Raphael Lopoukhine
Raphael Lopoukhine is an environment-focused digital journalist and multi-media communicator, working in print, the web, design, video and photography. Raphael covered North Vancouver District and City council and wrote long-form environmental features for the North Shore News. He was a Canadian researcher and writer for a six-month magazine-style journalism project, examining conservation, energy development and climate change in the Yellowstone to Yukon corridor. Raphael, with an International Development Research Centre grant, spent seven months examining the oil industry in Venezuela, working as a freelance journalist and field producer for an ABC News documentary. Recently, he created The Canadian Environment as a one-stop shop for the latest Canadian environmental news. Raphael has been published in The Tyee, Vancouver Sun, Georgia Straight, Ottawa Citizen, Huffington Post, CBC Sunday and CBC Newsworld.
Stories by Raphael Lopoukhine
Unlikely Conservatives Join Fight for Ontario’s Carbon Tax
7 min. readA small, conservative movement is growing in Ontario to “reset the conversation” around carbon pricing...
Oilsands are “Canada’s Elephant in the Atmosphere” Warns Carbon Bubble Expert
If oil prices continue their slide downward, the cancellation of high-cost oilsands projects are likely,...
Top Five Craziest Things Climate Change Recently Did in Canada
Climate change “has moved firmly into the present" as “evidence of human-induced climate change continues to...
Federal Science Cuts Stall Climate, Mercury Research
As cuts to federal science budgets continue, former government scientists and academics who’ve lost their...
Government Cuts Leaving Forests Unwatched, Say Former Federal Scientists
This is Part 1 of the series "Science on the Chopping Block," an in-depth look...
Alberta Ramps Up “Responsible Energy Development” Sales Pitch in Wake of New Keystone XL Delay
Days after another delay by the Obama administration on TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline, members of...
Five Canadian Communities Fighting Climate Change That You’ve Probably Never Heard of Before
When you think about what Canada is known for on the international stage these days,...
The Human Face of TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline
A photographer who has shot for National Geographic Traveller is setting out on a road...
Top 5 Reasons Why Geothermal Power is Nowhere in Canada
Canada has no commercial geothermal power plants, despite having abundant potential and, ironically, Canadian energy...
