Jimmy Thomson
Jimmy Thomson is an environmental journalist and the managing editor of Canada's National Observer. His work has appeared in The Guardian, The Walrus, The Globe and Mail and The Washington Post, and he has won grants and awards including from the National Magazine Awards, Canadian Association of Journalists, the National Newspaper Awards, the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting and IJNR, among others.
Stories by Jimmy Thomson
This B.C. First Nation is Harnessing Small-Scale Hydro to Get off Diesel
5 min. readThe rain comes down in a dense mist as John Ebell shows off the construction site...
Wuikinuxv First Nation is harnessing small-scale hydro to replace diesel fuel
The rain comes down in a dense mist as John Ebell shows off the construction site...
Bella Bella diesel spill: the aftermath
Kelly Brown was awoken at 4:30 a.m. on October 13, 2016, by the kind of...
‘No World-Class Spill Response Here’: Heiltsuk First Nation Pursues Lawsuit One Year After Tug Disaster
Kelly Brown was awoken at 4:30 a.m. on October 13, 2016, by the kind of...
Christy Clark’s Answer to B.C.’s Early Forest Fires? Burn More Fossil Fuels
Christy Clark is our province’s very own natural gas salmon, swimming gamely upstream against the...
Does National Unity Have to be a Casualty of Canada’s Energy Debate?
Workers are laying down their tools across the Canadian oilpatch as the price slump draws...
The Unsexy Climate Solution That’s a Total No-Brainer
There’s a new kind of building going up in an old East Vancouver neighbourhood. An...
Low Expectations for Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall’s High Emissions
The summer of 2010 was a bad year for Saskatchewan. Record floods, winds, and hailstorms...
Should Taxpayers Be On The Hook For Cleaning Up Saskatchewan’s Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells?
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall announced Monday he asked the federal government for $156 million to...
