Steven Grattan

@AP Amazon rainforest/deforestation reporter | Previously Reuters in Brazil | N. Ireland is home | 📧: [email protected] 🏳️‍🌈

[Steven Grattan @sjgrattan]

Here is my story on pink river dolphins, which provide a worrying indicator of mercury levels from illegal gold mining along the Amazon River.

[The Associated Press @AP]

Scientists in Colombia’s Amazon are capturing and testing endangered pink river dolphins to monitor mercury contamination from illegal gold mining and deforestation. Mercury levels have been found far above safe limits and populations have sharply declined.

[Steven Grattan @sjgrattan]

Conference on moving away from fossil fuels wraps in Santa Marta 🇨🇴

56 countries, no binding deals — but a clear shift: from debating if to phase out fossil fuels → to how to do it

Finance, debt & transition plans now front and center.

My AP takeaways:
https://t.co/l85jKWYRdH

[Steven Grattan @sjgrattan]

I’m in Santa Marta covering the international conference on moving away from fossil fuels, where the high-level segment has now begun.
https://t.co/DZ7v1tCkz4

[Steven Grattan @sjgrattan]

In Santa Marta, Colombia, covering a global conference on moving away from fossil fuels. Big question: who pays? Developing countries push for more support as gaps persist. High-level talks start tomorrow.

https://t.co/mEc6XcVJcb

[Steven Grattan @sjgrattan]

I’ll be in Santa Marta covering this conference on moving away from fossil fuels — reach out if you’re around.

Planned before the war in Iran, but the timing now highlights how vulnerable economies remain to fossil fuel shocks.

https://t.co/jNncB0GDPF

[Steven Grattan @sjgrattan]

I spoke with Colombia’s environment minister @IreneVelezT ahead of a key summit on moving beyond fossil fuels.

She says the war in Iran should accelerate — not delay — the shift to renewables.

https://t.co/4tnbKGvtpg

[Steven Grattan @sjgrattan]

Peru votes tomorrow — but its biggest illicit economy is largely missing from the debate.

Illegal gold mining is fueling deforestation, mercury contamination and organized crime across the Amazon.
Latest for @AP: https://t.co/cpH3JcUkqC

[Steven Grattan @sjgrattan]

Latest for AP: The war in Iran is exposing how deeply the world relies on petrochemicals — from plastics to fertilizers — complicating efforts to move away from fossil fuels.

https://t.co/E3cOOXwWxI

[Steven Grattan @sjgrattan]

I traveled to Ecuador’s Amazon with Indigenous women from seven different nationalities who fear new oil exploration could reach their territories. They visited long-exploited oil fields in the northern Amazon to see firsthand the environmental damage.
https://t.co/qBBFcPpUwE

[Peter Prengaman @peterprengaman]

This week, @AP colleague Steven Grattan takes a close look at environmental costs related to surging cold prices. Steven and others on AP's climate and Latin American teams have been covering this closely the last year.
https://t.co/J0ryLRmT8T

[Steven Grattan @sjgrattan]

Illegal gold mining is spreading deeper into Peru’s Amazon, contaminating rivers with mercury and exposing Indigenous communities to serious health risks — even as authorities struggle to contain it.
https://t.co/Imci907CxP

[Mongabay Latam @MongabayLatam]

🇵🇪 #Fotorreportaje La huella de las mafias del oro y la madera en comunidades del río Santiago, en plena Amazonía peruana, es devastadora. Las imágenes revelan cómo la violencia, la criminalidad y la deforestación acorralan a las comunidades y ecosistemas. https://t.co/ddrqLpjj2w

[Rebecca Tan @rebtanhs]

Among hundreds laid off from The Washington Post yesterday were dozens of international employees not eligible for protection under the Guild and being axed under less favorable terms, w/ massive logistical challenges ahead.

Please help support them:

https://t.co/6mtDC8u6Sn

[Max Tani @maxwelltani]

Here’s the full letter sent from foreign correspondents to Bezos. Comes as rumors are circulating that the Washington Post is set to make significant cuts to its foreign desk and other parts of the newsroom.

[Steven Grattan @sjgrattan]

Chile is battling fast-moving wildfires that have killed people and destroyed homes.
My @AP explainer looks at what’s driving them: extreme heat and drought, strong winds, and decades of land-use change — including pine and eucalyptus plantations.
🔗 https://t.co/yi7vIGtYGN

[Steven Grattan @sjgrattan]

Police in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname, backed by Interpol, carried out the first coordinated cross-border crackdown on illegal gold mining in the Amazon region. Nearly 200 arrests. Gold, mercury, cash and weapons seized. My latest for @AP:
https://t.co/E2jvYCEoPa

[Steven Grattan @sjgrattan]

A rare trial is getting underway in Peru over the killing of Indigenous Amazon defender Quinto Inuma Alvarado. Prosecutors say it could be a test of whether violence against environmental defenders will finally face accountability. https://t.co/dOUezqegKN

[Steven Grattan @sjgrattan]

@ColumbiaUEnergy @diegorivota @latimes @AP reporter :)

[Steven Grattan @sjgrattan]

New story for @AP on the environmental risks tied to U.S. plans under President Trump to revive Venezuela’s oil industry — from aging infrastructure to some of the world’s heaviest crude.
https://t.co/paJWYYX6be

[Steven Grattan @sjgrattan]

U.S. President Donald Trump says Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and wife have been captured after U.S. conducted a "large scale strike" on the country.

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: U.S. President Donald Trump says Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro has been captured after US conducted a "large scale strike" on the country. https://t.co/SKhGaXeppt

[Environmental Investigation Agency U.S. @EIAEnvironment]

Colombia is the deadliest country in the world for environmental defenders, yet activists are still working to protect their ecosystems and communities. @sjgrattan reports on how ADISPA advocates in the Amazon Pearl reserve confront those risks:
https://t.co/IVeQrIuUlq