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John Woodside

John Woodside

Energy and Climate Reporter at National Observer

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Location
Canada
Languages
  • English
Covering topics
  • Energy
  • Finance & Banking Services
  • Environment

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Recent Articles

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Wilkinson says Canada should not scrap climate policies to appease oil and gas executives

Rolling back environmental policy will hurt Canadians in the long run, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told the executives of Canada’s largest oil and gas companies after they called for a national energy crisis to fast track new fossil fuel projects. The public spat reveals a new front in the ongoing battle over the sector's future in Canada.
9 months ago
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Can Canada reduce its carbon emissions while pumping more oil and gas?

At a press conference in Victoria on Monday, the Liberal leader was asked about how he can meet environmental goals and lower GHG emissions, while still increasing oil and gas production.
8 months ago
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The feds’ new billions for Trans Mountain weren’t a loan, filings show

A $20-billion loan for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion authorized by the federal government was actually primarily advanced as equity, new filings reveal. The equity portion, experts say, represents a nearly $15-billion bailout.
8 months ago
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Candidates square off over energy's role in defending Canada from T...

All federal party leaders say Canada must fend off the US from a position of strength, but whether new fossil fuel infrastructure can achieve that was hotly debated at the leaders’ debate Thursday evening.
8 months ago
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A tale of two pension funds: one abandons net-zero, the other doubl...

Canada's two largest pension funds are taking radically different approaches when it comes to sustainable investing. This yawning gap between the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is at least partly explained by fossil fuel linked board directors at the former polluting its outlook, experts say.
5 months ago
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Four years after the heat dome, does BC need an extreme heat czar?

Four years after a heat dome killed at least 619 people across British Columbia, much work has been done to better prepare for extreme heat. It's still not enough.
5 months ago
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Wet’suwet’en complaint to bank puts Ottawa on notice over nation-bu...

The Wet'suwet'en Nation is taking a Japanese bank to task over its fossil fuel financing which overrode the nation's right to free, prior and informed consent. It's a preview into the risks looming on the horizon as Prime Minister Mark Carney pursues his major projects agenda.
4 months ago
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Carney's Arctic ambitions are caught between Inuit self-determinati...

A land use plan that defines economic and conservation zones is the last major outstanding issue from the 1993 Nunavut Agreement, and Ottawa's major projects agenda may be the opportunity to finally see a missing piece of Inuit self-determination fall into place.
4 months ago
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Complaints are piling up against a Canadian oil company — but there...

Experts are dismayed at the lack of progress from the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE), which received the complaint in April 2024. Part of the problem is the head position at the CORE has been vacant for months and in the absence of accountability, ReconAfrica has continued drilling.
4 months ago
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LNG carbon bomb tops Carney’s list of major projects

Triggering immense backlash from climate groups and Indigenous leaders, Prime Minister Mark Carney revealed his long awaited first batch of nation-building projects that includes doubling capacity at LNG Canada's site in Kitimat, BC.
3 months ago
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Shut out of meetings, environmental groups fight for Carney's consi...

Replaying the Trudeau-era strategy of influencing policy by lobbying high-level officials isn't working for climate groups who are now pivoting to an outsider game in an attempt to find leverage in the age of Carney.
2 months ago