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Derek Leahy

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About Derek Leahy

Derek Leahy is an Ottawa-based freelance reporter.

4 Articles
solar power, solar panels, clean energy, canada, renewable energy

Why Canada's clean energy investment plummeted in 2016

Canada's relatively low carbon electricity supply and stable electricity demand is making it challenging for the wind and solar industries to expand their share of the market.
News, Energy | February 6th 2017

Supreme Court case could change natural resource development in Canada

Indigenous groups are challenging the government to fulfill its duty to consult them on energy projects in a case before the Supreme Court of Canada.
News, Energy, Politics | December 5th 2016
Amanda Harper, Colorado, oil and gas, fracking, Encana

She says Canadians are ripping up her Colorado community

Colorado resident Amanda Harper thinks Canadians would be ashamed if they knew some of their pension funds are tied up in fracking operations in her small, rural community.
News, Energy, Politics | December 1st 2016
First Nation, reconciliation, residential schools

Thousands join residential school survivors in reconciliation walk

News | June 1st 2015

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