Brian Mann

Brian Mann is Adirondack bureau chief for North Country Public Radio in northern New York. He regularly covers Canadian issues, energy policy, and rural politics in the US. Brian lives on a seventy acre hay farm in New York's Champlain Valley. His work appears regularly in a variety of national public media outlets. His 2007 book "Welcome to the Homeland" is an exploration of the rise of small town political power in American politics.

Recent Stories

Economics

Climate warrior? Champion of 'Big Oil'? Canada's leader wants to be both.

PRI's The World

July 21, 2017

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promises to make steep cuts in climate pollution while still increasing the flow of dirty tar sands oil. It's a high-wire act that has him taking fire from both sides.

Health

The US Ebola cases remind Toronto healthcare workers of their SARS outbreak in 2003

PRI's The World

November 10, 2014

In 2003, when SARS broke out in Toronto, many doctors and nurses got sick and died from the disease. “I think we lost control of it in Canada," says one Canadian nurse. "We should learn from that moment and be prepared.”

Environment

Enviropig

Living on Earth

June 13, 2008

Animal manure on industrial farms can wreak environmental havoc. At the University of Guelph in Ontario, microbiologist Cecil Forsberg has found a solution to the problem. He genetically modified pigs to produce low-phosphorous manure.

Southwest Water Woes

Living on Earth

May 04, 2007

As climate change cuts the flow of the Colorado river, drought-like conditions in the American Southwest may become the norm.

Zebra Mussels

Living on Earth

July 05, 2002

Monarch Butterflies

Living on Earth

April 19, 2002