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Rebecca Leber

Rebecca Leber is a reporter at Mother Jones.

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December 15, 2017
Rebecca Leber, Andy Kroll, Russ Choma
The EPA Is Using Taxpayer Dollars to Track the Press
Scott Pruitt's office has hired a Republican opposition-research firm to monitor the media's coverage of the agency.
February 8, 2017
Rebecca Leber
Republicans Beg Their Party to Finally Do Something About Climate Change
February 25, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Bernie Is Crushing Hillary in Coal Country
February 17, 2016
Rebecca Leber
The biggest revelation about Kentucky sending its top climate official packing is that it had a climate change official in the first place.
February 17, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Antonin Scalia’s Successor Could Determine the Fate of the Planet
Why it's okay to scrutinize the climate positions of the candidates on President Obama's Supreme Court short list.
February 16, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Senate Republicans are starting to walk back their initial SCOTUS freak-out.
February 12, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Michigan officials warned as far back as 2013 that Flint’s water could become poisonous.
February 12, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Hillary Clinton wants you to believe she is Barack Obama.
February 12, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Bernie Sanders is the token man at the Democratic debate.
February 12, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Moderators have run out of excuses not to ask about climate change in the presidential debate.
February 10, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Obama’s Climate Legacy Is in the Supreme Court’s Hands
Tuesday's surprising ruling raises the stakes of this year's election.
February 10, 2016
Rebecca Leber
The Supreme Court halted President Obama’s big climate initiative, and climate deniers are gloating.
February 8, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Michael Bloomberg confirms he’s definitely thinking about running for president.
February 8, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Hillaryland, as usual, is a mess.
February 7, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Carly Fiorina isn’t wasting her time watching the GOP debate.
February 6, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Hillary Clinton’s Leftward Shift on Climate
Helped along by both President Obama and Bernie Sanders, Clinton has broken her silence on fossil fuel extraction from public lands.
February 5, 2016
Rebecca Leber
The Koch brothers make a record appearance in the Democratic debate.
February 5, 2016
Rebecca Leber
We miss Martin O’Malley already.
February 4, 2016
Rebecca Leber
President Obama says screw it, and proposes a tax on oil.
February 4, 2016
Rebecca Leber
Hillary Clinton’s Bet on Flint
There's more than one reason the Democratic candidate has jumped on the city's water crisis.

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