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Q: Who is Peter Fairley? A: An independent
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Born on the outskirts of New York City, I’ve been
moving ever since, making stops in Boston, Berkeley, Kyoto, Montreal, NYC,
Paris, Toronto, Vancouver and Washington D.C. These days I call Paris and
Vancouver |
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PAST |
· B.Sc. in
molecular biology from McGill University
in · Probed the
genetics of embryogenesis
and managed a research lab · Facilitated joint
pharma R&D by U.S. and Japanese companies · Taught high
school chemistry and biology in California public schools · Trained in
journalism via New York University’s M.A. program in · Production
assistant for NBC Nightly News at
30 Rockefeller Plaza · Covered the
technology and politics of pollution for Chemical
Week, a scrappy, independent newsjournal · Taught environmental
journalism at the |
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PRESENT |
· Energy Editor, IEEE Spectrum and its Energywise blog · Contributor, MIT’s Technology Review
and TechReview.com · Freelance writer for mass-market magazines such as
Discover,
The Sunday Times of London, Architectural
Record, and Canadian Business · Online contributor to MSN Green and Earthzine · Source of commentary for broadcast
outlets such as NPR’s Talk
of the Nation, CBC Newsworld,
Inside
Renewable Energy and more · Presenter to
journalism, research, business and community audiences · Author of
“The Perfect Energy: From Earth, Wind or Fire?” in Fueling
the Future (Anansi Press, 2003) and Electricity
& Magnetism (Twenty-First Century Books, 2007) · Board member for the Society
of Environmental Journalists |
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FUTURE |
As
an author · DeGaulle’s Gamble
will explore France’s unrivaled devotion to nuclear energy and its plutonium economy. This project is
supported by the Canada Council for
the Arts · Building Carbon-Nation, a webjournal
charting the technologies available to re-energize and de-carbonize our
economies |
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SELECTED WRITING :// energy - environment - technology NEW
MEDIA :// Carbon-Nation
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twitter - Energywise
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