The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 ‘What will happen to us?’: Barry Lopez on a planet in crisis https://thenarwhal.ca/what-will-happen-to-us-barry-lopez-on-a-planet-in-crisis/ Wed, 27 Feb 2019 22:55:05 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=10172 Acclaimed author finds hope in human imagination and the brilliant rebelliousness of young people. He will appear in conversation with Wade Davis on March 25 at an event in Vancouver co-sponsored by The Narwhal Sarah Cox In-Depth barry lopez books climate change Wade Davis A view of Earth and a satellite. Wade Davis: Life without wild things https://thenarwhal.ca/wade-davis-life-without-wild-things/ Tue, 06 Nov 2018 00:39:13 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=8713 We have forgotten the flocks of passenger pigeons that blotted out the sun, the herds of bison that shook the ground and the untamed places in which we destroyed them. This is ecological amnesia Wade Davis Opinion ecological amnesia extinction Memory species at risk Wade Davis wildlife ‘Industrialization of the Wilderness’: Wade Davis on the Northwest Transmission Line https://thenarwhal.ca/industrialization-wilderness-wade-davis-northwest-transmission-line/ Wed, 05 Aug 2015 16:25:13 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/08/05/industrialization-wilderness-wade-davis-northwest-transmission-line/ Judith Lavoie alaska B.C. B.C. Liberals Christy Clark electricity fishing General Imperial Metals Marvin Shaffer mining Mount Polley Mine Murray Edwards Northwest Transmission Line Red Chris Mine rivers Sacred Headwaters salmon Site C dam subsidies Tahltan nation tailings pond tourism Wade Davis Tahltans Blockade Imperial Metals’ Red Chris Mine in Response to Mount Polley Spill https://thenarwhal.ca/tahltans-blockade-imperial-metals-red-chris-mine-response-mount-polley-spill/ Mon, 18 Aug 2014 18:48:53 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/08/18/tahltans-blockade-imperial-metals-red-chris-mine-response-mount-polley-spill/ Albrecht Berg B.C. Liberals blockade Christy Clark Imperial Metals mining Mount Polley Mine Murray Edwards Red Chris Mine Tahltan First Nation Wade Davis Water Contamination Like Drilling for Oil in the Sistine Chapel: Wade Davis on Shell’s Withdrawal from the Sacred Headwaters https://thenarwhal.ca/drilling-oil-sistine-chapel-wade-davis-shell-withdrawal-sacred-headwaters/ Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:36:32 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2013/01/14/drilling-oil-sistine-chapel-wade-davis-shell-withdrawal-sacred-headwaters/ Carol Linnitt B.C. Featured Scientist first nations fracking Interview Sacred Headwaters shell stikine Tahltan nation unconventional gas Wade Davis