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Some personal news: Beyond excited to be joining Faculty of Information & Media Studies (FIMS) to teach journalism with some of the best reporters, students and scholars in the business. fims.uwo.ca/news/2024/chri…

The energy transition could repeat many of the problems associated with the fossil fuel era. Recycling critical minerals could reduce the need for more extraction. Here's how one city is trying to make that happen. …nenergyfrontier.climatechangenews.com/the-canadian-c…

What happens when a group of chemists in a small town in Canada put their mind to address the challenges of recycling rare earths for the energy transition? Chris Arsenault went to Kingston to find out for Climate Home News's Clean Energy Frontier series. …nenergyfrontier.climatechangenews.com/the-canadian-c…

The Canadian government has been working to ramp up its EV supply chain. And Kingston, Ont stands to benefit as it's home to a growing number of cleantech startups recycling the rare earth elements needed for the energy transition, writes Chris Arsenault. corporateknights.com/category-circu…

The Isthmus of Tehuantapec is home to one of Latin America’s largest wind projects. But Mexico’s attempt to create a clean energy supply chain is also causing conflicts with local farmers, a global trend likely to accelerate. Reporting with Philippe Le Billon thanks to Global Reporting Centre

Before winning Mexico's presidential vote, Claudia Sheinbaum co-authored a study cautioning, "although wind energy has numerous benefits, concerns of the local people have to be taken seriously." Some local people in Oaxaca say their concerns are being ignored

As Mexico looks to expand renewable energy supply chains, a French court greenlights a lawsuit by farmers who say wind power megaprojects have stoked land conflicts and violence. Reporting w/ Philippe Le Billon Thanks to Global Reporting Centre for the support rb.gy/pni6k5

Amid violence at wind projects in southern Mexico, farmers and advocacy groups ProDESC ECCHR sue French multinational @EDF_Renewables for a failure prevent harassment against land rights campaigners Global Reporting Centre Philippe Le Billon news.mongabay.com/2024/06/french…

What happens when a former academic studying conflicts over windmills becomes president responsible for crafting energy policy? Farmers in Oaxaca, #Mexico are about to find out Reporting w/ Philippe Le Billon for Climate Home News thanks to Global Reporting Centre shorturl.at/gAhZu

After years of violence surrounding one of Latin America’s largest wind energy projects, local residents are cautiously optimistic that Mexico’s incoming president understands their anger over what they call poor consultations and environmental damage. buff.ly/3xGYixB

Wild story based on old fashioned shoe leather reporting in the Amazon and new geospatial analysis. In Brazil’s Amazon, carbon credit traders cash in on public forests washingtonpost.com/world/interact…

After more than three years of legal wrangling, a court in Paris ruled a civil case brought by Indigenous communities in Mexico against French energy giant EDF could go ahead. Read the latest by Chris Arsenault and Philippe Le Billon. With support from the GRC. bit.ly/3Av1Fsk

Financing & approving a documentary, then cancelling it when politicians complain, is the "worst of all worlds" When more journalism in Canada is funded via subsidies, giving politicians a veto over controversial content is dangerous. By Sonja Puzic shorturl.at/1X3ZE

Canada's changes to permits for international students reward the worst colleges and hurt serious researchers #cdnpoli #education policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/nove…

Changes to permits for international students reward the worst colleges. Chris Arsenault takes a look at "the worst of all outcomes"... policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/nove…

Check out the award-winning CBC News collab with Chris Arsenault and Philippe Le Billon! bit.ly/3V04YxZ

In his acceptance speech to lead the Liberal Party, Mary Carney said he wants to make Canada “an energy superpower in both clean and conventional energy”, echoing phrasing from a former Conservative prime minister who had close ties to the oil patch climatechangenews.com/2025/03/19/can…

SPI’s Dr. Colleen Kaiser talks industrial #CarbonPricing and #ClimateAction in a new piece by Chris Arsenault for Climate Home News 👇 climatechangenews.com/2025/03/19/can…

Thanks to the Michener committee -- honoured to win this and excited to get to work.

Prof Chris Arsenault, chair of #WesternU's master of media in journalism and communications program, received the Michener–L. Richard O’Hagan Fellowship for Journalism Education for his project teaching investigative journalism to the next generation. news.westernu.ca/2025/06/the-ar…