Investigations

Any level of benzene exposure can cause adverse health effects — and in 2023, Health Canada examined the problem of gas stations and concluded gas station benzene emissions can be harmful to people living up to 300 metres away.

An analysis of the delegate list conducted by Canada's National Observer shows Big Oil lobbyists from Canada are out in full force to influence the annual UN climate change summit in their favour. After years of derailing negotiations, climate advocates say it's time to bar fossil fuel companies from the meetings for good.

Canada’s National Observer is launching a new podcast this week. Mortal Giants is a deep dive into the fragility of power in the 21st century — a balance so precarious it’s now hinging on technology measured in nanometres.

Be a fly on the wall of the courtroom as 12 ordinary Alaskans decide whether to punish Exxon for spilling millions of gallons of oil in Prince William Sound.

In episode two of Slick Science, we get to be a fly on the wall of the courtroom as 12 ordinary Alaskans decide whether to punish Exxon for spilling millions of gallons of oil in Prince William Sound.

We hear from scientists and fishers who form unlikely friendships and paint a meticulous picture of how the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill impacted a town's environment, economy and people.

Canada is going big on hydrogen with billions of dollars of public money on the line. But according to documents obtained by Canada's National Observer, the fossil fuel industry is deeply entrenched in the country's hydrogen strategy.

An investigation into the boards of directors for Canada’s largest banks reveal that not only are the banks, themselves, deeply entrenched in fossil fuels — their leadership is, too.

Extreme weather is contributing to a rise in insurance premiums, which can price out people in frequent fire and flood zones.

Up to 10 per cent of Canadians live in regions at too high a risk to insure for floods. Quebec has the highest number of addresses in the top 10 per cent of risk.

When her farm and kombucha brewery in Abbotsford flooded in 2021, Shoshauna Routley canoed away from her life’s work and home. While an insurance payout helped her rebuild Healthy Hooch, it didn’t cover her house.

When a nearby wildfire made it temporarily impossible to insure her new home in Kelowna, Stephanie Davis was stuck.