Stephen Leahy
Biosphere Journalist | Award-win Author | 2018 & 2019 SEAL award for Environmental Journalism, UN Global Media Prize for Climate Reporting
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The coronavirus-climate-air conditioning nexus
TheHill 10h 2 tweets
The risk of coronavirus spread is much higher in air-conditioned indoor spaces than it is outside or on a porch.
Stephen Leahy Hard to argue with this: "ending the climate emergency will require the rapid, mandatory reduction of fossil fuel use to zero and a complete overhaul of our built environment" #climatecrisis 4h
The Green New Deal and Beyond, Ending the Climate Emergency While We Still Can
Citylights.com 10h 1 tweets
The Green New Deal and Beyond. Honoring the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a clear and urgent call for the national, social, and individual changes required to prevent catastrophic climate change.
'Historic day' for Standing Rock as pipeline company told to shut down, remove oil
IndianCountryToday.com 9h 2 tweets
UPDATED: Order says Dakota Access assumed much of its economic risk knowingly, and the potential harm each day the pipeline operates
How a ‘Climate Psychologist’ Gets It Done
Bridget Read - The Cut 11h 1 tweets
Margaret Klein Salamon has built her career around helping people cope with climate grief and take action.
Stephen Leahy Discussion worth having: “Wow, no one ever asked me how I feel about the climate emergency.” #climatecrisis 11h
Biden Can Be Swayed to Support Keystone XL, Kenney Claims - The Energy Mix
The Energy Mix - The Energy Mix 11h 1 tweets
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden can be swayed into supporting the Keystone XL pipeline if he enters the White House in January, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said last week.
Stephen Leahy This is just a set up to blame . : Biden Can Be Swayed to Support Keystone XL, Kenney Claims via 11h
ICAO Changes Carbon Offset Rules, Gives Airlines a ‘Three- to Six-Year Free Pass to Pollute’ - The Energy Mix
The Energy Mix - The Energy Mix 11h 1 tweets
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) handed international airlines a concession valued at about US$15 billion last week, by agreeing to scale back the industry’s already “ridiculously weak” carbon offsetting scheme in response to the...
Stephen Leahy ICAO Changes Carbon Offset Rules, Gives Airlines a ‘Three- to Six-Year Free Pass to Pollute’ via 11h
As Morneau Walks ‘Tightrope’, Analysis Shows Canada’s COVID Recovery Favouring Fossils - The Energy Mix
The Energy Mix - The Energy Mix 11h 1 tweets
A weekend analysis piece on CBC News lays out the “tightrope” Finance Minister Bill Morneau is walking as he tries to manage the economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis—and indirectly points toward the just, green recovery that is still the most...
Stephen Leahy Bad decision - only investments in clean energy makes any sense: Analysis Shows Canada’s COVID Recovery Favouring Fossils via 11h
SOCIAL MEDIA: Denial expands on Facebook as scientists face restrictions
Scott Waldman - Eenews.net 13h 7 tweets
A climate scientist says Facebook is restricting her ability to share research and fact-check posts containing climate misinformation. It comes as groups that reject climate science increasingly use the platform to undermine mainstream research.
Pollution Surrounds Us, So Let's Not Make EVs Create Sound Pollution Too
InsideEVs 13h 1 tweets
Electric cars are virtually silent and that's why regulations were put in place to make EVs emit noise for pedestrian safety, but can we make this noise pleasant?
Stephen Leahy Pollution Surrounds Us, So Let's Not Make EVs Create Sound Pollution Too 13h
Climate Tracker
Act.climatetracker.org 23h 1 tweets
3 Ways to Go Plastic-Free This July While Staying Safe From Coronavirus
EcoWatch 23h 1 tweets
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
Bloomberg.com 26h 1 tweets
The social ideology of the motorcar – Uneven Earth
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Book Review: The Surprising Science of Walking
Undark Magazine 53h 1 tweets
In Shane O'Mara's "In Praise of Walking," even the most mundane walk is rife with scientific and spiritual significance.
Coronavirus: Science vs. politics
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TO SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL, PLEASE DONATE TO THIS CHARITY: The charity I strongly endorse is called Health in Harmony. It funds a hospital in Borneo that provid...
Thread by @ii_sambliss: Mike Shellenberger's new book Apocalypse Never is an Amazon bestseller. @g_kallis and I have spent 5 years reviewing the science around the…
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Thread by @ii_sambliss: Mike Shellenberger's new book Apocalypse Never is an Amazon bestseller. @g_kallis and I have spent 5 years reviewing e around the ecomodernist ideas presented and found that they are often wrong. Here is why. THREAD. I look...
Stephen Leahy Someone's looking 53h
Discourses of delay: arguments used to avoid climate action : Priestley International Centre for Climate
Climate.leeds.ac.uk 5d 2 tweets
Can you please direct me to the nearest toilet? Canadians face public washroom shortage
The Globe and Mail 3d 2 tweets
The crisis underlines an annoying shortage of public washrooms in our cities
Surrounded by trees and with 1,200 solar panels, this Norwegian building could change how we think about factories
CNBC 3d 2 tweets
The buildings that produce the goods we use every single day are changing.
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Stephen Leahy Surrounded by trees and with 1,200 solar panels, this Norwegian building could change how we think about factories 54h