James Wilt
Reporter
@james_m_wilt James Wilt is a freelance journalist based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He holds a journalism degree from Mount Royal University in Calgary. He regularly contributes to The Narwhal, and has also written for VICE Canada, National Observer, CBC Calgary, Alberta Oil, Canadian Dimension and Briarpatch. His work for The Narwhal often focuses on oilsands, climate policy and fossil fuel infrastructure.
Stories by James Wilt
What’s an intact forest worth? The tricky task of quantifying Canada’s nature-based climate solutions
17 min. readCarbon offsets, explained
The battle for the ‘breathing lands’: Ontario’s Ring of Fire and the fate of its carbon-rich peatlands
Ontario’s vast peatlands serve as home to dozens of First Nations, store immense amounts of...
‘Projects of death’: Impact of hydro dams on environment, Indigenous communities highlighted at Winnipeg conference
Hundreds of individuals from all over the world gathered to discuss the devastating social and...
‘This is sacred’: the fight against a massive frac sand mine in Manitoba
The project — which would extract 1.2 million tonnes of sand every year for the...
Canada bans deep-sea mining, oil and gas drilling in marine protected areas
The decision, which also prevents waste dumping and bottom trawling, helps inch Canada closer to...
Internal memo at Natural Resources Canada responds to The Narwhal’s reporting on low mining taxes and royalties
The analysis, released through Freedom of Information laws, raises important questions about government’s treatment of...
Canada won’t perform an environmental review of most new oilsands projects. Here’s why.
The future of development in Alberta’s oilsands lies in underground, steam-assisted operations that represent some...
A cautionary tale for oil-by-rail: the Lac-Mégantic disaster five years later
In this Q&A we speak with Bruce Campbell, author of a new book on the...
The mega oilsands pipeline you’ve never heard of
As Canada fights over Trans Mountain, Enbridge’s most expensive project — Line 3 — inches...
