Stephen Leahy
Biosphere Journalist | Award-win Author | 2018 SEAL award for Enviro Jurno, UN Global Media Prize for Climate Reporting
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David Attenborough’s worried about this Ocean threat - and it’s not plastic
World Economic Forum 61d 7 tweets
In less than a year, world leaders will meet at the UN Ocean Conference – overfishing should be near the top of their agenda.
Australian railroad says it’s not interested in moving Adani’s Carmichael coal
Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis 45h 1 tweets
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The ABC has learned Genesee & Wyoming Australia (GWA) declined to participate in the Carmichael coal project, after Adani approached it to supply coal haulage services from its planned mine. “GWA has previously...
Stephen Leahy Australian railroad says it’s not interested in moving Adani’s Carmichael coal 45h
IEEFA update: U.S. carbon-capture project deal is dead on arrival
Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis 45h 1 tweets
A deal between the city of Farmington and a company incorporated four months ago in New Mexico purports to be a viable plan to turn the aging San Juan Generating Station into a model national carbon-capture project. But it lacks too many specifics...
Stephen Leahy U.S. carbon-capture project deal is dead on arrival - and the #coal plant is to be shuttered in 3 years anyways #co2 #coal #climate 45h
Millions of times later, 97 percent climate consensus still faces denial
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 3d 6 tweets
Just like the argument about whether the Earth is round or flat, the science of climate change is settled, with 97 percent of researchers agreeing that our climate crisis is largely manmade. So why do so many members of the American public think the...
Stephen Leahy Millions of times later, 97 percent climate consensus still faces denial - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists via 51h
Koch Brothers Abandon Alberta Tar Sands/Oil Sands
The Energy Mix - The Energy Mix 51h 1 tweets
Wichita, Kansas-based conglomerate Koch Industries has sold off its substantial position in the Canadian tar sands/oil sands, selling thousands of hectares of land to Cavalier Energy Inc., a subsidiary of Calgary-based Paramount Resources Ltd., the...
Stephen Leahy Koch Brothers Abandon Alberta Tar Sands/Oil Sands via 51h
Billionaire Koch brothers dump Canada's oilsands leases as foreign exodus continues | The Telegram
Thetelegram.com 51h 1 tweets
Once one of the largest landholders in the oilsands, Koch Industries sold off its upstream leases and abandoned licences, Financial Post confirms
Stephen Leahy Billionaire Koch brothers dump Canada's oilsands leases as foreign exodus continues | #oilsands #tmx 51h
Fracking may be doing more climate damage than we thought
David Roberts - Vox 3d 11 tweets
The mysterious recent spike in methane emissions? It just might be US fracking.
Children's health vulnerable to climate change, Canadian Paediatric Society says | CBC News
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Edmonton pediatrician and lead author Dr. Irena Buka says because of their developing bodies, children are more vulnerable than adults to the effects of climate change.
Billions of air pollution particles found in hearts of city dwellers
Damian Carrington - the Guardian 37d 26 tweets
Exclusive: Study shows associated damage to critical pumping muscles, even in children
Stephen Leahy Billions of air pollution particles found in hearts of city dwellers 3d
Protesting Immigration Policy, and Why I Decided to Get Arrested
The New Yorker 9d 3 tweets
I doubted that getting carted away would change anyone’s mind. And yet it seemed, somehow, like a necessary, if modest, gesture of solidarity with the people sitting for months on end in holding pens in the desert.
Heather Price
Facebook.com 5d 1 tweets
My son Ian and I went to the Friday Climate Strike like we’ve done nearly every Friday since December. Ian was so excited to have his Grandma Mimi and Poppop join this week too. Usually the kids have...
Can religion save us from a global environmental crisis?
Deseret News 3d 5 tweets
Despite mounting evidence of climate change, religious people remain divided. Some question man’s involvement while others are driven by their faith to protect the planet.
Stephen Leahy Great read: "....everyone who believes in God is an environmentalist, they just might not know it yet." #climate #globalwarming #faith 3d
Stephen Leahy “Climate change is the greatest moral challenge of our time. It impacts every single child of God on this planet,” said the Rev. Hescox, CEO of the #Evangelical Environmental Network. #climate #Christian 54h
Stephen Leahy "When you are only looking to increase the GDP, you end up causing a lot of harm,” Lots of wisdom in this excellent read 29h
The most important climate numbers you need to know
Pembina Institute - Pembina Institute 3d 1 tweets
Five minutes. That’s all it takes to get a grip on the numbers you need to know to assess political parties’ plans to lower greenhouse gas emissions here in Canada. Are we moving in the right direction? The numbers don’t lie — and the data may...
Man ejected from Atlantic Gold public meeting shocked by 'violence' | CBC News
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A Nova Scotia man says he's shaken and sore after he was arrested in a rough manner at a public meeting about gold mining in Sherbrooke, N.S., on Thursday evening.
Stephen Leahy Man ejected from Atlantic Gold public meeting shocked by 'violence' | CBC News 3d
Who Will Pay for the Huge Costs of Holding Back Rising Seas?
Yale E360 12d 5 tweets
U.S. coastal cities face billions of dollars in costs for the extensive infrastructure projects needed to protect against rising seas and worsening storms. From Boston to Miami, government officials are only beginning to grasp the enormous expense...
David Suzuki: Irrational attacks have long history of diminishing debate
The Georgia Straight - Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly 3d 1 tweets
Canadians must continue to speak out for our water, land, air, and wildlife, for justice for indigenous peoples, and for a clean energy future—without fear of harassment, intimidation, and hatred.
Fracking boom tied to methane spike in Earth’s atmosphere
Environment 3d 7 tweets
The chemical signature of methane released from fracking is found in the atmosphere, pointing to shale gas operations as the culprit.
Stephen Leahy My latest: “massive” increase in #methane emissions linked to fracking in US and Canada increasing #globalwarming #climate . 3d
Stephen Leahy Recent "massive” increase in #methane emissions linked to #fracking in US and Canada making #globalwarming worse . #climate 3d
Stephen Leahy Recent "massive” increase in #methane emissions linked to #fracking in US and Canada making #globalwarming worse. And Trump admin looking to make it even worse . #climate No o 3d
'Coal is over': the miners rooting for the Green New Deal
the Guardian 6d 17 tweets
An area desperately in need of an economic transformation looks to new promise after Trump’s prove empty
Stephen Leahy 'Coal is over': the miners rooting for the Green New Deal -- Cleaner air, safer #climate, healthier jobs #energy 3d
British Columbia's dirty natural gas secret
National Observer - National Observer 3d 1 tweets
Three LNG projects in Squamish and Kitimat would require over 13,000 new fracking wells over the next 30 years between them. While industry and government tout this brand new fossil fuel industry as the 'cleanest LNG in the world' there’s little...
Stephen Leahy British Columbia's dirty natural gas secret via 3d
'It makes me angry': is this the end for America's Joshua trees?
the Guardian 8d 5 tweets
Even with major efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, 80% of the trees’ habitat will be whittled away by the end of the century