The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 How eight idle wells might determine the future of oil and gas in Yukon https://thenarwhal.ca/yukon-chance-oil-gas-idle-wells/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 22:24:31 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=29270 A plan to assess suspended wells in the territory’s Eagle Plains region is reigniting debate about fossil fuel development near the Arctic, where the impacts of climate change are hitting harder, faster Carol Linnitt In-Depth climate change Indigenous natural gas oil and gas wells Porcupine Caribou wildlife yukon Photo: Peter Mather Chasing caribou across a changing Arctic https://thenarwhal.ca/chasing-caribou-across-a-changing-arctic/ Mon, 18 Nov 2019 21:34:21 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=14832 Northern Arizona University PhD student Katie Orndahl studies how millions of migrating caribou interact with their changing environment Katie Orndahl On the ground arctic caribou climate change Endangered Species Northwest Territories Porcupine Caribou yukon The return of the caribou https://thenarwhal.ca/the-return-of-the-caribou/ Thu, 18 Jul 2019 17:31:47 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=12529 The community of Old Crow, Yukon, is ecstatic at the sight of the Porcupine caribou herd — one of the last large, healthy, migratory caribou herds on the planet. But these caribou are threatened by oil drilling in the Arctic Refuge Malkolm Boothroyd Opinion arctic Arctic Drilling caribou Indigenous Porcupine Caribou yukon Malkolm Boothroyd Bull Caribou in Fog On the trail of the Porcupine caribou herd https://thenarwhal.ca/on-trail-porcupine-caribou-herd/ Wed, 26 Sep 2018 18:21:57 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=8053 They’re one of North America’s last healthy caribou populations but an insatiable appetite for thawing oil reserves threatens to undermine the vast territories they, and a remote Indigenous nation, rely on Matt Jacques Photo Essay ANWR arctic Arctic National Wildlife Refuge caribou Gwich'in Indigenous oil and gas Porcupine Caribou Trump wildlife Gwich’in Call on Canadians to Speak Out Against Trump’s Arctic Drilling Push https://thenarwhal.ca/gwich-call-canadians-speak-out-against-trump-s-arctic-drilling-push/ Sat, 21 Apr 2018 21:15:51 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/gwich-call-canadians-speak-out-against-trump-s-arctic-drilling-push/ Judith Lavoie News alaska national wildlife refuge caribou Fwich'in News Porcupine Caribou wildlife Porcupine caribou; Yukon, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge How Canada Could Prevent Drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge and Save the Porcupine Caribou https://thenarwhal.ca/how-canada-could-stop-drilling-alaska-national-wildlife-refuge-and-save-porcupine-caribou/ Thu, 29 Mar 2018 15:15:04 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2018/03/29/how-canada-could-stop-drilling-alaska-national-wildlife-refuge-and-save-porcupine-caribou/ Jimmy Thomson In-Depth ANWR arctic Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Canada Donald Trump Elizabeth May Ian Waddell Justin Trudeau News Porcupine Caribou Prudhoe Bay Richard Cannings wildlife What Will Trump’s Oil Drilling Ambitions Mean for the Arctic’s Threatened Caribou? https://thenarwhal.ca/what-will-trump-s-oil-drilling-ambitions-mean-arctic-s-threatened-caribou/ Wed, 01 Feb 2017 23:52:03 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/02/01/what-will-trump-s-oil-drilling-ambitions-mean-arctic-s-threatened-caribou/ Matt Jacques News 1002 area America First Energy Plan Arctic National Wildlife Refuge climate change Justina Ray Oil Drilling Porcupine Caribou Sebastian Jones threatened species Trump wildlife Yukon Conservation Society Porcupine Caribou Herd river crossing