Gerald Kutney

Columnist Ottawa English

Analysis, Opinion, Energy, Politics, climate change, global warming

Gerald is a commentator in the news media and on social media on the politics of the climate crisis. He has authored the book Carbon Politics and the Failure of the Kyoto Protocol and is currently working on #ClimateBrawl: The Politics of the Climate Crisis. Gerald is also known for having inspired the popular hashtag on Twitter: “#ClimateBrawl.”

He is ranked in the top 100 global influencers in Climate Science & Forecast on Twitter, commonly appears in the top ten of Twitter network analyses on climate change and related topics, and was the #1 global influencer for “Education & Public Awareness in the #ClimateChange Debate.”

He has a Ph.D. in chemistry and is an elected Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. He was an adjunct professor at the University of Northern British Columbia and taught the graduate course Climate Change & Global Warming. Now living in Ottawa, he has presented several guest lectures at Carleton University on climate change denial.

6 Articles

Conservatives’ climate denial makes them political dinosaurs

Where does the Conservative Party of Canada go from here? How can Canadians put their trust in a political party that denies "climate change is real?" asks Gerald Kutney.

Opinion

By Gerald Kutney | Opinion | March 25th 2021

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney walks past journalists in Toronto on May 3, 2019. File photo by Tijana Martin

Kenney is hardly going 'green'

In a recent op-ed, I called Mr. Kenney a climate denier. Was I wrong?

Opinion

By Gerald Kutney | Opinion | February 11th 2020

Jason Kenney blackmailing Canada won't solve climate crisis

Support for the Teck Frontier project symbolises the laissez-faire attitude of the government of Alberta that has allowed GHG emissions to soar without restraint.

Opinion

By Gerald Kutney | Opinion | February 10th 2020

In Alberta, a shocking abuse of political power to protect the oil industry

Kenney's war room is good for oil and himself but bad for the country. Without major reductions in oilsands pollution, Canada will not meet its climate commitments.

Opinion

By Gerald Kutney | Opinion, Energy, Politics | September 16th 2019

Scheer’s climate plan: was it worth the wait?

Andrew Scheer has certainly waited an awfully long time to release his climate plan. Pundits had given up trying to pry one from him, and I have often tweeted about him being “the man with no climate plan.” Well, no more, at last the plan has been unveiled.

Opinion

By Gerald Kutney | Opinion, Energy, Politics | June 20th 2019

Supporters staged behind Ontario Premier Doug Ford during an election campaign event on April 16, 2018 in Nepean, Ont. Photo by Alex Tétreault

Doug Ford’s propaganda against a price on carbon

Never in my lifetime have I seen such intense propaganda unleashed in Canada, as the Ontario government’s attack on carbon tax, writes Gerald Kutney.

Opinion

By Gerald Kutney | Opinion, Energy, Politics | May 17th 2019