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.
Carbon tax fetishism: We're losing the plot on climate change
Carbon taxes have become such a fetish that sensible people can’t evaluate climate policy anymore.
Heads must roll at NEB after Charest affair
Justin Trudeau must step in, save Canada's climate efforts from poisoning by pipeline regulator
Pipeline regulator, environmental assessments need serious overhaul
It’s not exactly the sexiest news item you will come across today. But it’s pretty important that the machinery of government aims to achieve the right goals.
The Great Bear Rainforest: Canada's gift to the world
A six-part Special Report begins next week on achieving the impossible.
A personal letter from Chris Hatch
Each of us must find our own ways to push back, and choose where to join ourselves to larger efforts to protect the planet for the next generations. Your support for Canada’s National Observer is one of those larger efforts. Together, we uncover disinformation and corruption, shine a light on solutions, while ensuring there’s a spotlight trained on the causes of climate breakdown.
I’m truly scared. But there is hope.
Action is more urgent than ever, but policies to cut fossil fuel pollution are under fierce attack while misinformation seems to be everywhere. That’s why your support for Canada’s National Observer’s journalism is so crucial to drive the climate conversation forward.