Carol Linnitt, The Narwhal

Carol Linnitt

The Narwhal

Victoria, BC, Canada

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  • National Observer
  • DeSmog
  • HuffPost Canada
  • VICE

Past articles by Carol:

In photos: see old-growth go from stand to stump on B.C.’s Vancouver Island

Between April and November, a grove of ancient trees was felled in the Caycuse watershed on Ditidaht Territory, pointing to the breakneck pace of clearcut logging across the province → Read More

‘This is about vulnerability’: Ingrid Waldron on the links between environmental racism and police brutality

As North America is gripped by growing demonstrations against police brutality, The Narwhal speaks with one of Canada’s foremost experts on environmental racism and the vulnerabilities that link minority communities through the impacts of climate change, COVID-19 and state violence → Read More

U.S. Looks to Crack Down on Pollution of Montana River from B.C. Coal Mines

The continuous flow of dangerous pollution from B.C.’s Elk Valley coal mines into a Montana watershed is a top discussion item for Canadian and U.S. delegates convening at a bilateral meeting in Washington, D.C., Thursday. → Read More

Pipeline Spills 290,000 Litres of Crude Oil Emulsion in Northern Alberta

A pipeline owned by Paramount Resources Ltd. released an estimated 100,000 litres of crude oil and 190,000 litres of produced water near Zama City, in northwest Alberta, according to an April 11 incident report filed with the Alberta Energy Regulator. → Read More

Words from the ‘Sacrifice Zone’: Caleb Behn on How B.C. is Failing First Nations on Fracking

When the B.C. government announced its promised review of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, earlier this month, it came as a shock to many that it wouldn’t examine human health impacts. The announcement coincided with the release in the U.S. of the most authoritative study of fracking’s threats to human health ever published, which found “no evidence that fracking can be practiced in a manner… → Read More

NDP Offers Tax Breaks, Subsidies to Attract B.C.’s Single Largest Carbon Polluter: LNG Canada

The B.C. government unveiled a new natural gas development plan Thursday in an attempt to trigger a final investment deal with LNG Canada, the proponents of B.C.’s largest proposed liquefied natural gas export terminal, located in Kitimat. → Read More

B.C. Fracking Inquiry Won’t Address Public Health or Emissions, Government Assures Industry Lobby Group

B.C.’s scientific inquiry into fracking won’t address risks to public health, the government quietly assured the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) nearly six weeks before government publicly announced the inquiry on Thursday. → Read More

B.C. is About to Become Last Place on West Coast to Allow Open-Net Fish Farms

Fish farm opponents and proponents alike are waiting with bated breath as a bill to phase out open net pen aquaculture farms in Washington State sits on Governor Jay Inslee’s desk for final approval. → Read More

How Indigenous Peoples Are Changing the Way Canada Thinks About Conservation

From the historic agreement that created the Great Bear Rainforest to B.C.’s Dasiqox Tribal Park to uniquely co-managed forest resources in Labrador, Indigenous-led conservation efforts are transforming the way Canadians understand and practice conservation. Far from the colonial idea of preservi → Read More

Canada Commits Historic $1.3 Billion to Create New Protected Areas

The Trudeau government committed an unprecedented $1.3 billion in Tuesday’s Budget 2018 to protect land and water in Canada over the next five years. The funds will help Canada meet its target to protect 17 per cent of land and 10 per cent of oceans by 2020 under the United Nations Convention on → Read More

Remember When Harper Ruined Canada’s Environmental Laws? Here’s How the Liberals Want to Revamp Them

Remember that whole fiasco in 2012 when Stephen Harper basically, you know, eviscerated most of Canada’s environmental laws in one ginormous budget bill? → Read More

‘Bloodwater’ Released into B.C.’s Coastal Water Contains Deadly Fish Virus, Government Tests Confirm

Laboratory testing by the B.C. government has confirmed tens of thousands of litres of bloody effluent released into the ocean from two fish processing plants contained a dangerous virus prevalent in farmed Atlantic salmon in B.C. → Read More

It’s Official: No Provincial Charges for Mount Polley Mine Spill, One of Largest Environmental Disasters in Canadian History

When it seemed clear the newly minted B.C. NDP government would not pursue charges against Imperial Metals, owner and operator of the Mount Polley mine, for a 2014 tailings pond collapse, one woman decided to take matters into her own hands. → Read More

B.C. Won’t Intervene In Private Prosecution Against Mount Polley: Horgan

Premier John Horgan said the province will not intervene in a private prosecution brought by former Xat’sull chief Bev Sellars against the Mount Polley Mining Corporation for violations of B.C.’s environmental laws in the 2014 tailings pond collapse that released 24 million cubic metres of mining → Read More

10 Questions With B.C. Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver

B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver went from being B.C.’s solitary Green MLA in 2013 to holding the balance of power in the province’s current minority government. → Read More

B.C. Supreme Court Overturns Gas Pipeline Approval Because Regulator ‘Unreasonable’ in Dealings with First Nations

The B.C. Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) was “unreasonable” and “intransigent” in its dealings with the Fort Nelson First Nation as the regulator considered and eventually approved a 39-kilometre natural gas pipeline in endangered boreal caribou habitat, according to the B.C. Supreme Court. → Read More

FOLLOW LIVE: Site C Given Green Light

The B.C. government announced they will complete the Site C dam at a press conference Monday morning, revealing a new estimated cost of the project at $10.7 billion. The decision was made with the full approval of cabinet, reporters were told at a technical briefing at the B.C. Legislature. → Read More

What DeSmog Canada’s 5-Star Transparency Rating Means

This week DeSmog Canada received a 5-star ranking from the international watchdog initiative Transparify for our commitment to donor transparency. → Read More

Reviewing Farmed-Salmon ‘Bloodwater’ Discharge Permits Not Enough to Protect B.C.’s Wild Salmon: Critics

Footage of bloody discharge being released into B.C.’s coastal waters from farmed-fish processing plants by photographer Tavish Campbell has made international headlines and prompted the promise of further investigation from both provincial and federal governments. → Read More

B.C. Using Kitimat Smelter Workers as ‘Guinea Pigs’ for Air Pollution Monitoring, Union Says

In October, B.C. Premier John Horgan made a visit to the Rio Tinto Alcan smelter on the banks of the Douglas Channel in Kitimat. → Read More