Q: Who is Peter Fairley?

A: An independent journalist, author and editor
with a passion for energy technology and change

 


 

 

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
Island home, but exploring energy systems still calls me far afield
.
For the latest see my
Carbon-Nation webjournal.


PAST

 

·  B.Sc. in molecular biology from McGill University in Montreal

·  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
Science, Health and Environmental Reporting

·  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 University of Victoria


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


 

FUTURE

As an author I am digging deeper:

·  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

 


 

 

SELECTED WRITING :// energy - environment - technology

NEW MEDIA :// Carbon-Nation - publish2 - twitter - Energywise

GLOBAL :// reportage - 中文 - español - deutsch - italiano

CONTACT :// LinkedIn+1 250 514 6248email

 

 

 

 

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