The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 A cautionary tale for oil-by-rail: the Lac-Mégantic disaster five years later https://thenarwhal.ca/cautionary-tale-oil-rail-lac-megantic-disaster-five-years-later/ Wed, 24 Oct 2018 18:13:39 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=8490 In this Q&A we speak with Bruce Campbell, author of a new book on the disaster that transformed a small Quebec town but left Canada’s neglected regulatory system largely unchanged James Wilt In-Depth Corporate Influence Lac Megantic media oil by rail Lac-Megantic fire How Likely is a Canadian Oil-by-Rail Boom? https://thenarwhal.ca/how-likely-canadian-oil-rail-boom/ Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:31:20 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/how-likely-canadian-oil-rail-boom/ James Wilt In-Depth Bruce Campbell Canadian National canadian pacific In-Depth Kinder Morgan Lac Megantic media neatbit oil oil by rail oilsands Patrick DeRochie pipelines Rail Trans Mountain Pipeline Is This New Tar Sands Technology a Game Changer for Exporting Canada’s Bitumen? https://thenarwhal.ca/tar-sands-oil-technology-pellets-game-changer-export-bitumen/ Sun, 18 Feb 2018 13:02:28 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2018/02/18/tar-sands-oil-technology-pellets-game-changer-export-bitumen/ admin News alberta tar sands Canada diluted bitumen oil by rail tar sands oil tar sands spills Rail Workers Acquitted in Trial on Deadly Lac-Mégantic Oil Train Disaster https://thenarwhal.ca/rail-workers-acquitted-trial-deadly-lac-megantic-oil-train-disaster/ Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:51:40 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2018/01/23/rail-workers-acquitted-trial-deadly-lac-megantic-oil-train-disaster/ admin News Bakken Bomb Trains Lac Megantic News oil by rail Rail Six Simple Ways Canada Can Make Oil-By-Rail Way Safer https://thenarwhal.ca/six-simple-ways-canada-can-make-oil-rail-way-safer/ Wed, 15 Nov 2017 01:46:24 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/11/15/six-simple-ways-canada-can-make-oil-rail-way-safer/ James Wilt Explainer Analysis dilbit diluted bitumen Gogama Lac Megantic neatbit oil by rail oil train oilsands Rail regulations solutions Trans Mountain Pipeline How the Spectre of Oil Trains is Deceptively Used to Push Pipelines https://thenarwhal.ca/how-spectre-oil-trains-deceptively-used-push-pipelines/ Fri, 06 Jan 2017 20:59:18 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/01/06/how-spectre-oil-trains-deceptively-used-push-pipelines/ James Wilt Explainer bitumen Bomb Trains David Hughes dilbit Kai Nagata Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline Lac Megantic national energy board neatbit oil by rail oil trains pipelines Rail Husky Energy Spill in Saskatchewan Exposes Major Flaws in Pipeline Monitoring and Cleanup https://thenarwhal.ca/husky-energy-spill-saskatchewan-exposes-major-flaws-pipeline-monitoring-and-cleanup/ Sat, 30 Jul 2016 16:20:59 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/07/30/husky-energy-spill-saskatchewan-exposes-major-flaws-pipeline-monitoring-and-cleanup/ James Wilt Analysis Husky Energy oil by rail oil spill pipelines Saskatchewan VIDEO: Government, Industry Ignore Scientific Case For Improving Crude By Rail Safety, Let Bomb Trains Roll On https://thenarwhal.ca/video-government-industry-ignore-scientific-case-improving-crude-rail-safety-let-bomb-trains-roll/ Thu, 17 Sep 2015 10:58:00 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/09/17/video-government-industry-ignore-scientific-case-improving-crude-rail-safety-let-bomb-trains-roll/ Brendan DeMelle Bakken crude Bomb Trains Center Top crude-by-rail DeSmogCAST oil by rail oil stabilization volatility Groups Argue Flawed Assumptions in Energy East Report Behind “Modest” Climate Impacts of Pipeline https://thenarwhal.ca/groups-argue-flawed-assumptions-energy-east-report-climate-impacts-pipeline/ Mon, 02 Feb 2015 21:25:29 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/02/02/groups-argue-flawed-assumptions-energy-east-report-climate-impacts-pipeline/ Derek Leahy adam scott Andrea Harden-Donahue Ben Powless bitumen Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers CAPP Council of Canadians Ecology Ottawa energy east Energy East pipeline Environmental Defence Canada Navius Research oil oil by rail oilsands Ontario Energy Board Ottawa 350 pipeline tarsands TransCanada Industry Minister James Moore Misleads, Fear Mongers to Gain Vancouver Support for Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline https://thenarwhal.ca/industry-minister-james-moore-misleads-fear-mongers-gain-vancouver-support-kinder-morgan-trans-mountain-pipeline/ Fri, 09 Jan 2015 19:29:16 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/01/09/industry-minister-james-moore-misleads-fear-mongers-gain-vancouver-support-kinder-morgan-trans-mountain-pipeline/ Robyn Allan Opinion Burnaby export fear mongering Industry Minister James Moore Kinder Morgan Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline Lac Megantic oil by rail Opinion Right Second robyn allan Vancouver Canadian Government: This Reporter’s Question About ALEC ‘Undeserving of Response’ https://thenarwhal.ca/canadian-government-reporter-s-question-undeserving-response/ Sat, 27 Dec 2014 02:31:44 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/12/27/canadian-government-reporter-s-question-undeserving-response/ Mike De Souza Access to Information Act ALEC american legislative exchange council Canada Revenue Agency cdnfoi climate change CRA Department of Foreign Affairs Freedom of Information John Babcock Lac Megantic Mike de Souza oil by rail rail safety Trade and Development Transportation of Dangerous Goods secretariat