The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 A voter’s guide to climate issues this B.C. election https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-election-2024-energy-promises/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:04:43 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=121794 From amping up power production to the future of LNG, here are the policies being promised in the B.C. election — and what’s on the chopping block Shannon Waters Explainer B.C. election 2024 CleanBC John Rustad LNG Woodfibre LNG Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal Document reveals influence of oil and gas lobbyists on B.C. officials after Indigenous Rights ruling https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-oil-gas-blueberry-docs/ Wed, 02 Mar 2022 23:07:13 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=44587 Internal documents released through freedom of information legislation show industry lobbyists claim the precedent-setting Blueberry ruling will lead to 10,000 job losses and tens of millions in lost annual revenue for B.C. But government figures and expert analysis suggest calculating the true economic impacts of respecting Indigenous Rights is a more complicated — and potentially more positive — tale than industry is telling Matt Simmons In-Depth B.C. CleanBC Coastal GasLink pipeline Fossil Fuel Subsidies Indigenous Rights LNG Photo: Garth Lenz / The Narwhal Oil and gas infrastructure in the Blueberry River First Nations territory The ‘glaring gap’ in B.C.’s new climate plan https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-climate-2030-roadmap/ Tue, 26 Oct 2021 22:44:06 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=37347 Environmental groups say while the province has made important gains in new roadmap, it’s still not clear how B.C. will tackle emissions from fracking and LNG Ainslie Cruickshank Explainer B.C. CleanBC climate change Fossil Fuel Subsidies fracking LNG natural gas Photo: Garth Lenz / The Narwhal Are B.C.’s oil and gas subsidies to blame for the incomplete CleanBC plan? https://thenarwhal.ca/clean-bc-oil-gas-subsidies-emissions/ Tue, 08 Dec 2020 21:56:50 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=24480 The CleanBC plan, released two years ago, still doesn’t lay out a credible pathway to meet emissions targets. A look at fracking and LNG helps explain why Carol Linnitt Explainer B.C. CleanBC climate change Corporate Influence fracking LNG Oil and Gas Development. Farmington Area. B.C. election: what Horgan’s NDP majority government means for climate and the environment https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-election-results-2020-ndp-majority-climate-environment/ Sun, 25 Oct 2020 05:43:18 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=23160 The B.C. NDP victory comes amid lingering questions about the fate of the Site C dam and whether the province will be able to meet its climate targets Arik Ligeti News B.C. B.C. election 2020 CleanBC Endangered Species forestry John Horgan LNG Site C dam John Horgan BC NDP B.C. eyes opportunities to secure emissions credits for ‘lower carbon’ LNG, metals https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-emissions-credits-lng-copper-aluminum/ Tue, 06 Oct 2020 22:00:11 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=22302 Research commissioned by B.C. government, business group compares greenhouse gas emissions intensity of province’s natural resources to emissions from competing jurisdictions Ainslie Cruickshank In-Depth B.C. carbon tax CleanBC climate change forestry LNG logging mining Paris Agreement B.C. Premier John Horgan B.C.’s emissions reach highest levels since 2001 https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-ghg-emissions-2018-climate-targets/ Fri, 07 Aug 2020 01:37:34 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=21102 Newly released provincial greenhouse gas emission inventory for 2018 shows pollution spike, with oil and gas extraction, heavy-duty diesel vehicles responsible Judith Lavoie News B.C. CleanBC climate change greenhouse gas emissions Photo: Garth Lenz / The Narwhal Flaring at Encana pad near Tower Gas Plant well #16-06-081-17. Fact check: are B.C.’s LNG ambitions compatible with its climate goals? https://thenarwhal.ca/fact-check-b-c-s-lng-climate-goals/ Thu, 09 Jul 2020 17:12:15 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=20208 Government and industry love to tout liquefied natural gas as a ‘transition fuel,’ but independent studies suggest the fossil fuel is no cleaner than coal Matt Simmons Explainer B.C. BC Hydro CleanBC climate change Coastal GasLink pipeline LNG LNG Canada TC Energy Woodfibre LNG Flaring B.C. fracking LNG methane emissions B.C. eyes emissions trading to offset effects of LNG development, government documents show https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-emissions-trading-paris-agreement-article-6-lng/ Fri, 03 Jul 2020 19:34:05 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=20007 Province considers trading under Paris Agreement a ‘priority’ to ensure it can push forward with industrial development and meet its climate commitments. But the COVID-19 pandemic has delayed international negotiations on trading rules, creating uncertainty on if and when this will be possible Ainslie Cruickshank In-Depth CleanBC climate change coronavirus LNG Paris Agreement renewable energy LNG tanker Clean B.C. is quietly using coal and gas power from out of province. Here’s why https://thenarwhal.ca/clean-b-c-is-quietly-using-coal-and-gas-power-from-out-of-province-heres-why/ Tue, 03 Dec 2019 23:51:48 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=15624 Behind the sheen of its CleanBC program, the province holds back hydro power to instead import cheap electricity from 12 states including Wyoming, Utah, Nebraska and Montana which generate 55 to 90 per cent of their power from coal Sarah Cox Explainer In-Depth BC Hydro CleanBC Climate emissions Powerex Transmission lines