by Big Oil to kill climate lawsuits Here's @rebleber.bsky.social and my take on what happened pointsourcenews.org/boulder-exxo...

today the Supreme Court is hearing a major climate case over a Boulder county lawsuit against Exxon and Suncor over climate damages and deception; the decision can determine if the case proceeds to trial @emdashsanders.bsky.social is reporting from inside the court! stay tuned for more coverage...

Climate reporters @emorwee.bsky.social and @emdashsanders.bsky.social met up at #ClimateWeekNYC to ask each other how they’re feeling about corporate greenwashing and AI’s lovefest with Big Oil. Turns out, they had thoughts.

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

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...

See you at noon!

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...

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!

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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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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.

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

great investigation from @rsanta.bsky.social -- excited to see more of her reporting soon at Mother Jones!

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...

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...

"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:

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...

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...

💥 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...

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...

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...

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.

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

Ever wondered why so many people think natural gas is "clean" and a climate solution? 🚨 Our new report out today explains why 🚨

Deeply important work. Thanks to @rebleber.bsky.social and team

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.

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." 👏👏

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.

a really good guide to the races and candidates in DC's first ranked-choice primary 51st.news/washington-d...