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Sunday, February 05, 2012 2:26 GMT

Stories by Stephen Leahy

Stephen Leahy has worked as a freelance Canadian journalist for the past 12 years, including five writing for IPS. Leahy specialises in science, the environment and agriculture. He has been published in leading magazines and newspapers in several countries. Based in Brooklin, near Toronto, Canada, Leahy is a professional member of the Society of Environmental Journalists.

Melting Ice Makes Arctic Access a Hot Commodity
by Stephen Leahy
China, Brazil and India want seats on the Arctic Council as global warming creates new opportunities for shipping and resource extraction in the vast Arctic region.

Rio+20: The Moment When Everything Changed?
by Stephen Leahy
Humanity is driving Earth's climate and ecosystems towards dangerous tipping points, requiring radical new forms of international cooperation and governance, experts say.

In Unprecedented Move, Canada Withdraws from Kyoto Protocol
by STEPHEN LEAHY
Barely 24 hours after it signed a new global climate change agreement in Durban, South Africa, Canada became on Monday the first country to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, the only legally binding treaty to reduce emissions causing climate change.

Toxins Rob More Than a Decade of Life from Millions
by Stephen Leahy
Toxic pollution affects the health of more than 100 million people, shortening their productive life spans by an astonishing 12.7 years on average.

CANADA
Harper Government Guts Environment Programmes
by Stephen Leahy
Canada's Stephen Harper government is spending more than 60 billion dollars on new military jets and warships while slashing more than 200 million dollars in funding for research and monitoring of the environment.

GHANA
Toxic Electronic Waste Contaminates Surrounding Area
by Stephen Leahy
Mountains of hazardous waste grow by about 40 million tons every year. This waste, mostly from Europe and North America, is burned in developing countries like Ghana in a hazardous effort to recover valuable metals.

Jail Before Climate-Wrecking Tar Sands, Canadians Say
by Stephen Leahy
More than 200 Canadians engaged in civil disobedience, with 117 arrested in Canada's quiet capital city on Monday. The reason? To protest the Stephen Harper right-wing government's open support for the oil industry and expanding production in the climate-disrupting tar sands.

Rwanda Wins Gold for Forest Conservation Blueprint
by Stephen Leahy
Government policies are seldom lauded, yet Rwanda's forest policy has resulted in a 37-percent increase in forest cover on a continent better known for deforestation and desertification.

Mentally Ill Suffer Medieval Treatment Across the Globe
by Stephen Leahy
A young girl in Somalia sits chained to a tree. Women in the Ukraine wander aimlessly in the halls of a decrepit psychiatric hospital. Those are the startling images in a recent article by a global panel calling the world's attention to the extent and tragedy of hundreds of millions suffering from mental illnesses and who go untreated in the global south.

Record Arctic Ice Melt Threatens Global Security
Analysis by Stephen Leahy
All the analysis and commentary about safety and security on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 ignored by far the biggest ongoing threat to global security: climate change.

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