Natasha Bulowski
Journalist | Ottawa |
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About Natasha Bulowski
Natasha Bulowski is an Ottawa-based journalist. She has covered federal policy for Vancouver and B.C. since Jan. 1, 2022 thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative and the Government of Canada. Natasha is also a graduate of Carleton University's bachelor of journalism program with a minor in human rights.
Civil society groups urge feds to ban reprocessing used nuclear fuel
Canada’s forthcoming radioactive waste policy should include a ban on plutonium reprocessing, a national alliance of civil society organizations says.
Canada’s biggest certifier of sustainable forests faces greenwashing accusations
Canadian environmental groups have levelled another greenwashing complaint — this time at the largest certification scheme for sustainable forestry in North America.
Canada, B.C. say no to proposed coal mine over 'significant' environmental effects
The federal and British Columbia governments have rejected a proposed open-pit coal mine over its environmental impacts.
‘We need everyone to be part of the solution,’ but corporate lobbyists seen as blight on UN biodiversity talks
As the United Nations biodiversity conference in Montreal nears its end, Canadian federal politicians are weighing in on the corporate, big-money influence that can shape negotiations.
From fossil fuels to banks, lobbyists for big companies seek sway over world’s plan to protect nature
Powerful lobby groups representing fossil fuel companies, big agriculture, banks and other industries threatening the environment are out in full force at the United Nations biodiversity conference in Montreal.
Canada, EU remain optimistic, but global biodiversity deal stuck on fund to help developing countries protect nature
Virginijus Sinkevičius, EU environment commissioner and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault remain optimistic the United Nations biodiversity conference in Montreal will result in an ambitious plan to protect nature, but developing countries appear unwilling to move forward without financing commitments from wealthy countries.
Lobby group tries to sell the world on gas as ‘green’ answer to energy security
The international gas lobby playbook hinges on rebranding planet-warming natural gas as green and key to energy security, new documents reveal.
Canada signs onto global forest restoration challenge at COP15
Canada promises to restore 19 million hectares of degraded and deforested land by 2030 as international negotiations to save the world’s rapidly dwindling biodiversity carry on in Montreal.
‘We do not have time’: Civil society groups worry COP15 negotiations moving too slow
If countries keep negotiating the terms of a new biodiversity plan — one that will determine the future of life on Earth — at the current pace, the world will continue to barrel head-first into the biodiversity crisis, civil society groups warn.
Canada to end international fossil fuel financing, with few exceptions
Canada’s long-awaited plan to end public financing for international fossil fuel projects is here at last and, despite some loopholes, represents a major milestone, environmental groups say.