By Natasha Bulowski, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Finance Canada won’t confirm whether it will consider forgiving Trans Mountain’s massive public debts at the expense of taxpayers, despite ample indications that loan forgiveness is inevitable.
Continue reading Finance Canada won’t rule out debt forgiveness for TMX
By Natasha Bulowski, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
B.C.’s old-growth forests are still in jeopardy despite the province’s pledge to work with Indigenous nations to temporarily ban logging in specific areas, a new report by Stand.earth finds.
More than 55,000 hectares of B.C.’s proposed old-growth deferrals are still at “extreme risk” of being logged, Stand.earth’s spatial analysis revealed. Satellite imagery analysis shows some deferrals have already been destroyed or are in the process of being clear-cut.
Continue reading Old-growth forests remain at ‘immediate risk’ despite B.C. government promises, report findsBy Natasha Bulowski, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
After a sluggish first week, activists took to the streets of New York City to push delegates negotiating a United Nations high seas treaty to act with urgency.
The “high seas” — waters that aren’t managed by a nation — account for roughly two-thirds of the world’s oceans. The vast majority are unprotected. A UN high seas treaty would be the first legally binding conservation framework for these waters, and would enable protection from overfishing, industry, resource extraction — like deep sea mining — and other activities. The treaty is key if the world is to protect 30 per cent of oceans by 2030, something more than 100 countries, including Canada, have called for.
Continue reading Activists call on UN delegates to move fast on high seas treatyBy Natasha Bulowski, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Sky-high net earnings for Canada’s four biggest oil companies have renewed calls for a windfall tax that Ottawa shows no sign of adopting.
“The gas lobby is clearly very powerful and holds a lot of sway in Canada,” Environmental Defence’s programs director Keith Brooks told Canada’s National Observer, adding the industry is impeding effective climate action and creating deep inequality among Canadians.
Continue reading Canada’s largest oil and gas companies’ sky-high net earnings renew calls for windfall tax
By Natasha Bulowski, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Eight oil and gas companies are planning hundreds of expansion projects in the coming years, even as the world is already on track to burn through its remaining carbon budget, a new report finds.
Continue reading Report rates oil and gas sector climate pledges ‘grossly insufficient’
