Carl Meyer
Ontario reporter, climate investigations
Carl Meyer is The Narwhal's Ontario reporter, climate investigations, based in Ottawa. In 2024 he won a Canadian Association of Journalists award for his dogged reporting on the climate pledges of oilsands companies. From 2017 to 2021 he worked at Canada's National Observer where he wrote about the science and politics of climate change. Prior to this, he worked as a foreign policy journalist at the Hill Times where he covered defence, diplomacy and international trade. During his 14 years in Ottawa, he has also reported on Statistics Canada's national economic indicators and has written for outlets such as Yahoo News. In his spare time, Carl loves playing music and spending time with his family. Carl's position is supported in part by the Trottier Family Foundation. As per The Narwhal's editorial independence policy, the foundation has no editorial input.
Stories by Carl Meyer
Will anyone want Canada’s oil and gas? Energy regulator delays forecast due to shifting policies
Canada and the U.S. have been changing their energy and climate policies, making it harder...
Attawapiskat organizers want to join First Nations court case against Ontario’s Bill 5
Founders of the Okiniwak Indigenous youth movement and Friends of the Attawapiskat River want the...
A guide to Carney’s pipeline deal — and the climate policies it weakens
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Danielle Smith have signed an agreement to advance Alberta’s...
Canada says anti-greenwashing law prevents industry from ‘speaking up’
Prime Minister Mark Carney is moving to nix some rules around how fossil fuel companies...
RSVP: Unpacking Carney’s major projects push
Join The Narwhal for a free Zoom event on Dec. 2 to unpack the process,...
Alberta wants to release treated oilsands waste into the Athabasca River. Mikisew Cree First Nation says it’s ‘unacceptable’
Prime Minister Mark Carney promised a clean drinking water law for Indigenous communities, but it...
Fast-track or fake-track? Sorting hype from reality in Carney’s major projects blitz
Canada’s list of nation-building projects just got longer — but the federal fast-track isn’t everything...
Doug Ford is abandoning his own climate commitments
The Ontario government is repealing its law requiring a provincial climate plan and emissions reduction...
These are the environmental programs to be cut under Carney’s first budget
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s budget scales back rules around greenwashing, and hints an oil and...