Dani Penaloza
About Dani Penaloza
Dani Penaloza is a queer, mixed-race journalist and podcast producer living on Algonquin territory in the Ottawa Valley. She’s hugely passionate about social issues, community and the art of storytelling. Awarded the department’s Most Promising Journalist, she graduated from Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s journalism degree program in 2022.
Canada pledged to protect 30% of its nature by 2030. Is Doug Ford standing in the way?
Habitats, natural resources and recreational greenspace are not as replaceable or moveable as the Doug Ford government's new policies make them out to be, according to conservation experts.
How one park naturalist inspired thousands ‘to walk gentler on the Earth’
Invermere, B.C.’s beloved Larry Halverson received a lifetime achievement award from the Canadian Museum of Nature for his efforts protecting the environment.
Ontario can ditch natural gas power by 2050 — but it’ll come with a $400B price tag: grid operator
Decarbonizing Ontario’s electricity system is going to cost about $400 billion over the next two and a half decades and require a “no regrets” kind of attitude to get there, according to the province’s grid operator.
New program helps private landowners harness ‘the power of a forest’
Canada’s Land Trust program will provide funding and resources to private landowners wanting to grow and preserve sustainable forests on their lots.
Devastating tornadoes hit Canada without warning — something has to change
The Northern Tornadoes Project looked at Environment Canada's data and found that 70 per cent of tornadoes between 2019 and 2021 that touched down had no ECCC tornado warning.
Guelph wins international kudos for food waste and recycling pilot project
This week, the pilot program from Circular Innovation Council received international recognition for diverting 318 tonnes of organic waste and redistributing 16.1 tonnes of edible food valued at $114,854 to local charities.
Conservation group buys stand of majestic old-growth as gift for First Nation
The Nature-Based Solutions Foundation intends to give the land back to the First Nation whose territory it is with an upcoming conservation covenant.
Ontario doubles down on gas-fired electricity generation, admits emissions will rise
The announcement by Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith lines up with recommendations made by the Independent Energy System Operator (IESO), which manages Ontario’s electricity grid – means up to 1,500 MW of new electricity generation will come from natural gas.
Solar project repurposing abandoned oil and gas wells launches pilot in sunny Alberta town
RenuWell project sites near Taber are set to produce enough electricity to power 280 average households by October.