Carol Linnitt
Acting Editor-in-chief/Executive director
Carol Linnitt is a journalist, editor, illustrator and co-founder of The Narwhal. Carol has been reporting on energy and environmental politics for the last decade for outlets including VICE Canada, The National Observer, Academic Matters and The Tyee. Carol began her career writing and performing interviews for The Canada Expedition, a non-governmental sustainability initiative, and while working in dispute resolution with communities affected by resource scarcity. Carol has a Master's in English Literature from York University where she studied political theory, natural resource conflicts and Aboriginal rights. She also has a Master's in Philosophy in the field of phenomenology and environmental ethics and has a PhD in English, and Cultural, Social and Political Thought (CSPT) from the University of Victoria. When she’s not on her computer, you can usually find Carol in some ocean, somewhere, free-diving or surfing.
Stories by Carol Linnitt
For decades B.C. failed to address selenium pollution in the Elk Valley. Now no one knows how to stop it.
15 min. readThere are no viable solutions to stop the tide of selenium leaching into Canadian and...
Trans Mountain vs. killer whales: the tradeoff Canadians need to be talking about
Can Canada build its new oil pipeline to the West Coast and meet its legal...
‘These landscapes have spirits’: Trekking in Tahltan country
Between the glaciers and the volcanoes and the quartz-adorned stones there's something else beckoning in...
B.C. shaved $12,000 off environmental fines for Teck mining pollution
Internal e-mails show mining giant Teck Resources successfully ducked $12,000 in penalties for polluting water
Fighting historic wildfires amid bad ideas and no funding
What does good national wildfire management actually look like?
Jacinda Mack wants to get real about what that mine is actually going to do to your community
Nearly four years after the Mount Polley mine spill one Indigenous woman is taking her...
University of Alberta air quality research reviewed by coal producer prior to publication, documents reveal
Research released by the University of Alberta’s School of Public Health on the health effects...
U.S. Looks to Crack Down on Pollution of Montana River from B.C. Coal Mines
The continuous flow of dangerous pollution from B.C.’s Elk Valley coal mines into a Montana...
