John Woodside
Senior Ottawa Reporter | Ottawa |
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About John Woodside
John Woodside was named one of Canada Clean50's emerging leaders in 2023 for his outstanding reporting on the climate and related issues. Focusing on finance, lobbying, energy policy and the climate emergency from Ottawa, Woodside brings a depth of experience to Canada's National Observer. Before joining Canada's National Observer, John reported on energy for allNewBrunswick and allNewfoundlandLabrador, and focused on Muskrat Falls, nuclear power, and the Irving group of companies.He has also worked with Cited Media and with the foreign policy news outlet OpenCanada. He graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Masters in Journalism.
Canada’s first deepwater oil project inches closer to development
After securing a licence for a recent discovery, Norwegian energy giant Equinor is one step closer to developing Canada’s first deepwater oil project off the East Coast.
On the road to net-zero, plan for the future or bet on tech and ‘hope for the best’?
A fireside chat between the International Energy Agency's top boss and Canada's natural resources minister underscores competing visions for the country's energy future.
The Guilbeault Doctrine: A cabinet minister finds the limits and power of compromise
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault is using the skills he honed in the trenches as an environmental activist to push climate policy. But will it be enough for the crisis at hand?
NYC pension funds take on RBC over climate plan
RBC keeps pouring billions into fossil fuel expansion despite making net-zero promises. Now, New York City pension plans are trying to force RBC to disclose the full extent of the emissions the bank is responsible for.
BP dives into Canada’s offshore eyeing up billions of barrels of oil
Last year, fossil fuel giant BP left the oilsands to dive into Canada’s offshore market, and is now set to explore a new region on the East Coast it hopes holds up to five billion barrels of oil.
Confidential documents reveal Bay Street’s attempt to greenwash Canadian regulations
Canada’s financial heavyweights are trying to convince the federal government to let them keep pumping money into the oil and gas sector, confidential documents obtained by Canada’s National Observer reveal.
Investigation: Big Oil’s most powerful lobby group held more meetings with feds in 2020 than any other year on record
In the decade before the pandemic, representatives of Canada's biggest oil and gas lobby averaged 117 meetings with government officials each year. In 2020, that number hit an all-time high of 269 — more meetings than there were business days in the year.
A luxury fishing lodge vacation, flights on a private jet and the close relationship between a premier, town councillors and a billionaire angling to build a hydrogen plant
Allegations of patronage and a cozy relationship between a billionaire and a Canadian premier are threatening to upend a multibillion-dollar green energy project.
Canadian company ‘misleading’ its investors in bid to build Brazil’s biggest open-pit gold mine in the Amazon, activists say
Indigenous rights and environmental advocates are targeting the company's shareholders to stop it, saying Toronto-headquartered Belo Sun has made “misleading” claims to investors about its Volta Grande project.
Canada and China called a truce to reach a biodiversity agreement, but will the co-operation last?
As tension between China and many western countries mounts, the United Nations biodiversity conference has set a clear example of how co-operation can help find solutions to global crises.