Carl Meyer

2 weeks ago | thenarwhal.ca | Carl Meyer

Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. Should Alberta’s oilsands be phased out? Or will they continue to be a part of the Canadian economy, well into the future? The response to this question sounds different depending on who you ask — and when. A newly obtained document from the Government of Canada is shedding light on how the federal government has been thinking about the long-term prospects of the oilsands.

4 weeks ago | thespec.com | Carl Meyer |Matt Simmons

Edward Burrier chuckled as he told his colleagues what he thought about an academic paper written by a prominent U.S. climate scientist. Burrier, a director of public policy at Canadian fossil fuel giant TC Energy, said the study was largely to blame for public skepticism about whether liquefied natural gas (LNG) is as environmentally friendly as the oil and gas industry claims. “One quoted study that drove a lot of this initial activism … said that LNG is worse than coal,” Burrier said.

4 weeks ago | thenarwhal.ca | Carl Meyer |Matt Simmons |Zak Vescera

Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. Edward Burrier chuckled as he told his colleagues what he thought about an academic paper written by a prominent U.S. climate scientist. Burrier, a director of public policy at Canadian fossil fuel giant TC Energy, said the study was largely to blame for public skepticism about whether liquefied natural gas (LNG) is as environmentally friendly as the oil and gas industry claims.

1 month ago | thenarwhal.ca | Mike De Souza |Carl Meyer |Michelle Cyca

Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. Montrealers lined up around the block on a chilly March evening as they waited to enter one of the final Liberal leadership campaign events of then-Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney. It just so happened to be held at a venue in downtown Montreal, in the riding of then-environment minister Steven Guilbeault.

2 months ago | thenarwhal.ca | Michelle Cyca |Carl Meyer |Fatima Syed |Ainslie Cruickshank

It’s been a pretty big week for Aamjiwnaang First Nation, an Anishinaabe community located next to an industrial area known as Canada’s Chemical Valley, in Sarnia, Ont. For decades, the First Nation has fought for governments to take action against the cluster of petrochemical plants that surround it and release toxic chemicals like benzene, a known carcinogen, into the air.