https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/woodfibre-lng-missing-data-health-impacts/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 19:00:21 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=125591 As construction begins on the Woodfibre LNG facility in Squamish, B.C., residents are worried about air pollution and health impacts from flaring — the process of burning off excess gas. Missing environmental assessment data doesn’t quell their fears Shannon Waters News B.C. LNG foi fracking methane Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal. Flaring photo: The Canadian Press/AP-David Goldman A flare stack from a liquid natural gas production facility is superimposed over a blue-tinted photo of Squamish, B.C. https://thenarwhal.ca/enbridge-gas-president-energy-regulations/ Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=124893 The energy giant’s top official tells a crowd of investors and policymakers that less regulation is better — in Ontario and across Canada Fatima Syed News Enbridge environmental law federal politics greenwashing methane natural gas oil and gas oil and gas influence Ontario Photo: Supplied by Empire Club of Canada Enbridge Gas President Michele Harradence stands at an Empire Club of Canada podium with flags of Ontario and Canada behind her. https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enbridge-gas-municipalities/ Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=111037 The energy giant is lobbying Ontario municipalities to ensure efforts to reduce emissions don't threaten its bottom line Fatima Syed In-Depth climate adaptation Enbridge methane Ontario The Green Economy Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal / The Local A map of Ontario with a cartoon of a blue flame smiling and giving a thumbs up and a pipeline superimposed on top of it. https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-green-for-life-waste-management/ Tue, 18 Jun 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=110097 Ontario-based GFL projects a green image. But a history of fires, water contamination, regulatory violations and neighbour complaints from North Carolina to Hamilton tell another story Wency Leung Investigation contaminated sites environmental law environmental racism greenwashing methane Ontario The Green Economy Photos: Andrew Clark / The Local / The Narwhal Landfill near Roseboro, N.C. https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-landfill-explainer/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=103834 Industries, businesses and institutions make two-thirds of Ontario's garbage. It's too easy for them to dump, burn and export instead of reduce, reuse and recycle Fatima Syed Explainer environmental law methane Ontario urban development Photo: Rachel Verin / The Canadian Press A garbage bin filled to the brim, old chairs, a table and a mattress are seen outside of a building in Toronto, Oct. 1, 2023 https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-food-waste/ Thu, 11 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=96834 Over 60 per cent of Ontario’s food waste ends up in landfills producing methane, even though the fixes are right in front of us Sarah Bartnicka In-Depth environmental law methane Ontario solution urban development An overturned City of Toronto green bin with food spilling out. https://thenarwhal.ca/methane-emissions-bc-lng/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=72969 Notoriously difficult to track, methane emissions disproportionately fuel the climate crisis. As B.C. prepares for an uptick in gas projects, stricter regulations and existing technologies could help the province stick to its reduction targets Matt Simmons Analysis News climate change Coastal GasLink pipeline LNG methane natural gas oil and gas TC Energy Woodfibre LNG Photo: Environmental Defense Fund Seen in infrared, methane emissions from an unlit flare billow out of an oil and gas facility https://thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-project-emissions-bc/ Fri, 20 Jan 2023 17:07:03 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=68420 With construction of its first phase nearing completion, LNG Canada is sending strong signals it will proceed with the full build of its liquefied natural gas export project, making it likely impossible for the province to meet its climate targets Matt Simmons Analysis In-Depth News climate change Coastal GasLink pipeline LNG LNG Canada methane oil and gas renewable energy Site C dam TC Energy Photo: LNG Canada Construction at LNG Canada in Kitimat https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-kenney-covid-relief-climate/ Thu, 30 Jun 2022 20:43:21 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=55251 The Alberta Energy Regulator says pandemic relief for the oilpatch in 2020 disrupted provincial action to fight the climate crisis Carl Meyer Analysis Alberta climate change coronavirus Corporate Influence Democracy environmental law Indigenous Rights methane oil and gas Photo: Dave Chidley / The Canadian Press Alberta Premier Jason Kenney stands in front of a flag of Alberta with his arms outstretched. https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-energy-regulator-methane-rulebreaking/ Mon, 27 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=54859 While the federal government signed off on the province’s plan to regulate methane emissions, Alberta’s own reporting suggests industry is failing to comply Carl Meyer Analysis Alberta climate change Corporate Influence methane oil and gas Photo: Amber Bracken / The Narwhal An oil and gas site near Lloydminster, Alberta. https://thenarwhal.ca/winnipeg-compost-problem/ Sat, 11 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=52791 In one of the few major Canadian cities without a municipal compost collection program, a social enterprise group has taken it upon themselves to transform ‘waste’ into nourishment for the soil Julia-Simone Rutgers On the ground climate change Democracy Manitoba methane Science solutions urban development Photo: Mikaela MacKenzie / Winnipeg Free Press Compost courier Garrett LeBlanc stands next to a white garbage collection truck, watching a large green compost bin empty into the truck bed.