Canada's National Observer: Climate News
Oct 11, 2024 · Toronto inches forward on potential fossil fuel advertising ban. Canada's National Observer publishes journalism in the public interest. Award-winning investigative journalism and daily news reporting on climate change, energy, the environment and politics, along with a Special Reports magazine, multi-media features, analysis and opinions.
Maxed Out podcast | Canada's National Observer: Climate News
Maxed Out is hosted by Canada’s National Observer ’s lead columnist Max Fawcett. If you read his columns or follow him on Twitter, you’ll know Max has a take-no-prisoner approach when it comes to errors, lies and disinformation. But like so many people, Max is frustrated by the relentless partisanship and refusal to discuss things in good ...
Canada's National Observer
Founded in 2015, Canada's National Observer is part of the Observer Media Group. It emerged to fill a gap in Canadian journalism: reporting on climate, the environment, national and provincial politics, technology, culture and related issues. Early in its history, CNO conducted a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for its journalistic endeavours.
Why Newfoundland and Labrador is going all-in on offshore oil
Sep 12, 2022 · For Newfoundland and Labrador, oil is its major source of revenue and a perpetual thorn in its side. The province has ambitious plans to double offshore oil production by 2030, and is encouraging major oil companies to explore its offshore further in an attempt to attract multibillion-dollar investments. In the first part of this series, Canada’s National Observer mapped all …
Ontario's garbage problem is overwhelming
Feb 14, 2022 · Ontario has a garbage problem and an ever-shrinking window of time to solve it. According to a recent audit, the province will exhaust its existing landfill space within 11 to 14 years unless it changes course. But that isn’t happening. “We’ve been having this conversation for a very long period of time,” said Peter Hargreave, president ...
Climate Solutions Reporting - Canada's National Observer
Climate Solutions Reporting Project produces written stories, podcasts, and newsletters about Canada's action and inaction in fighting global heating, as well as the impact of environmental degradation and solutions on people and communities. We offer these stories free of charge thanks to supporters and collaborators, including individual philanthropists and foundations.
Black bears to be evicted for nuclear waste site
Aug 12, 2024 · Photo submitted. As many as eight black bears are facing eviction from their homes by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, the company building a nuclear waste facility near the Ottawa River. A letter sent to the Kebaowek First Nation and obtained by Canada's National Observer says the company is taking action to block the bears from their dens.
'The most beautiful form of reconciliation': Federal government …
Sep 26, 2024 · The business case for guardian programs is evident. An Australian analysis found that every dollar invested in the initiatives generates around three dollars in social, environmental and economic benefits, like providing employment, ecotourism opportunities and community wellbeing.. It’s a strong pitch for future governments like a possible Conservative Party majority.
Big Oil is lobbying aggressively against climate action
Aug 12, 2024 · “The oil and gas lobby is targeting ECCC, NRCAN and Finance because those are the ministries that hold the pen on a lot of key pieces of legislation or regulation that will impact the fossil fuel industry as we try to tackle climate change,” she told Canada’s National Observer. “The oil and gas industry in Canada has a vested interest in persuading governments to …
A map of Newfoundland and Labrador's tsunami of offshore oil …
Sep 7, 2022 · The map reveals clusters of investment activity. Around producing oilfields like Hibernia and Hebron (shown in red on the map) are other significant discoveries in a region called the Jeanne d’Arc Basin on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland — an area historically important to the province’s fishing industry.. Bay du Nord (where the red …