Leah Garden
@leahgarden.bsky.social
Freelance climate policy journalist/Board member of DC Chapter of Young Professionals in Energy. Sources can reach out to me securely at Signal @ leahgarden.86
For any friends not familiar with tornadoes, yes they happen in the US, but almost ALWAYS in the midwest. Where the wide open plains are. That Washington DC is shutting down for tornado warnings is not normal. But climate change isn't a big deal, right??? www.nbcwashington.com/weather/weat...
Live coverage: Tornado watch issued for DC area as severe storms move through
Track live updates as severe storms threaten D.C., Maryland and Virginia on Monday.
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Okay businesses who still need to comply with mandated reporting standards in California and the EU, what does the EPA overturning its own scientific findings on GHG's threat mean for you? Does it mean anything at all? How does the rollback impact you at all? HMU! www.nbcnews.com/science/clim...
EPA to repeal its own conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the planet and threaten health
Known as the endangerment finding, the decision is the legal framework that allows the EPA to regulate emissions. Its reversal could upend many climate change policies.
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After the bloodbath at @washingtonpost.com, US journalism jobs looking even bleaker than I thought possible. Any other countries like Denmark looking to sponsor an American journalist's visa? Asking on behalf of a fellow laid off journalist who has news to report and no outlet to publish it.
DOE has cut billions in committed loans and conditional commitments but won't disclose which projects are actually impacted. THIS is why I'm asking for those projects/companies to speak with me and provide the transparency Americans deserve www.utilitydive.com/news/the-wee...
The week in 5 numbers: DOE axes or alters $83B in loans, NJ governor comes out swinging
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey used their respective bully pulpits to push their energy priorities. Plus, transmission and, of course, PJM news.
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Would love to hear from any climate tech company/project/startup about the state of their government loan. Do you have access to it? Still waiting? DM me or reach out via Signal @leahgarden.86
THIS @mbredsdorff.bsky.social. Reporting on climate tech in an upbeat tone can be SO MISLEADING when you have only so many words and no space for full context, like who's funding the climate tech and why? *cough it's often fossil fuel corps cough* reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/climate-tech...
Climate technology reporting: without context and perspective we mislead our audiences
Magnus Bredsdorff from Denmark unpacks the trap of current climate tech news cycles towards better context and greater audience understanding.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
New York sues Trump administration over pause on two offshore wind projects reut.rs/456BvIW
New York sues Trump administration over pause on two offshore wind projects
New York's attorney general sued the Trump administration on Friday for suspending construction on two major offshore wind projects that the state says it needs to power 1 million homes and reduce its reliance on fossil fuels.
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Pitch call!!! This is an incredible opportunity for an indigenous climate reporters or storytellers to get their voices heard!! Deadline is January 15, so get on it! #freelanceopportunity #climatejournalists
Crushing Colonialism@crushcolonialism.bsky.social · 8mo ago📢 #HireIndigenous - Two weeks left! Calling Indigenous storytellers worldwide 🌎✨ #TheMagazine is open for pitches for our next issue on environmentalism. We’re looking for Indigenous journalists, artists, and creators with bold ideas and narratives that put our planet and communities at the center.
As a writer, I’m conditioned to look for themes and deeper meanings in articles and books. But god damn. Ryan Coogler’s Sinners has enough deeper meaning and incredible story telling in its 2 hour run than most novels put together. Tempted to switch into movie analysis full time!
#energysky! I need your help! I'm looking to speak to HVAC installers and utility professionals in Long Island. From the passage of the IRA, to the cut back of many of the IRA clean energy tax credits in the OBBB, what is the narrative from the industry? How is it impacting them day-to-day? 🙏
EUROPE. DO BETTER. The US needs you to be leading the charge in corporate accountability. California's SB253 and 261 can only do so much on their own. euobserver.com/green-econom...
EU conservatives join far-right to gut green rules
The European Parliament’s biggest political group, the centre-right European People’s Party, has teamed up with the far right to roll back major parts of the EU’s green corporate rulebook.
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Here’s some hope to help us process this news: I’m helping kids prep speeches advocating for climate policy, immigration reform, equal pay and gender equity, and increased access to mental health services. The oldest of the bunch are 13. www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/b...
Tesla shareholders approve $1 trillion pay package for Musk | CNN Business
Tesla shareholders approved a pay package on Thursday that could make CEO Elon Musk, already the world’s richest person, the world’s first trillionaire.
