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WEB3 days ago · Aug. 12, 2024 7 min. read. Bioengineering can help protect crops from extreme weather and pests. Climate change is making this... On the ground. These Ontario farmers are losing the land they own to industry. But that’s all anyone will tell them. By Fatima Syed. Aug. 8, 2024 7 min. read. In Waterloo, the regional government is …
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WEBAbout us. We are The Narwhal. Our team of investigative journalists dives deep to tell stories about the natural world in Canada you can’t find anywhere else. We have just two rules: 1) Follow the facts. 2) Tell it like it is. We’re tired of false dichotomies and business-as-usual perspectives. We’re not shy about the fact we think Canada ...
5 risky mining waste sites in B.C. you should know about | The …
WEB2 days ago · Here are 5 you need to know about. Mining operations in B.C. store wet waste in tailings 'ponds' shored up by a dam. A dam failure could be catastrophic for watersheds and communities. A 2014 engineering review flagged issues with the design of the Red Chris mine in northwest B.C.
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WEBMay 14, 2018 · When I started reporting on the environment for the Calgary Herald back in 2007, it was hard to imagine the way Canada’s media landscape would be transformed in the next decade. Between 2010 and 2016, 225 weekly and 27 daily newspapers closed in Canada. But even before this latest downward spiral, Canadian journalism was in...
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WEBAug 7, 2024 · By Matt Simmons (Local Journalism Initiative Reporter)and Fatima Syed. July 16, 2024 12 min. read. Executives at the fossil fuel giant were recorded discussing tactics and successes in garnering support... News. Feds propose to protect critical spotted owl habitat 1,000 times the size of Stanley Park.
Old-growth forests in British Columbia | The Narwhal
WEB2 days ago · Ecologists disagree with the government’s figures, saying less than three per cent of high-productivity old-growth forests — forests with the biggest trees and the richest biodiversity — are still standing. They found only 35,000 hectares of forest remain in B.C. with trees that are expected to grow over 25-metres tall in 50 years.
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WEBAug 2, 2024 · Our team investigates claims made by fossil fuel executives in leaked recordings
Solutions | The Narwhal
WEBJun 21, 2018 · Solutions. The belief in a better way of doing things is at the heart of much of The Narwhal’s reporting. All across Canada, people and communities are finding solutions to broken regulatory systems, generating ideas for cleaner communities and re-envisioning natural resource development. Solutions journalism elevates public conversations by ...
Scientists use genetics to study how the world’s three narwhal ...
WEBApr 21, 2020 · Ferguson said there will be a slight decrease in populations, including in the east Greenland group. Narwhal distribution will be further affected in the near future by increased human encroachment, changes in prey availability, new competitors and increased predation by killer whales, according to the study.
Water | The Narwhal
WEBJul 31, 2024 · Trending Topic. Water. Canada has 20 per cent of the world’s freshwaterstored in its lakes, rivers, aquifers and glaciers. But much of that water is under threat from development of Canada’s other great resources: forestry, oil and gas and mining are particularly harmful to freshwater. Freshwater is the basis for many Indigenous …