Investigations

Canada’s National Observer is launching a new podcast this week. Mortal Giants is a deep dive into the fragility of power in the 21st century — a balance so precarious it’s now hinging on technology measured in nanometres.

In episode two of Slick Science, we get to be a fly on the wall of the courtroom as 12 ordinary Alaskans decide whether to punish Exxon for spilling millions of gallons of oil in Prince William Sound.

Canada is going big on hydrogen with billions of dollars of public money on the line. But according to documents obtained by Canada's National Observer, the fossil fuel industry is deeply entrenched in the country's hydrogen strategy.

An investigation into the boards of directors for Canada’s largest banks reveal that not only are the banks, themselves, deeply entrenched in fossil fuels — their leadership is, too.

Extreme weather is contributing to a rise in insurance premiums, which can price out people in frequent fire and flood zones.

Up to 10 per cent of Canadians live in regions at too high a risk to insure for floods. Quebec has the highest number of addresses in the top 10 per cent of risk.

When her farm and kombucha brewery in Abbotsford flooded in 2021, Shoshauna Routley canoed away from her life’s work and home. While an insurance payout helped her rebuild Healthy Hooch, it didn’t cover her house.

When a nearby wildfire made it temporarily impossible to insure her new home in Kelowna, Stephanie Davis was stuck.

Lugging around a reusable mug to help reduce waste usually feels like a worthwhile habit. But it seemed a bit pointless to me and other patrons at a few Toronto fast food outlets recently.