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
Pipeline Spills 290,000 Litres of Crude Oil Emulsion in Northern Alberta
3 min. readA pipeline owned by Paramount Resources Ltd. released an estimated 100,000 litres of crude oil...
Words from the ‘Sacrifice Zone’: Caleb Behn on How B.C. is Failing First Nations on Fracking
When the B.C. government announced its promised review of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, earlier this...
NDP Offers Tax Breaks, Subsidies to Attract B.C.’s Single Largest Carbon Polluter: LNG Canada
The B.C. government unveiled a new natural gas development plan Thursday in an attempt to...
B.C. Fracking Inquiry Won’t Address Public Health or Emissions, Government Assures Industry Lobby Group
B.C.’s scientific inquiry into fracking won’t address risks to public health, the government quietly assured...
B.C. is About to Become Last Place on West Coast to Allow Open-Net Fish Farms
Fish farm opponents and proponents alike are waiting with bated breath as a bill to...
How Indigenous Peoples Are Changing the Way Canada Thinks About Conservation
From the historic agreement that created the Great Bear Rainforest to B.C.’s Dasiqox Tribal Park...
Canada Commits Historic $1.3 Billion to Create New Protected Areas
The Trudeau government committed an unprecedented $1.3 billion in Tuesday’s Budget 2018 to protect land...
Remember When Harper Ruined Canada’s Environmental Laws? Here’s How the Liberals Want to Revamp Them
Remember that whole fiasco in 2012 when Stephen Harper basically, you know, eviscerated most of...
‘Bloodwater’ Released into B.C.’s Coastal Water Contains Deadly Fish Virus, Government Tests Confirm
Laboratory testing by the B.C. government has confirmed tens of thousands of litres of bloody...
