Tom Duck's Media Interviews
Since August 2011 I have been involved in raising awareness about government cutbacks to Environment Canada -- especially its renowned ozone program -- and environmental monitoring programs in general. Below is a list of media reports that I have played some role in. Many of them have been featured on the Save Environment Canada facebook page, which "reports Canadian environment and policy news, Question Period videos, and opinions".
Information about the status of the Atmospheric-Optics Laboratory can be found here. See also my personal home page.
- 1 April 2013: Silencing our scientists. CBC News/The National.
- 1 April 2013: Investigating 'muzzled' scientists. CBC News.
- 9 October 2012: Canada's ozone science group falls victim to government cuts. Stephen Leahy/The Guardian.
- 25 September 2012: Kent's claims regarding Arctic PEARL 'factually incorrect'. Thomas J. Duck/iPolitics.
- 19 September 2012: Canada moves to allay ozone monitoring fears. Hannah Hoag/Nature.
- 28 August 2012: Penny wise and pound-foolish: reducing ozone science when we need it most. Sultan Latif and Janos Mate/The Star.
- 1 August 2012: May calls for drilling ban in Gulf of St. Lawrence. CBC News.
- 1 August 2012: Groups call for offshore drilling moratorium. Bill Power/Chronicle Herald.
- 15 July 2012: Live radio interview on "Death of Evidence". Maritime Morning Weekend Edition with Erin Trafford, News 95.7 Halifax.
- 21 June 2012: Environment Canada confused by cuts, union letter says. Mike De Souza/Postmedia.
- 13 June 2012: Hundreds protest federal budget bill in Halifax. Alex Boutilier/Metro News.
- 4 June 2012: Harper's War on Science: An Interview With Thomas Duck. Paul Dechene/Prairie Dog.
- 1 June 2012: ELA soon to be MIA. Paul Dechene/Prairie Dog Magazine
- 30 May 2012: BIO-based agency will be cut back. John McPhee/Chronicle-Herald.
- 25 May 2012: Pollution monitoring team faces cuts. Mike De Souza/Postmedia.
- 17 April 2012: Environment Canada will see dramatic change of role after budget cuts: critics. Mike De Souza/Postmedia.
- 12 April 2012: Feds slash environment budgets without info, critics charge. Mike De Souza/Postmedia.
- 31 March 2012: Tough times for research foreseen. Michael Gorman/Chronicle Herald.
- 16 March 2012: When Opinion Trumps Scientific Reason (Or the ideological basis for federal cuts to environmental spending). Thomas J. Duck/The Mark Op-ed.
- 9 March 2012: PEARL, cut by swine. Rob Brown/Terrace Standard.
- 4 March 2012: Ottawa squanders Canada's research advantage in environmental studies. Thomas J. Duck/The Star Op-ed.
- 29 Februrary 2012: La station Eureka fermera en avril. Louis-Gilles Francoeur/Le Devoir.
- 28 February 2012: Government cutbacks close Arctic research station. Sonya Bell/iPolitics.
- 16 February 2012: U.S. scientists worried about Canadian cuts to environmental monitoring programs. Lynn Dejardins/Radio Canada International.
- 16 February 2011: Budget cuts shut down key ozone sites, amid culture of silence. Sonya Bell/iPolitics.
- 15 February 2012: Canada's air pollution experts moved to 'other priorities'. Margo McDiarmid/CBC.
- 13 February 2012: Canada dropping the ozone ball, scientists warn. Margo McDiarmid/CBC.
- 16 December 2011: Arctic ozone monitoring stations safe from budget cuts. CBC News.
- 15 December 2011: Cutbacks will spare Arctic ozone stations, says Environment Canada official. Sonya Bell/iPolitics.
- 22 November 2011: Memo on ozone monitoring contradicts feds public claims. Paul McLeod/ChronicleHerald.
- 20 November 2011: Senior bureaucrat cast doubt about ozone network cuts. Mike De Souza/PostMedia.
- 16 November 2011: Harper hating on the Environment. Amber Garratt/Western Gazette.
- 9 November 2011: Canada cuts environment spending. Stephen Leahy/IPS.
- 2 November 2011: Ozone hole highlights need for better monitoring. Mike De Souza/PostMedia.
- 1 November 2011: Arctic ozone hole on the table at parliamentary breakfast. Sonya Bell/iPolitics.
- 1 November 2011: Scientists caution against ozone monitoring cuts. Margo McDiarmid/CBC News.
- 1 November 2011: Acid rain and the ozone hole. Graham Saunders/Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal.
- 20 October 2011: Editorial: Environment Canada is melting away. The Gauntlet.
- 14 October 2011: Scientists raise alarm over Environment Canada Cuts, Gag order. Vincenzo Ravina/openfile.
- 23 Sept 2011: Federal government blowing hot air over ozone monitoring cuts: critics. Mike De Souza/PostMedia.
- 23 September 2011: Oil sands monitoring plan threatened by cuts: Experts. Sonya Bell/iPolitics.
- 21 September 2011: Environment minister on the defensive over ozone monitoring cuts. Margaret Munro and Mike De Sousa/Postmedia.
- 21 September 2011: Environment Canada defends ozone monitoring cuts. Heather Scoffield/CP.
- 20 September 2011: Research cuts show government's lack of vision. Margaret Evans/Chilliwack Progress.
- 16 September 2011: Canada's ozone tracking in jeopardy. Emily Chung/CBC News.
- 16 September 2011: CBC News (Radio). Margo McDiarmid reporting.
- 16 September 2011: CBC News at 6. TV, Paul Withers reporting.
- 16 September 2011: CBC Radio 1 "As It Happens". Lead story of Part I: Professor Thomas Duck interviewed by Carol Off
- 16 September 2011: Environment Canada denies ozone program set to close. Sonya Bell/iPolitics.
- 15 September 2011: Tories cutting vital climate science, critics say. Margaret Munro/Postmedia.
- 12 September 2011: Canadian ozone network faces axe. Quirin Scheirmeier/Nature.
- 22 August 2011: The Hidden Cost of Cuts at Environment Canada. Thomas J. Duck/The Star Op-Ed.
