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About Cameron Fenton

Cam Fenton is the Canada team lead with 350.org. He lives and works in Squamish, B.C.

15 Articles

It’s satire, people. A message from the Ministry of Just Transition

The point of satire is to point out ridiculous things — like a government claiming to be a climate leader and investing billions of dollars in fossil fuel expansion.
Opinion | April 29th 2022

A truly just transition could help tamp down right-wing rage

Think of the Just Transition Act as a vaccine against the rise of the far-right.
Opinion | February 25th 2022

The new language of climate denial 

Corporations and politicians accept the climate crisis in word, but fail to act like it in deed, writes Cameron Fenton.
Reports from the Race to a Safer World
Opinion | November 18th 2021

Don’t ‘bothsides’ the just transition 

Big Oil seems to be framing climate change as something worthy of debate, rather than what it clearly is: a scientific imperative to take action, writes 350 Canada's Cameron Fenton.
Opinion | October 15th 2021

Three climate priorities for the new federal government

With the federal election behind us, there are three big fights either already underway or just on the horizon where change is possible in battling the climate crisis, writes 350's Cameron Fenton.
Opinion | September 22nd 2021

What climate voters really want to know: Will you keep it in the ground?

How do the party platforms in the federal election measure up when it comes to battling the climate crisis?
Election 2021
Opinion | September 18th 2021

We need this election to be all about climate

While I didn’t want this election, I think we need it, writes Cameron Fenton, Canada team lead with 350.org.
Election 2021
Opinion | August 18th 2021
A man in a suit and turban sits in front of a bright orange wall

Jagmeet Singh needs to get serious about climate change

By ceding the climate ground to Trudeau, Jagmeet Singh and the NDP are allowing him to wrongly define what climate action looks like, writes Cameron Fenton, Canada team lead with 350.org.
Opinion | April 7th 2021

Keystone cancellation highlights Trudeau's broken promise of a just transition

A Just Transition Act needs to invest first and foremost in those communities bearing the brunt of both climate change and the fossil fuel industry, writes Cameron Fenton, Canada team lead with 350.org.
Opinion, Energy, Politics | January 21st 2021

Trudeau confidence vote means NDP holds all the cards — and a chance to ditch TMX for good

Of course, convincing Justin Trudeau to defund Trans Mountain won’t happen overnight. But if the NDP brings the pipeline into their negotiations with Trudeau, it will force a national conversation about Canada’s post-pandemic priorities.
Opinion | August 25th 2020
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