Chris Hatch

Christopher Hatch is a commentator, editor and key business strategist for National Observer.

Email: Chris[at]nationalobserver.com

30 Articles

There are now over 10 million jobs in renewable energy

Asia is leading the global surge in renewable energy jobs. In 2017, the renewable energy industry broke a symbolic threshold, employing over 10 million people, according to the International Renewable Energy Association's latest research.

By Chris Hatch in News, Energy, Politics | May 9th 2018

Tsleil-Waututh member Will George stands on the shores of the Burrard Inlet in Burnaby, B.C. on Feb. 7, 2018, near the terminal for Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline. Photo by Jennifer Osborne

After 172 arrests, Kinder Morgan blockades pause for ceremony

Indigenous Watch House guardian Will George called for a pause in blockades and a "week of ceremony" after 172 people were arrested over the past week blockading Kinder Morgan's pipeline terminal in Burnaby B.C.

Trans Mountain

By Chris Hatch in News, Energy | March 26th 2018

Green Party leader Elizabeth May, MP Kennedy Stewart arrested blockading Kinder Morgan

Green Party leader Elizabeth May and NDP MP Kennedy Stewart were arrested blockading Kinder Morgan's pipeline terminal in Burnaby B.C. on Friday.

Trans Mountain

By Chris Hatch in News, Energy, Politics | March 23rd 2018

Spill near Vancouver. Is the cosmos messing with Trudeau and Notley?

The cosmos must be messing with Justin Trudeau and Rachel Notley. Just as the Kinder Morgan pipeline controversy surges to fever pitch over oil spill impacts, a barge near Vancouver has sunk, spilling diesel into the ocean in the territory of the Squamish Nation.

Opinion

By Chris Hatch in Opinion | February 1st 2018

Steve Katz with Linda Solomon Wood on practicing journalism in the time of Trump

How well do you understand the damage to our collective psyches by Donald Trump's "chaos-based" government? Steve Katz, publisher of Mother Jones, gave National Observer subscribers an account from the front lines of American journalism at the kickoff event in the "Urgent Conversations" series, held Nov. 16 in Vancouver.

State of Journalism

By Jorge Amigo & Chris Hatch in News | November 20th 2017

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Pattie Sellers, Fortune, Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit, Gala, Washington

Trudeau has room to step up on climate

Fully 79 per cent of Canadians believe we “face a catastrophe if we fail to do more.”

Opinion

Race Against Climate Change

By Chris Hatch in Opinion, Energy | November 13th 2017

Supersizing electric vehicles: Loblaws trucks going green

Loblaws, which owns widely-known brands including President's Choice, Joe Fresh and Asian grocery chain T&T, announced a commitment to completely electrify its fleet of trucks

Race Against Climate Change

By Jenny Uechi & Chris Hatch in News, Energy, Politics | November 3rd 2017

Petronas cancellation highlights need for just transition off fossil fuels

Petronas has cancelled plans for a massive project in B.C. that would have become the largest source of climate pollution in Canada.

Opinion

Race Against Climate Change

By Chris Hatch in Opinion | July 25th 2017

Is big oil committing fraud to stay in business?

Canada’s oilsands have been sucked into the bitter legal fight around Exxon and climate change.

Opinion

Race Against Climate Change

By Chris Hatch in Opinion, Energy | July 24th 2017

Who's banking on Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline?

Canada's "big five" banks are the largest backers of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline project, according to the company's financial documents.

By Tucker McLachlan & Chris Hatch in Analysis, Energy, Politics | July 21st 2017