Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
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About Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson is a reporter and writer covering food systems, climate, disinformation, and plastics and the environment for Canada’s National Observer.
His ongoing investigations of the plastic industry in Canada won him a Webster Award's nomination in environmental reporting in 2021. He was also a nominee for a Canadian Association of Journalists's award for his reporting on disinformation.
Marc has previously written for High Country News, the Literary Review of Canada, and other publications on topics exploring relationships between people and their social and physical environments.
He holds an M.A. in journalism from the University of British Columbia and a B.A. in Human Ecology from the College of the Atlantic.
Conservatives, conspiracies, and the coming election
Forget policy: Canada's Conservative party has decided conspiracies about crickets will win them the upcoming federal election.
FortisBC ups gas prices by 20 per cent: shift to 'renewable' gas partly to blame
British Columbia's gas utility is hiking its prices nearly 20 per cent, in part to help cover the cost of a climate plan that will do little to reduce the province’s harmful emissions or use of fossil-based natural gas.
Mayor wants to make Vancouver Bitcoin central — climate experts disagree
Vancouver mayor Ken Sim wants to transfer some of the city's financial reserves into Bitcoin cryptocurrency — and says it will be good for the climate, too. His claim has some experts scratching their heads.
Canada approved neonic pesticides with outdated studies on human health
A growing body of evidence, showing that Canada’s most common insecticides are more dangerous to human health than previously thought, has not been fully assessed by this country’s pesticide regulator, Canada’s National Observer has found.
Indigenous activist wins $4-million grant to boost Indigenous environmental rights
A prominent Indigenous climate organizer has received a prestigious $4-million grant to build a network that will help bolster Indigenous people's influence in global climate policy.
Deep links revealed between Canada's pesticide regulator and industry lobby groups
Six of 11 key executives for Canada's largest pesticide and agrichemical lobby group held senior government positions with this country’s pesticide and food safety regulators for years before starting their current positions, a new analysis reveals.
Council vote on Vancouver ban brings music and protest to steps of City Hall
As conservative Vancouver city councillors prepare to vote on whether to overturn a key climate measure banning natural gas for home heating in new buildings, hearings stretched days beyond schedule with over 140 people voicing opinions.
Calls for Canada to ban bee-killing pesticides after damning CNO investigation
Environmental and health protection groups are asking the government to temporarily ban a class of toxic insecticides until an independent expert panel has determined they are safe — following a bombshell investigation by Canada's National Observer that revealed how federal officials colluded with the pesticide industry to keep three pesticides on the market.
What’s up with the Conservative fixation on crickets?
The petition references a conspiracy theory popular with online influencers and some conservative politicians and pundits who say the federal government is part of a global plot, led by the World Economic Forum, that uses climate measures to force people into submission – including by making them eat insects.
With vote looming, builders hope Vancouver sticks with gas restrictions
Some of Vancouver's leading builders are eyeing with frustration an upcoming city council vote that could eliminate the city's years-old restrictions on using natural gas in new buildings.