Is Trudeau Turning His Back On Fixing Canada’s Environmental Laws?
The regulatory system appears to have been calibrated to serve the needs of industry.
Carol is a writer and researcher focusing on energy development, environmental policy, wildlife, Canadian politics, transparency and democracy. She joined DeSmog in June 2010 as a researcher, focusing much of her time on the natural gas industry and hydraulic fracturing.
Carol is the lead author of DeSmog‘s original report Fracking the Future: How Unconventional Gas Threatens Our Water, Health & Climate. Her work also led to the DeSmog micro-documentary CRY WOLF: An Unethical Oil Story and the Cry Wolf investigative series.
Carol began her environmental career writing and performing interviews for The Canada Expedition, a non-governmental sustainability initiative, and while working in dispute resolution with communities affected by resource scarcity.
Carol has a Master’s in English Literature from York University where she studied political theory, natural resource conflicts and aboriginal rights. She also has a Master’s in Philosophy in the field of phenomenology and environmental ethics and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Victoria in the English and Cultural, Social and Political Thought programs. Her work has appeared in the Vancouver Observer, the Huffington Post, Think Progress, EcoWatch and Academic Matters.