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.
Top scientists sound alarm about dangerous chemicals in children’s toys, clothing
Over 350,000 chemicals, chemical mixtures and plastics used in common products like winter gloves, toys and electronics are contributing to soaring rates of diseases like diabetes and cancer in kids, as well as conditions like autism and ADHD, a consortium of prominent doctors and researchers have warned.
B.C. failing on climate, 600 advocacy groups say
British Columbia’s support for the LNG industry is undermining the province’s climate efforts, says a coalition of over 600 advocacy groups.
Feds don't budge after complaints about pesticides threatening human health
Canada's pesticide regulator has dismissed one of two formal complaints arguing the government agency wrongly approved a neonicotinoid pesticide.
A cap on Canadian livestock would reduce emissions. Is it worth it?
Capping greenhouse gas emissions from Canada's cows, pigs, chickens and other farm animals, while bolstering support for plant-based food, could help the country reach its climate goals, a new analysis has found. But experts question whether the approach would encourage factory farming, infuriate farmers and further annoy a cash-strapped public.
Farmers in the East and West are divided on climate change
In Eastern Canada, the ravages of climate change was by far the top concern in the poll conducted by Farmers for Climate Solutions, followed by the rising cost of fertilizers and seeds, and government policy. But in the western provinces, climate change itself wasn't the main concern: government policies designed to deal with the crisis were.
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.