LNG - Fracking

25/10/25
Author: 
Mitch Anderson
Will LNG help Carney 'build Canada strong?' Indigenous opposition and an incoming market glut suggest trouble ahead for his signature projects. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Oct. 23, 2025

Some questions Prime Minister Mark Carney should ask before pushing ahead with natural gas projects.

Prime Minister Mark Carney recently announced five proposals he intends to fast track to defend our economy from the hostile Trump administration, live up to Canada’s climate commitments, and demonstrate respect for Indigenous rights.

Do the projects live up to these aspirational values? Let’s take a closer look.

24/10/25
Author: 
Zak Vescera and Matt Simmons
Canada’s biggest corporations successfully lobbied the federal government to enable access to sensitive intelligence information, according to documents obtained through freedom of information legislation. Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal. David Vigneault photo: The Canadian Press / Justin Tang. François Poirier photo: The Canadian Press / Todd Korol

Oct. 23, 2025

Editor’s note: This story is a collaboration between the Investigative Journalism Foundation and The Narwhal.

A Canadian oil and gas firm successfully pressed Canada’s spy agency to start sharing government intelligence with the country’s wealthiest companies, something advocates say will protect critical infrastructure but that critics worry could infringe on civil rights. 

22/10/25
Author: 
Barry Saxifrage
Illustration by: Barry Saxifrage

Oct. 22, 2025

British Columbians might be surprised to learn they are among the world’s most aggressive extractors of climate-destabilizing fossil fuels, per capita — and major projects that are already being built aim to make the province’s contribution much worse. 

Seven charts help tell the story of how we got here.

21/10/25
Author: 
Amanda Follett Hosgood
Corey Jocko, left, Shaylynn Sampson, centre, and Sleydo’ Molly Wickham, right, leave the Smithers courthouse on Friday after learning that they will not receive jail time for blocking access to the Coastal GasLink pipeline four years ago. Photo for The Tyee by Amanda Follett Hosgood.

Oct. 20, 2025

Judge rejects the prosecutors’ call for more jail time for protesters arrested at a Coastal GasLink pipeline work site.

About 100 people packed into the Smithers courthouse on Friday to show support for three Indigenous land defenders being sentenced for attempting to halt work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline in 2021 in defiance of a court-ordered injunction.

12/10/25
Author: 
Ben Parfitt
Northeastern BC is experiencing drought in rivers such as the Kiskatinaw. Despite this, data shows the fracking industry is drawing more and more water every year. Photo by Don Hoffman.

Oct. 9, 2025

A report today from Stand.earth shows the industry’s water use increased 50 per cent in 2024.

s drought in British Columbia’s Peace River region leads to massive wildfires and the City of Dawson Creek scrambles to find a new water source, a report released today concludes that water use by the region’s fracking industry shot up a record 50 per cent last year.

07/10/25
Author: 
Tom Howell
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Website Editor: Is the mainstream waking up?  Here is a truly provocative podcast!
 
Oct. 7, 2025
 

So... who wants a pipeline?

54 mins

07/10/25
Author: 
Janetta McKenzie
The federal government’s full-throated endorsement of LNG Canada Phase 2 is bad news for anyone who cares about Canada’s carbon emissions, or Canadians’ tax dollars. Photo by Shutterstock

Oct. 7, 2025

On the same day the prime minister talked about the importance of “climate competitiveness” in keeping Canada’s economy strong and secure, his Liberal government gave the go-ahead to a major new piece of fossil fuel infrastructure.

Well, not quite.

07/10/25
Author: 
Rochelle Baker
BC Energy Minister Adrian Dix and Premier David Eby during a visit to celebrate LNG Canada, which is having its electrification costs to reduce carbon pollution subsidized by the province and BC Hydro. BC Government photo / Flickr
 

LNG Canada is slated to pay less than a third of the millions of dollars it will cost to connect to BC Hydro’s clean electricity grid instead of burning gas to fuel its operations. 

The first phase of the massive export facility in Kitimat started up in June, launching BC’s bid to access global markets for the fossil fuel, particularly Asia.

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