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.
Climate resolution forces RBC to reckon with greenwashing
Investors for Paris Compliance is forcing RBC to stare down a resolution that would stop it from greenwashing billions of dollars that the bank bills as sustainable.
Canada’s export credit agency needs to clean up its act on climate: study
If Canada wants to be a credible climate leader, it needs to align its export credit agency with the Paris Agreement goals immediately, says a new report from a leading international think tank.
Wet’suwet’en want UN spotlight on Coastal GasLink crisis
Gidimt’en land defenders are calling for the United Nations to visit Wet’suwet’en unceded territory to witness the alleged violation of Indigenous rights.
93-year-old father of Canadian climate science reflects on the most consequential events of his career
Since the 1950s, Jim Bruce has played a role in some of the most consequential events in climate science at home and abroad. At 93, the renowned climate scientist gives Canada's National Observer his take on what it will take to pull human society out of its death spiral.
Aviation’s nasty unclaimed carbon emissions baggage
How greenhouse gas emissions from the aviation sector are flying under the radar.
An explosive report on one of the largest carbon capture and storage facilities in Alberta
Carbon capture’s questionable numbers spell concern for Canada’s hydrogen plans
Orphan wells set to become Canada's billion-dollar problem
Cleaning up orphaned oil and gas wells will cost Canada over a billion dollars by 2025, a new report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer finds.
Jane Fonda brings star power to Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance
Keeping fossil fuels in the ground is no longer a taboo discussion, thanks to an international alliance to halt oil and gas production, leading climate experts told actor and longtime environmentalist Jane Fonda on Friday.
Are Canada’s carbon capture plans a ‘pipe dream’?
Experts are calling on the federal government to abandon a proposed tax credit that gives big polluters a break for investing in carbon capture technology.
UN Secretary General calls on wealthy nations to help key emerging economies accelerate the transition off coal worldwide
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres is calling on countries like Canada to prioritize financial aid that specifically helps countries ditch coal as an energy source.