Robert Hackett
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Contributing columnist | Burnaby, B.C.
About Robert Hackett
Robert Hackett is a Professor Emeritus of Communication at Simon Fraser University, a Burnaby-based climate and coast defender, and co-author of Journalism and Climate Crisis: Public Engagement, Media Alternatives (Routledge, 2017).
A blind spot in the climate movement's agenda? An interview with Yves Engler
Yves Engler's myth-busting research about the Canadian military should be a wake-up call in the struggle to avoid nuclear and climate catastrophe, writes Robert Hackett.
Why the words media use to describe climate change matter
In Canadian media outlets, the term "climate change" overtook "global warming" in 2002, a gap that has since widened.
Petromedia: Why we don’t have better reporting on climate
In examining powerful institutions like Big Oil, costly investigative journalism takes a backseat to reactive coverage, write Robert Hackett and Hanna Araza.
Petromedia: How Postmedia gives big ink to Big Oil
If Canadians want a conversation about energy and climate policy undistorted by Big Oil's outsized influence, newspapers still matter. Are they doing the job?
Are environmentalists turning away from the BC NDP?
Out of the B.C. provincial election may come a greener, younger, more climate-savvy legislative body. It's a long shot, but better than none at all.
David Suzuki, Sandy Hudson, Catherine McKenna, Bruce Lourie, Graham Saul and Chomsky
David Suzuki, Catherine McKenna, Tzeporah Berman, Bruce Lourie, Graham Saul, Noam Chomsky on the fork in the road: a conversation series broadly agreed on some of the principles for post-pandemic Canada. Invest in green energy that can replace fossil fuels. Electrify the supply and distribution of power. Don’t subsidize or bail out big gas and oil companies.
Noam Chomsky on post-COVID-19 society: Trump is worse than Hitler, but the peasants are coming with pitchforks
Chomsky avoids the trap of blaming America's woes on a single politician, no matter how destructive and venal.
Pipeline projects, the pandemic and the question journalists fail to ask
Are pipeline megaprojects worth adding public-health risks to their indisputable environmental costs?
B.C. NDP should abandon LNG pipe dream, create real jobs instead
As we ponder post-pandemic economic and social recovery, pouring tax money into LNG is not the right fork in the road to take.
Pipeline fight is not over, and Canadians everywhere have a stake
The federal election in October could give the balance of power to two parties – Greens and New Democrats – which are both opposed to the Trans Mountain expansion.