Chris Hatch

Zero Carbon Newsletter Vancouver

Analysis, climate change, Energy, business, Finance, environment, politics

About Chris Hatch

Chris writes Canada's National Observer's Sunday newsletter, Zero Carbon. His specialty is reporting and analysis on climate change. He was previously the executive editor at National Observer and frequently collaborates with CNO's carbon columnist, Barry Saxifrage.

50 Articles

Canada supporting fossil fuels at 10 times the G20 average during pandemic

It’s crucial that we don’t accelerate deeper into danger, like we did after the last recession.

Race to a Safer World

Next Stop: Parents rally for electric school buses

Just days after Prince Edward Island pledged to make the province’s entire school bus fleet all-electric, a network of parents has launched to convince other provincial governments to follow suit.

Race to a Safer World

UN climate negotiations end in 'demoralizing, enraging' failure

The United Nations climate talks went into record overtime and then ended in failure on Sunday. The countries gathered in Madrid for COP25 were unable to agree on the main objectives of the negotiations and kicked the most important decisions down the road to next year’s meeting in Glasgow, Scotland.

COP25 underperforms meager expectations

COP25 managed to underperform even the lowest expectations heading to Madrid. And Australia, Brazil and the United States were the main obstructionists

Race to a Safer World

Whiplash for Canada at COP25

Race to a Safer World

Global climate summit. COP or Cop-out?

You’ve been hearing there's a global climate summit happening in Madrid this week. If you’re wondering what these international negotiations are and whether they have been making any progress, you’ve come to the right place.

Race to a Safer World

Unprecedented protest rocks 'Kafkaesque' COP25

Protests led by Indigenous leaders shut down the main hall of COP25 in Madrid on Wednesday. In an unprecedented event, about 500 people stormed the area outside the high-level negotiations decrying the lack of action by assembled governments to address the climate emergency.

Race to a Safer World

Chris Hatch

Canada supporting fossil fuels at 10 times the G20 average during pandemic

Next Stop: Parents rally for electric school buses

UN climate negotiations end in 'demoralizing, enraging' failure

COP25 underperforms meager expectations

Whiplash for Canada at COP25

Global climate summit. COP or Cop-out?

Unprecedented protest rocks 'Kafkaesque' COP25

Canada applauded for zero carbon commitment at COP25

Tesla Cybertruck carbon crushes Ford F-150

Independent Alberta would be the world’s worst climate polluter