Stephen Leahy

Stephen Leahy is the 2012 co-winner of the Prince Albert/United Nations Global Prize for Climate Change reporting. A Canadian freelancer living in Uxbridge, Ontario, Leahy is the senior science and environment correspondent at Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS) based in Rome and Montevideo. His work is also published in The Guardian (UK), National Geographic, DeSmog Canada, Al Jazeera, Earth Island Journal, Latin America's Tierramerica and others. His website allows rabble.ca to reprint his articles. To continue this work at a time of severe cutbacks and closure of many media, Leahy launched Community Supported Journalism. Please visit the link and offer your support: http://stephenleahy.net/community-supported-journalism-help-fund-these-i...

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Sep 30, 2015

Standing up for wild salmon: Protest closes Clayoquot Sound fish farm

Stephen Leahy

A new salmon farm in Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island was dismantled and hauled away last week after being occupied by members of Ahousaht First Nation and local supporters from Tofino.

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Apr 27, 2015

'Our future generations are not for sale': Marilyn Baptiste wins Goldman Environmental Prize

Stephen Leahy

Marilyn Baptiste of the Xeni Gwet'in First Nation in British Columbia has won the prestigious $175,000 Goldman Prize for her five-year effort to prevent construction of the Prosperity mine.

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Apr 23, 2015

Renewable energy is key to a low-carbon future, say climate leaders

Stephen Leahy

Strong legislation, intelligent policy and collective action are the only ways to take effective climate action and keep humanity from a nightmare future.

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Apr 14, 2015

Can cities save the planet with climate action?

Stephen Leahy

Cities are responsible for 70 per cent of global CO2 emissions but they can save the planet by greening one community at a time, said Vancouver's David Cadman at the ICLEI World Congress 2015.

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Apr 1, 2015

Reducing pollution to improve health should be a policy priority

Stephen Leahy

Pollution is likely to be the most pressing global health issue in the coming years without effective prevention and clean-up efforts, experts say.

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Nov 26, 2014

The pressure is on: Will COP 20 produce a new climate agreement?

Stephen Leahy

This December, 195 nations plus the European Union will meet in Lima for two weeks for the crucial UN Conference of the Parties on Climate Change, known as COP 20.

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Nov 12, 2014

Working together U.S. and China can reduce carbon emissions

Stephen Leahy

China and the U.S. are responsible for 35 per cent of global carbon emissions but could do their part to keep climate change to less than two degrees by adopting best energy efficiency standards.

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Nov 7, 2014

A dirty war: How the fossil fuel industry blocks climate action

Stephen Leahy

Countless climate studies end up concluding that what's missing in a shift to low-carbon living is political will. Left unsaid is the incredibly powerful and influential fossil fuel industry.

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Nov 5, 2014

It's not too late to take climate action. Here's how.

Stephen Leahy

Meeting a target of keeping global temperature from rising above 2 degrees Celsius is still possible, according to 30 leading climate and energy experts.

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Oct 8, 2014

Fracking is proceeding without research into its effects, says study

Stephen Leahy

A decade into North America's fracking boom, the impact on wildlife and the environment remains largely unknown, according to a new study.

Stephen Leahy

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