Russell Blinch

Russ Blinch writes about climate change, the environment and food policy and has roamed the world with postings in Canada, the United States and Asia. He was formerly a senior journalist at Thomson Reuters where he wore many hats—correspondent, bureau chief, and senior editor – while being stationed in Ottawa, San Francisco, Singapore, Washington, DC, and Toronto. He was posted in Singapore from 2004-07 where he traveled throughout the continent to help chronicle the rise of China and how this emerging superpower was changing international trade, energy demand and the environment. He moved to Washington, DC, in 2007 and for five years led a team covering fast moving energy and environmental stories under the Bush and Obama Administrations. Russ now lives in Toronto and is Chief Scribbler at CopyCarbon.com, while also writing for DeSmogBlog, the Guardian and the Huffington Post.

Stories by Russell Blinch

Thousands of members make The Narwhal’s independent journalism possible. Will you help power our work in 2024?
Will you help power our journalism in 2024?
… which means our newsletter has become the most important way we connect with Narwhal readers like you. Will you join the nearly 90,000 subscribers getting a weekly dose of in-depth climate reporting?
A line chart in green font colour with the title "Our Facebook traffic has cratered." Chart shows about 750,000 users via Facebook in 2019, 1.2M users in 2020, 500,000 users in 2021, 250,000 users in 2022, 100,000 users in 2023.
… which means our newsletter has become the most important way we connect with Narwhal readers like you. Will you join the nearly 90,000 subscribers getting a weekly dose of in-depth climate reporting?
A line chart in green font colour with the title "Our Facebook traffic has cratered." Chart shows about 750,000 users via Facebook in 2019, 1.2M users in 2020, 500,000 users in 2021, 250,000 users in 2022, 100,000 users in 2023.
Overlay Image