Chris Hatch
Climate Correspondent | Vancouver
About Chris Hatch
Chris Hatch writes Canada's National Observer's celebrated Sunday newsletter, Zero Carbon. Chris is the former Executive Director of Rainforest Action Network as well as the former executive editor at Canada's National Observer. He is now a columnist at National Observer and writes the acclaimed Sunday newsletter, Zero Carbon.
Unprecedented protest rocks 'Kafkaesque' COP25
Protests led by Indigenous leaders shut down the main hall of COP25 in Madrid on Wednesday. In an unprecedented event, about 500 people stormed the area outside the high-level negotiations decrying the lack of action by assembled governments to address the climate emergency.
Canada applauded for zero carbon commitment at COP25
“Zero means zero. It sets a marker that we will no longer be using fossil fuels, so it becomes the lens for approving or rejecting projects and policies from now on.”
Tesla Cybertruck carbon crushes Ford F-150
Ford's F-150 is over 100 times more polluting than Tesla’s new Cybertruck.
Independent Alberta would be the world’s worst climate polluter
Alberta would overtake Saudi Arabia as the worst climate-polluter on the planet per-person if the province secedes from Canada.
A landslide win for climate politics. Now beware its nemeses
Climate was on no one’s ballot yesterday but won in a landslide.
Greta has landed. Kenney's tortured logic crumbles
Premier Jason Kenney responded to the news of Thunberg's visit by smugly suggesting she should pay more attention to Saudi Arabia.
Weekly news roundup: He's back. Canada's most infamous climate denier returns
Good morning. If you spent Friday unplugged, you missed the latest on the SNC-Lavalin situation — there's a tape.
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