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Social media is ADHD realized. Because I want to post obscure facts about my favorite US president (Ulysses S. Grant) and then follow that with a post about how we're actually testing to see if we can nuke huge incoming meteors so we dont go the way of the dinosaurs! And then send TikToks of dogs.
THIS. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's win is so influential that readers globally want to understand how the Mayor-Elect will confront the climate crisis. So I summed up his official climate campaign promises for Italian outlet @renewablematter.bsky.social www.renewablematter.eu/en/new-york-...
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s plans to combat climate change
Though Mamdani’s campaign rarely touted his climate policy for the US’s largest city, he appears to have some plans
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jae holzman@jael.bsky.social · 10mo agofour years ago climate action was THE issue for the progressive movement in the U.S. and today the prince of that movement, zohran mamdani, is saying essentially nothing about climate change on the campaign trail, & his campaign dodges questions from reporters about energy issues just saying facts
So Trump is withholding SNAP benefits from his constituents and allowing them to starve during a Congressionally-triggered government shutdown, instead of swooping in as the savior to feed his peasants... I mean people? PR win and doing his job? Too good for reality. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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I'm so done with Meta. Some low-life hacks my account that I've had for over a decade and now I'm just now allowed into it ever again? Meta doesn't care, since they have NO customer service. WHEN are we getting updated anti-monopoly laws?
THIS. 100%. ESPECIALLY VERY MAINSTREAM LEADERS IN THE MARKETPLACE WITH PODCASTS...
jae holzman@jael.bsky.social · 10mo agoNEWS OUTLETS COVERING CLIMATE CHANGE SHOULD NOT BE TAKING MONEY FROM FOSSIL FUEL CORPORATIONS END OF STORY
In response to Puerto Rican American citizen Bad Bunny leading the Superbowl halftime show Corey Lewandowski complained that Bad Bunny "hates America," then vaguely threatened to have ICE at the Superbowl. To quote the iconic Abed Nadir, this is the darkest timeline. www.avclub.com/bad-bunny-tr...
Trump admin already threatening Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show with ICE raids
Trump admin already threatening Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show with ICE raids
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Dear every company hiring for new employees, If we already attached a meticulously curated resume in pdf form for you, don't make us then retype (and generally correct) the autofill work experience section immediately afterwards. We won't waste your time if you don't waste ours!!
Next the Dept. of Justice is going to ban the words "Jeffery" and "Epstein"...how is our Congress okay with this?? www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list
It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.
politico.com
Sometimes it’s overwhelming thinking about the United State’s potential, and how it’s being squandered. I’m sure this present government isn’t the dream my grandparents fought tooth and nail to get to from the holocaust.
#energysky Don't neglect local elections!! They make or break climate policy!
Just Kevin@kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 12mo agoIs anyone else disappointed by @ramtrucks.bsky.social newest ad saying “Americans just can’t help being American” but think AMURICA. Is this the new bare minimum normal for US markets? Nationalism disguised as American-made? TLDR some Dodge Ram manufacturers are in Mexico youtu.be/u1KC9ssyNUk?...
Ram | Never Stop Being American | Nothing Stops Ram
YouTube video by Ram Trucks
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My latest with Heated! Regardless of your thoughts on TikTok, its clearly an effective place for climate and environmental advocacy. More people care about conservation and are against expensive and unnecessary oil drilling than ever, even if its not covered on mainstream media.
Emily Atkin@emorwee.bsky.social · last yr.This guy got 700,000+ views on TikTok begging media to cover Trump’s push to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He asked, we obliged. Read @leahgarden.bsky.social on the great lengths it can take to engage people on one of America’s most remote ecosystems:
Only the truly guilty move to defund the free press. When you’re hiding from @npr.org you KNOW it’s a bad look. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8hsRVTt/
Congress has decided to claw back previously approved funding for public media. This decision hurts people in communities across the country, but it has only strengthened our resolve to keep Americans...
TikTok video by npr
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Last night's @ypedc.bsky.social Expert Session with @jigarshahdc.bsky.social, the former Director of the DOE's LPO, was great! He sat down with 30 young energy professionals and had a frank and productive dialogue. Thank you Jigar our amazing young professionals for showing up and doing the work.
Can 2025 be the year we all just finally agree that read-receipts were maliciously created so passive aggressive/weak people can send you a message without any of the burden of communicating like a person?
Quick Q for all of my experienced journalism peers: So as a newly laid off journalist, what's the first thing I should do? Drink a lot? Ponder the potential of a book? Drink while pondering? Let me know, just want to make sure I'm handling this correctly!
