Stephen Leahy
Stephen Leahy is the 2012 co-winner of the Prince Albert/United Nations Global Prize for Climate Change reporting . A Canadian, Leahy is the senior science and environment correspondent at Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS) based in Rome. His work is also published in National Geographic, The Guardian (UK), New Scientist, Al Jazeera, Earth Island Journal and others. His website: http://stephenleahy.net/ 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.
Stories by Stephen Leahy
Young and Restless: Canadian Youth Dismayed at Canada’s Climate Performance
(WARSAW, Poland) — "I'm ashamed to tell anyone here I'm a Canadian. When they find...
Cities Take Meaningful Climate Action as Nations Lag
Canada and every other rich country need to crash their CO2 emissions 10% per year...
Canada Leads Race to Climate Disaster
WARSAW, Poland — Canada has led the way to scuttle the UN climate talks here in Warsaw,...
Canada Massively Fails to Meet Copenhagen Targets, Calls it “Progress”
Canada's carbon emissions in 2020 will be 20% higher than Harper government's promised reductions under...
Canada’s Secret Spy Agency Sued for Spying on You
WARNING: Military Spooks Probably Know You Are Reading This You could be in Canada's secret...
Canada in the Era of Unburnable Carbon
Investments in the oil, gas and coal industry are starting to lose their value and...
Canada Can’t Meet its Carbon Emission Targets, Analysis Shows
Meet the "Big Lie". Stephen Harper's government continues to loudly claim Canada will meet its...
BC Carbon Tax: A Big Winner for People, Climate and the Economy Study Shows
British Columbia's five-year old carbon tax has managed to cut personal and corporate taxes, slash...
A Stroll Through Canada’s Tar Sands Industrial Landscape on the Tar Sands Healing Walk
The words 'this is just wrong' echoed in my mind walking 14 kilometers through the...