The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada https://thenarwhal.ca The Narwhal’s team of investigative journalists dives deep to tell stories about the natural world in Canada you can’t find anywhere else. en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal News Society Wed, 13 May 2026 16:03:02 +0000 The Narwhal | News on Climate Change, Environmental Issues in Canada https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/the-narwhal-rss-icon.png https://thenarwhal.ca 144 144 DeSmogCAST 14: Canada’s Silenced Scientists, Tanker Train Industry Fights and Coal’s Climate Secret https://thenarwhal.ca/desmogcast-14-canada-s-silenced-scientists-tanker-train-industry-fights-and-coal-s-climate-secret/?utm_source=rss http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/04/11/desmogcast-14-canada-s-silenced-scientists-tanker-train-industry-fights-and-coal-s-climate-secret/ Sat, 11 Apr 2015 15:00:00 +0000
In this episode of DeSmogCAST host Farron Cousins discusses DeSmog Canada's recently unsuccessful attempt to interview an Environment Canada scientist.   Steve Horn from DeSmogBlog gives the background story to the in-fighting between oil refiners and tanker train operators who don't want to pay extra to transport dangerous fuels like Bakkan oil or diluted bitumen from the Alberta oilsands.   Finally Cousins asks DeSmogBlog's Mike Gaworecki to explain new revelations that coal companies are taking climate change very seriously – but only behind closed doors.  

 

  For articles mentioned in this episode see below:

Access Denied: Ministry of Environment Vetoes Interview Request on Oilsands Toxins in Animals

How the Ministry of Environment Vetoed Our Interview Request

Feds stifle media questions around oil sands' toxic effects, FOIs reveal

Purposeful Distraction? Unpacking the Oil Refiners' "Bomb Trains" Lawsuit vs. Warren Buffett's BNSF

Coal Companies Talking Out Both Sides Of Their Mouths When It Comes To Climate Change

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