Sep 22 2023 — The Narwhal — Early in the morning on Sept. 18, the first full day of the World Petroleum Congress in Calgary, the hall was largely empty. Volunteers and security far outnumbered the delegates in the cavernous BMO Centre on the edge of downtown. Exhibitors stood around waiting for someone to talk to, or warming up the many espresso […]
Sep 5 2023 — Carl Meyer — The Narwhal — Getting industrial methane under control is critical in the climate fight. The federal government says proposed new methane rules are in the works — and expected ‘later this fall’
Jul 5 2023 — Carl Meyer — The Narwhal — The Pathways Alliance plastered Toronto streetcars and Vancouver billboards with optimistic messages about its plan to slash pollution and help Canada meet its climate goals. Behind the scenes, the coalition of fossil fuel producers struck a different tone. A collection of internal government documents obtained by The Narwhal show how six major oil companies lobbied […]
Jun 8 2023 — Carl Meyer — The Narwhal — Suncor, one of Canada’s largest oil companies, helped the federal government draft a highly anticipated climate change strategy that was due to be released in 2022 but is now over a year late, documents obtained by The Narwhal show. An executive from the Calgary-based company, which operates in the oilsands and runs Petro-Canada gas stations […]
May 24 2023 — Carl Meyer — The Narwhal — An executive at the federally owned Trans Mountain corporation gave TD Bank a heads up that the government would obscure the financial institution’s involvement in a multibillion dollar bailout for the struggling oil pipeline, according to an email obtained by The Narwhal. Trans Mountain chief financial officer Mark Maki gave the assurance to six people […]
May 10 2023 — Carl Meyer — The Narwhal — In June 2021, a beaming Jason Kenney announced Alberta’s public health measures related to the pandemic would be lifted the following month. “Our lives will get back to normal,” the premier said, breathing a sigh of relief. As Kenney was telling people about his plans for Alberta’s “best summer ever,” his high-level public servants were […]
May 8 2023 — The Narwhal — The land around Bill and Sylvia Flesher’s property is typical for this corner of Alberta, about an hour’s drive southwest of Edmonton. Small hills and valleys are dotted with boreal pines and innumerable pump jacks. Their property hosts 14 wells, 10 of which have been orphaned. The first well was drilled in the early ’60s […]
May 2 2023 — The Narwhal — Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and his staff have praised Enbridge and Shell in recent months, after his spouse invested in the two large fossil fuel companies. The case is just one example of a broader trend of investment ties between Canadian lawmakers or their families, and the oil and gas industry. In November last […]
Apr 19 2023 — The Narwhal — Thirteen kilometres west of Imperial Oil’s Kearl oilsands mine, near where her family used to hunt and trap, Jean L’Hommecourt has her own cabin. It’s a place where she remembers being able to drink right from the creek. It’s where she used to go to harvest plants and berries. It’s where, she says, she feels […]
Feb 28 2023 — Carl Meyer — The Narwhal — Senior officials in corporate boardrooms and governments need to stop resisting financial reforms that are needed to make the economy more resilient to the climate crisis, Mark Carney says. The former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England told a Montreal audience of financial regulators and accountants that corporations and governments […]
Feb 14 2023 — Carl Meyer — The Narwhal — It’s a sunny day in Canada’s boreal forest. A man in a white hardhat and blue jumpsuit studies a tablet, evergreens to his left, pipelines to his right. As he turns and starts walking, a woman’s voice intones, “It’s time to clear the air: oilsands contribute significant carbon emissions in Canada.” The man is transported […]
Dec 5 2022 — The Narwhal — Parks Canada says Ontario would be violating an agreement between the federal and provincial governments if it goes ahead with plans to open up parts of the Greenbelt for development. In a letter sent to the Ontario government and a legislative committee, viewed by The Narwhal, Parks Canada said the agreement mandates the province to […]
Oct 5 2022 — The Narwhal — Three years after starting construction on a gas pipeline in northern B.C., Calgary-based energy giant TC Energy has begun to drill and lay pipe under the Wedzin Kwa (Morice River) on Wet’suwet’en territory. The river crossing, about 63 kilometres south of the town of Houston, has been the focal point of conflict between the pipeline […]
Sep 22 2022 — The Narwhal — As Doug Ford looks to break ground on new highways, Ontario’s financial watchdog is warning that extreme climate events will drive basic maintenance costs on transportation infrastructure drastically higher. In a new report out today, the Financial Accountability Office projects that extreme rainfall, heat and freeze-thaw cycles caused by the warming of the planet will […]
Sep 7 2022 — Fatima Syed — The Narwhal — In 2021, Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford took their two-year clash over climate policy — specifically, Ford’s rejection of, in his words, “the Trudeau Liberal carbon tax” — to the Supreme Court of Canada. The battle was heated, with sniping on both sides. “Cap-and-trade and carbon tax schemes are no more than government cash grabs […]