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.
Why banning food waste is harder than you might think
From farm to household compost bin, over half of all food produced in Canada is wasted — and about a third of it is still edible. That waste generates nearly 56.6 million tons of greenhouse gases, including a significant amount of methane.
Dealing in fossil fuels? These advertisers won’t work for you
Over 50 Canadian advertisers and PR agencies have joined a 900-strong global group that has pledged not to work for the fossil fuel industry.
'Hypocritical' disinformation campaign on natural gas
A councillor for a city explicitly targeted with online attacks ads by a shady group with ties to Canada's gas industry wonders why her city is in the line of fire.
The shady group determined to block our climate solutions
A shadowy new organization attacking the climate efforts of Canadian cities is infiltrating Google searches and ads in the New York Times and other publications online.
Top quality greens now grown year-round in far North
Winter's arrival in northern Ontario once meant months when cheap, fresh produce is scarce on the Nipissing First Nation.
Danielle Smith picks new fight with the feds
The Alberta premier has picked a new fight with the federal government over a proposed program to help industrial feedlots meet climate targets that will not even apply in her province.
Feds slash support for northern hunters and fishers
Federal support for Indigenous hunters and fishers tackling food insecurity in northern communities is poised to fall by 80 per cent. The decision comes as the government continues to pour millions into a subsidy program researchers say is lining grocers' pockets without providing adequate food to those most in need.
The storm of climate disinformation
For the past few months, Canadians have been banned from sharing news articles on Facebook and Instagram, places where many people turned for information.
Canada’s new greenwashing rules still aren’t strong enough
Social media feeds have been bombarded with ads touting efforts by gas utilities to capture so-called "renewable natural gas" produced from decomposing organic waste. From B.C. to Quebec, the ads suggest measures to phase out gas aren't needed because gas from landfills and manure pits will soon heat millions of homes.
The Quebec town trying to spell the end of natural gas
Almost immediately after the town of Prévost, Que., passed a bylaw banning natural gas this autumn, the 12,000-person community was hit with a lawsuit from Quebec's gas utility, Énergir.