Journalism Longread

What to Do After You’re Dead in Newfoundland & Labrador

There’s no avoiding your final destination. But there are lots of options—with different costs and carbon footprints—for relinquishing the body you leave behind.

Elizabeth Whitten

April 22, 2022

# environment

Calls Mount for Province to Plug Leaking Shoal Point Oil Wells

The Province has documented oil leaks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence since asking the federal government for $1 million to stop the pollution four…

October 14, 2021

Province, Feds Squabble Over $1M Oil Leak Cleanup

In 2017, Siobhan Coady asked the federal government to pick up tab on leaking abandoned oil wells on Shoal Point.

October 5, 2021

Commentary The Nonagenarian’s Notebook

Why is Canada far behind other countries in switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources?

May 20, 2018

Commentary The Green Space

Does the NL government have the same environmental policies as President Trump?

May 12, 2018

Commentary The Nonagenarian’s Notebook

Scorpions, icebergs and cancer cells

April 1, 2018

Commentary The Nonagenarian’s Notebook

Who benefits from government policies? Usually just the rich and powerful.

March 11, 2018

FANE: It’s time to talk about ecology in Newfoundland and Labrador

February 21, 2018

Province moving closer to plastic bag ban

"We do not need this plastic in our environment," says environment minister after Liberal Party joins a growing call to ban single-use plastic bags in…

December 8, 2016

The Green Space

Planning by a thousand cuts

After too many years of arbitrary budget cuts, it’s time to put some serious thought into our wildlife agency.

August 29, 2016

The Green Space

Will the Liberals bring back conservation?

Environment Minister’s mandate letter is a hopeful sign.

January 20, 2016

Continuation of Muskrat Falls abusive and neglectful

"The time for excuses is gone. The time for action is now."

January 5, 2016

City of St. John’s buries environment, again

It was only a few years ago we discovered St. John's City Council had ‘forgotten’ it’s own mandate to have an Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC)…

Sheilagh O'Leary

October 27, 2015