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Author Archives: The Narwhal

Posted inEnbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Industry, Latest News, News, Ontario, Region

Ontario sides with Enbridge Gas in fight to connect new homes to natural gas

by The Narwhal February 2, 2024
Posted inForests and Plants, Great Lakes News Collaborative, Latest News, News, Ontario, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Restoring Ontario’s lost grasslands is as important as planting trees

by The Narwhal January 19, 2024November 8, 2025
Posted inAlgae Blooms, Energy, Featured, Industry, Lake Erie, Latest News, News, Ontario, Region, Water Quality

Lake Erie is full of algae again. Southwestern Ontario’s exploding greenhouse sector won’t help

by The Narwhal December 12, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inClimate, Featured, Forests and Plants, Latest News, News, Ontario, Politics, Region, Research, Data and Technology, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments

It isn’t arson: untangling climate misinformation around Canada’s raging wildfires

by The Narwhal June 23, 2023November 8, 2025
Posted inIndustry, Lake Ontario, Latest News, News, Ontario, Politics, Protect, Region, The Provinces, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality

A former GM plant in St. Catharines is leaking toxic chemicals

by The Narwhal October 26, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inAgriculture, Climate, Forests and Plants, Industry, News, Ontario, Policy, Politics, Protect, Region, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality

The report on Ontario’s natural resources the government didn’t want you to read

by The Narwhal May 5, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inIndustry, Infrastructure, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Municipalities, News, Ontario, Policy, Politics, Protect, Region, The Provinces, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments, Water Quality

What’s missing from Doug Ford’s proposed expansion of the Ontario Greenbelt

by The Narwhal April 27, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inClimate, Commercial Fishing, Culture, Fish, Birds and Animals, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Invasive Species, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Politics, Protect, Science, Technology & Research, Tribal Governments and First Nations

Breaking up: Ice loss is changing one Anishinaabe fisherman’s relationship with Lake Superior

by The Narwhal February 22, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inCulture, Featured, Indigenous Communities, Industry, Latest News, News, Ontario, Politics, Protect, Region, Science, Technology & Research

Holding in the deep: What Canada wants to do with its decades-old pileup of nuclear waste

by The Narwhal February 11, 2022November 9, 2025
Posted inCommercial Fishing, Featured, Fish, Birds and Animals, Industry, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Latest News, News, Ontario, Politics, Region, Science, Technology & Research, U.S. and Canadian Federal Governments

Fresh, local and forgotten: On Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, families fight to save their fisheries

by The Narwhal January 13, 2022November 9, 2025

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Latest News

  • Line 5 tunnel in Michigan clears major permitting hurdle, in blow to opposition
    Despite "adverse" impacts on ecological and tribal resources, state regulators said it's better than an oil spill in the Great Lakes.
  • Air quality alerts issued for northern Michigan as wildfire smoke blankets region
    Events were canceled and people were urged to stay indoors amid warnings of health risks from the plume drifting down from Minnesota and Canada.
  • The AI Boom Is Prolonging Indiana’s Fossil Fuel Era, With Hidden Costs for Water
    Gas turbines and an old coal plant are expected to consume nearly 7 billion gallons of water annually in service of a new Amazon data center.

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