The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 Here’s the dirt: how Doug Ford is shaping Ontario’s environmental laws in his second term https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-environment-ford-explainer/ Sat, 17 Dec 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=66729 From fast-tracking development to sending more sewage towards Lake Ontario, the Progressive Conservatives are still making dramatic changes to environment and energy policy. We’re digging into it here Emma McIntosh and Fatima Syed Explainer Bill 23 carbon pricing climate adaptation climate change Endangered Species environmental law Greenbelt natural gas Ontario protected areas urban development wetlands Illustration: Jarett Sitter / The Narwhal An illustration of Doug Ford on a bulldozer being steered by a giant hand. To be resilient against the climate crisis, Canada needs to protect its Prairie wetlands https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-canadian-prairie-wetlands/ Fri, 12 Nov 2021 17:34:09 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=37643 Wetlands are a key ecosystem in the fight against the climate crisis and were once ubiquitous on the Prairie. However, drainage has since resulted in the loss of more than 40 percent of natural wetlands and has put biodiversity at risk Colin Whitfield and Christopher Spence Analysis nature-based climate solutions wetlands Photo: Amber Bracken / The Narwhal grassland and pond at sunset Federal budget gives farmers leg up in reducing carbon pollution https://thenarwhal.ca/federal-budget-2021-canadian-farmers-carbon-emissions/ Thu, 22 Apr 2021 17:20:09 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=27768 Ottawa pegs $270 million for ‘agricultural climate solutions’ to help farmers protect wetlands and adopt practices like cover cropping and rotational grazing Sharon J. Riley News Alberta carbon cache climate change farming farmland nature-based climate solutions New Brunswick Nova Scotia ranching Saskatchewan solutions wetlands Paul Thoroughood farmer Saskatchewan peat moss mining project faces opposition from Indigenous communities, conservationists https://thenarwhal.ca/saskatchewan-peat-moss-mining-speakers/ Thu, 18 Feb 2021 21:47:54 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=26110 A grassroots group in La Ronge, Sask., is hosting an online speaker series to raise awareness of the important of peat bogs. These wetland ecosystems, also known as muskeg, are being threatened with extraction Michael Bramadat-Willcock News Indigenous peatland Saskatchewan wetlands Lac La Ronge at dawn Yukon pushed to develop protections for irreplaceable wetlands threatened by mining https://thenarwhal.ca/yukon-wetlands-mining-protections-urged/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 00:22:25 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=25770 Some of the territory’s permafrost bogs, fens and peatlands have developed over thousands of years and yet there are currently no policies to prevent the destruction of these unique ecosystems Julien Gignac In-Depth News Indigenous mining protected areas water wetlands yukon aerial view of placer mines Blue carbon: the climate change solution you’ve probably never heard of https://thenarwhal.ca/blue-carbon-climate-change-canada/ Wed, 30 Sep 2020 22:01:52 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=22603 Coastal ecosystems like salt marshes sequester millions of tonnes of carbon, but have been whittled away over the decades. Now Canadian scientists are looking to re-flood marshes in an effort to mitigate the impacts of sea-level rise and store carbon, and seaweed is having its moment in the spotlight Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood In-Depth Bay of Fundy blue carbon carbon cache nature-based climate solutions salt marshes solutions wetlands Mud Bay, Surrey One key solution to the world’s climate woes? Canada’s natural landscapes https://thenarwhal.ca/climate-canadas-natural-landscapes/ Wed, 08 Jul 2020 22:51:08 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=20067 Scientists have found protecting nature can provide more than one-third of the emissions reductions required to meet the world’s 2030 climate targets, thrusting Canada — home to 25 per cent of the planet’s wetlands and boreal forests — into the hot seat Jimmy Thomson In-Depth boreal forest carbon cache climate change farming forests grasslands Hudson Bay Lowlands James Bay Lowlands nature-based climate solutions peatland wetlands Canada boreal forest Northern Ontario 10 things you need to know about the massive new oilsands mine that just got a green light https://thenarwhal.ca/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-massive-new-oilsands-mine-that-just-got-a-green-light/ Fri, 26 Jul 2019 22:01:39 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=13057 A review panel found the Frontier Mine would have ‘irreversible’ impacts on the environment and ‘significant’ adverse effects on Indigenous peoples, but recommended it be approved in the ‘public interest’ anyway Sharon J. Riley Explainer climate change Frontier Mine oilsands old-growth forest peat wetlands Wood Buffalo National Park Alberta's oilsands north of Fort McMurray. 7 Ways Trudeau Can Make Our Cities More Resilient https://thenarwhal.ca/7-ways-trudeau-can-make-our-cities-more-resilient/ Mon, 26 Oct 2015 22:26:06 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/10/26/7-ways-trudeau-can-make-our-cities-more-resilient/ James Wilt In-Depth Alan Broadbent Anthony Perl Center Second Cities climate change climate resilience green infrastructure In-Depth Justin Trudeau Liberal government light rail Policy public transit urban wetlands