Matteo Cimellaro
Journalist | Ottawa |
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About Matteo Cimellaro
Matteo Cimellaro is a Cree/settler writer and journalist who currently covers urban Indigenous communities in and around Ottawa thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative and the Government of Canada.
Honours & Awards
Finalist for the JHR / CAJ Emerging Indigenous Journalist Award for 2022 and 2023
Digital Publishing Awards' Best Topical Reporting: Climate Change 2024 nominee
Winner of the 2024 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards Justice category
Feds fund support for consultation paperwork pileup
For Angel Ransom, it’s stacks of paperwork, short timelines, overstretched staff and a gauntlet of project proposals that lead to consultation fatigue.
Communities learn to build quality, energy-efficient housing
Energy efficiency is not visible like a solar project. Instead, it’s hidden like centralized piping in a home that is properly sealed and ventilated.
Algonquin Nation nuclear waste site court challenge a ‘litmus test’ for federal United Nations Declaration Act
The case filed by Kebaowek First Nation this week argues the approval should be set aside or reconsidered and sets the stage for a legal test of how much sway the United Nations Declaration Act holds in Canadian courts.
Activist group rebrands, but its hard push for a national wildfire agency remains
Last Generation Canada is aligning with an international climate movement network called A22 as it prepares for a new wave of direct action and demands in the nation’s capital.
Greenpeace inflates a giant owl to push feds on promised nature protection law
On Wednesday, Greenpeace Canada inflated a giant owl on the Rideau Hall grounds near Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s residence to demand movement on a promised nature protection law.
Eyes turn to B.C. as U.S. pauses approval of LNG projects
Calls from climate advocates to follow the lead of the United States and pause Canadian liquified natural gas projects face a serious challenge: a promise of economic reconciliation tied to capital and liquified natural gas (LNG) development.
‘The mining rush for green energy’: Why Ontario chiefs are asking for a moratorium on claims
Last week, the Chiefs of Ontario called for a moratorium on mining claims to deal with the problems connected with the onslaught of stakes linked to the province’s digital mineral lands administration system.
Building the next generation of eco-conscious leaders
The ImaGENation Youth Mentorship Program supports Indigenous youth in becoming clean energy leaders through a decolonized approach emphasizing land and community.
First Nation wants feds to disallow permits for nuclear waste site
Kebaowek First Nation said the permits issued under the Species at Risk Act should be suspended and that the nuclear research company should do more to mitigate environmental risks associated with its nuclear waste facility. The request was made Tuesday to Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault.
Climate change is robbing Inuit of their food and culture, yet compensation is out of reach
There is no dispute the overheating climate is already causing loss and damage in the Arctic, but because Inuit in Canada technically live in a rich, developed country, they are ineligible to tap the funds to compensate them. But now, the Inuit Circumpolar Council is calling for change.