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.
Critics want ‘mature’ discussion about pesticide
Following revelations that the country's agriculture department downplayed warnings about glyphosate, advocates argue that the country must have a tough talk about reducing use of the controversial chemical.
‘To say nothing is not public service’: former Agriculture Canada official raised red flags on pesticide
A former official in Canada's agriculture ministry accused the federal pesticide regulator of failing to assess the health risks posed by the controversial chemical glyphosate, a key ingredient of Roundup, months before leaving the ministry.
Feds’ review of ‘dangerous’ pesticides is overdue, say experts
Canada's pesticide regulator is years behind on a cumulative assessment of health risks posed by a group of pesticides linked to autism, hyperactivity and reduced intelligence scores in children.
Hot air and hyperbole? New player joins B.C.’s gas wars
For months, Canada's natural gas utilities have mustered lobbying efforts and funded online misinformation campaigns to fight efforts by municipalities to phase out the climate-warming fuel. And now they have a new ally with deep ties to the province's NDP to push the pro-gas message in the province's lefty media.
Canada’s agriculture ministry gets failing grade on climate
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is lagging in the fight against climate change because it does not have a plan to reduce the sector's greenhouse gas emissions, the federal environment commissioner has found.
Gas companies tell us mixing gas and hydrogen is a climate solution. New research shows it's not
Researchers have found that plans by gas companies to blend natural gas and hydrogen in an effort to reduce their emissions will likely backfire by creating more gas leaks.
How to find sustainable salmon
A new labelling initiative is underway to help salmon aficionados indulge in their favourite fish without eating Canada's wild salmon into extinction.
Making soil — and storing carbon — in the Greenbelt
A group of researchers and conservationists is trying to bolster the soil health of hundreds of farms in Ontario's Greenbelt to help alleviate climate change.
BC Greens table anti-greenwashing bill
The proposed law would prevent businesses from advertising misleading statements about greenhouse gas emissions associated with their practices. It would also target claims about the effectiveness of their climate efforts and require them to back their sustainability claims on a public website.
The forestry industry is spending big to hype its green cred. The truth is not that simple
For weeks, slick earthy green and pastel orange ads touting the climate benefits of Canada's logging have flooded millions of Facebook and Instagram feeds. The ads are one plank of a campaign by Canada's largest forestry lobby group — the Forest Products Association of Canada — to fight growing concerns about its impact on climate change and wildfires.