Top 10 U.S. Social Media Influencers in Energy & Environment
Using our extensive media database, we compiled a list of the top 10 social media influencers throughout the United States and operating in the Energy & Environment space. Our solution makes it easy to find — and connect with — the influencers that matter to you.
Create custom media lists that are automatically updated, send multimedia emails, and track who opened emails and where they clicked, all right from the platform itself. And our module, Influencer Streams, shows you exactly what influencers are talking about on social media, so you can personalize pitches and amplify your message.
*Data as of July 2022

1. Naomi Klein
Bio: HTCE. On 🔥. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. Gloria Steinem Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers U. Not that Naomi.
Followers: 698K

2. Prof. Katherine Hayhoe
Bio: Not suspicious, just Canadian. Climate scientist, Chief Scientist @nature_org, polisci professor, knitter, pastor’s wife, @joinsciencemoms. UN Champion of the Earth
Location: Texas Tech University
Followers: 223K

3. Anas Alhajji
Bio: Keynote Speaker and Woodworker. Everything Energy |English/Arabic Tweets| #Oil_History
Location: Dallas, USA
Followers: 120K

4. Amy Harder
@AmyAHarder
Bio: I’m executive editor of Cipher @CipherClimate by @Breakthrough
Energy, with my weekly Harder Line column. Former @Axios, @WSJ, @UChiEnergy, @nationaljournal.
Location: Dallas, USA
Followers: 53K

5. Jesse Jenkins
Bio: Macro-energy systems engineering, optimization, and policy w/a focus on electricity. Prof @EPrinceton (MAE) & @AndlingerCenter. PI of ZERO Lab. Personal account
Followers: 59K

6. Mark Z. Jacobson
Bio: Prof-Civil & Env Engineering; Director-Atmos/Energy Program; Research-climate, air pollution, clean/renewable energy; Cofounder-Solutions Project/100% Movement
Location: Stanford University
Followers: 36K

Followers: 34K

8. Jason Bordoff
Bio: Co-Founding Dean, @ColumbiaClimate; Founding Director, @ColumbiaUEnergy; Prof of Professional Practice, @ColumbiaSIPA; fmr energy advisor to Pres @BarackObama
Location: New York, NY
Followers: 32K

9. Alexander Kaufman
Bio: Senior reporter @HuffPost, on the climate, energy, and environmental politics beat. Reach me via: alexander.kaufman@huffpost.com, DMs, or the link below
alexanderckaufman.com/contact
Location: Queens
Followers: 27K

10. Heidi Cullen
Bio: Comms Director @MBARI_News. Climate change, human health, ocean conservation. #scicomm. Author of The Weather of the Future. Lover of Labs. (she/her)
Location: Moss Landing, CA
Followers: 22K
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