Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
Journalist | Vancouver |
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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.
Cocaine and other chemicals made floods a toxic cocktail
The floodwaters covering the former Semá:th X̱ó:tsa, or Sumas Lake — now called Sumas Prairie — contained 379 chemical components and bacteria, researchers found. Two-thirds were created by humans, including several that aren't found in nature.
Fighting climate change for the sake of french fries
For Daniel Metheringham, fighting climate change is as much about securing an "assured supply" of french fries as it is about preventing global calamity.
‘As worrying as Big Oil’ — Big Meat fighting to keep beef on the menu at COP27
Lobbyists for Canada's meat and dairy industries are showing up with unprecedented visibility at the COP27 climate conference now underway in Egypt. The industries have at least one representative on the official Canadian delegation, a position that gives easy access to negotiators and closed-door meetings.
Inside the food fight brewing at COP27
A new item is on the menu for the thousands of people gathering this month at COP27, the United Nations' annual climate conference: food.
More than just a potato field: Farmers face off with developers for Canada’s precious farmland
The struggle to keep farmland off limits for developers is a nationwide problem. Unlike the U.S. and many other countries, Canada doesn't have a national plan to protect farmland.
Yukon First Nations are leading the way when it comes to school food
For the past several months, well over a thousand Indigenous children in Yukon schools have had access to something many Canadian students do not — an affordable daily lunch at school.
Meet the unlikely Alberta conservative crusader who says we need limits on big investors buying up farmland
When Alberta MLA Glenn van Dijken tabled a bill last April that would prevent institutional investors from buying up farmland in the province, he knew the move would raise eyebrows. A staunch member of the United Conservative Party and self-proclaimed "free market guy," he was typically loath to regulate a booming industry.
How a controversy over GMOs exposed holes in Canada’s lobbying laws
A controversy over an industry lobbyist's input into draft guidelines for genetically modified organisms has exposed gaping loopholes in Canada's lobbying laws, experts say.
Animal rights activists jailed over sit-in protest at hog farm
Amy Soranno will serve her sentence intermittently and be on probation for 12 months.
Right-wing populist group fined for ads targeting left-leaning politicians
A B.C. organization partially funded by Lululemon founder and billionaire Chip Wilson and closely linked to some of Canada's most prominent right-wing populist Facebook groups has been fined for violating electoral laws, Elections BC has announced.