What people recommend, in their own words, with the receipt.
Founder of what became Bloomberg New Energy Finance; hosts the Cleaning Up podcast.
6 things
Sustain WhatOther Andy Revkin
Revkin is the OG commentator on climate and energy. Brutally clear-eyed yet ever the optimist.
Liebreich's Substack 'Recommended by' page, where he adds his own note to each newsletter he recommends. (undated page)
The Honest BrokerOther Roger Pielke Jr.
Pielke has done more than anyone to keep the climate science community honest, and boy do they hate him for it!
Liebreich's Substack 'Recommended by' page, where he adds his own note to each newsletter he recommends. (undated page)
Material WorldOther Ed Conway
If you are not reading Ed Conway's stuff, you are not informed on energy, economics or history. Simple as that.
Liebreich's Substack 'Recommended by' page, where he adds his own note to each newsletter he recommends. (undated page)
Jonathan Maxwell's SubstackOther Jonathan Maxwell
Perceptive posts on climate, energy and the need for a step change in energy efficiency investment.
Liebreich's Substack 'Recommended by' page, where he adds his own note to each newsletter he recommends. (undated page)
Who kept the lights on? (Arthur's Substack)Other Arthur
Strong content on the history of big energy
Liebreich's Substack 'Recommended by' page, where he adds his own note to each newsletter he recommends. (undated page)
This is where you get to hang out with the cool battery kids. If you can keep up...
Liebreich's Substack 'Recommended by' page, where he adds his own note to each newsletter he recommends. (undated page)
Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.
The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.
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The bar shows how dated a recommendation is, for its kind of thing. Full and green is recent. It drains, and turns amber and then grey, as the post gets older.
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