Geoff Dembicki
NationalityCanadian
Alma materCarleton University
OccupationJournalist
EmployerThe Tyee
Known forThe Petroleum Papers (2022 book)

Geoff Dembicki is a Canadian climate journalist and author. He wrote the 2017 book Are We Screwed and the 2022 book The Petroleum Papers.

Early life and education

Dembicki is from Alberta.[1] He obtained his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Carleton University in 2008.[2]

Career

Dembicki started his career as climate journalist,[1] in 2009, joining The Tyee as an intern,[3] starting employment there in 2010.[2] His work has been published in Vice News, Rolling Stone, The New York Times,[4] Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Penthouse, The Walrus and The Toronto Star.[2] His Foreign Policy piece The Convenient Disappearance of Climate Change Denial in China Energy won the Energy of Words Media Contest in 2018.[5]

He is the author of two books on climate change: Are We Screwed?[6] and The Petroleum Papers (2022).[7] Are We Screwed? won the Santa Monica Public Library Green Prize for Sustainable Literature in 2018,[8][1] and the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Book Award for Social Justice Writing in 2017.[2] The Petroleum Papers was shortlisted for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.[1]

Books

Personal life

Dembicki is based in Brooklyn,[5] New York.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Everything you need to know about the 5 Canadian books shortlisted for $60K Weston Prize for nonfiction". CBC. 1 Nov 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award, a Canadian writing contest with emphasis on social justice issues". greberwritingaward.typepad.com. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  3. ↑ "Some Novel Ideas for Your Holiday Giving". The Tyee. 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  4. ↑ Dembicki, Geoff (2022-07-18). "Alberta's Energy 'War Room' Hires a New Fighter". The Tyee. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  5. 1 2 "Geoff Dembicki | Writers' Trust of Canada". Geoff Dembicki | Writers' Trust of Canada. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  6. ↑ van Koeverden, Jane (29 Aug 2017). "Are We Screwed? Geoff Dembicki brings a millennial perspective to climate change". CBC.
  7. ↑ "Review | A dark tale of money corrupting politics — and destroying the climate". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  8. ↑ "Santa Monica Public Library - Green Prize". smpl.org. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
  9. ↑ "The Tyee Is 15 Years Old, So Let's Hit Rewind". The Tyee. 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
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