The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 More dikes and bigger dams could be a multi-billion dollar mistake: here’s how B.C. could ‘build back better’ https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-flooding-atmospheric-river-recovery-solutions/ Mon, 14 Nov 2022 14:12:15 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=63684 A year after catastrophic floods in B.C.'s Fraser Valley, some are concerned the recovery is too focused on trying to fight water with bigger engineering, instead of embracing a global movement to work with water and prioritize nature-based solutions Erica Gies In-Depth B.C. climate adaptation climate change farming going with the flow nature-based climate solutions Photo: Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press Flooded barns with mountains in the background Great Bear Rainforest ‘gift to the world’ came at our expense, says Kwiakah First Nation https://thenarwhal.ca/great-bear-rainforest-gift-to-the-world-came-at-our-expense-says-kwiakah-first-nation/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 21:10:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=9578 It was heralded as a conservation coup, yet one First Nation finds its land — set within the region’s boundaries — facing the threat of increased logging Erica Gies In-Depth forestry great bear rainforest Indigenous Kwiakah First Nation logging Western Forest Products Logging Phillips Arm TimberWest Extinction deniers? Forestry industry undermines caribou conservation with climate denial tactics https://thenarwhal.ca/forestry-industry-climate-denial-tactics/ Tue, 26 Jun 2018 19:58:24 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=6678 Caribou are the latest victims of a disinformation playbook all too familiar to climate scientists Erica Gies In-Depth caribou Corporate Influence forestry wildlife