Cloe Logan
@cloelogan.bsky.social
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Driving the ice road: a journey along a community’s disappearing lifeline
People call ice roads “lifelines” for a reason – without them, entire communities are cut off from goods and services that those in places connected by permanent roads take for granted. Climate change...
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Last month, I travelled to Ontario for a series
@nationalobserver.com is launching today on ice roads. This story focuses on the drive between Moosonee and Fort Albany along the James Bay Winter Road, built up each year over rivers, streams and muskeg. 🧊
@nationalobserver.com is launching today on ice roads. This story focuses on the drive between Moosonee and Fort Albany along the James Bay Winter Road, built up each year over rivers, streams and muskeg. 🧊
The Toronto area is packed with highrises + sprawling suburbs, but it’s not exempt from rising wildfire risk. I was at Queen's Park yesterday to hear about a new bill introduced by the Ontario NDP that would require the province to create an urban wildfires advisory committee. @nationalobserver.com
Growing urban wildfire risk spurs Ontario NDP bill
On Thursday, the party introduced legislation to address the rising threat of fires that could jump from nearby natural areas into metropolitan centres.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Toronto area is packed with highrises + sprawling suburbs, but it’s not exempt from rising wildfire risk. I was at Queen's Park yesterday to hear about a new bill introduced by the Ontario NDP that would require the province to create an urban wildfires advisory committee. @nationalobserver.com
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For residents who say toxic air has made them sick for nearly three years, the decision felt like the first real hope the company may finally be forced to fix the problem or shut down, @matinsarfraz.bsky.social reports.
City takes landfill to court after Ontario refuses to act
Dozens of Upper Stoney Creek community residents packed Hamilton’s council chamber last week, cheering as councillors voted to take GFL Environmental to court over the foul odours coming from its land...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
For residents who say toxic air has made them sick for nearly three years, the decision felt like the first real hope the company may finally be forced to fix the problem or shut down, @matinsarfraz.bsky.social reports.
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The chaos and confidence votes on the federal budget forced ministers to leave critical international climate negotiations a week early, right as negotiations are going down to the wire. From me and @woodsideful.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/19/n...
Federal budget scramble leaves Canadian negotiators rudderless at UN climate summit
The federal budget made it through confidence votes unscathed at the cost of Canada sacrificing its ministerial presence at international climate negotiations in Brazil.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The chaos and confidence votes on the federal budget forced ministers to leave critical international climate negotiations a week early, right as negotiations are going down to the wire. From me and @woodsideful.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/19/n...
“Not just the building sector emissions would have been down, but overall emissions wouldn't have increased this year, if not for the significant increase in electricity generation emissions,” said Bryan Purcell of @atmosphericfund.bsky.social. New from me for @nationalobserver.com
Toronto-area emissions rise as Ontario burns more natural gas
A new report from The Atmospheric Fund found that emissions went up one per cent in 2024. While the increase is slight, it comes in the context of emissions needing to go down by 11 per cent each year...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
“Not just the building sector emissions would have been down, but overall emissions wouldn't have increased this year, if not for the significant increase in electricity generation emissions,” said Bryan Purcell of @atmosphericfund.bsky.social. New from me for @nationalobserver.com
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NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
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Toronto! @cloelogan.bsky.social is the new reporter in town. Drop her a line with your story tips and burning questions you need answered about the city's changing climate, building plans and political challenges.
I’m still with @nationalobserver.com, but as of today, I’m reporting from Toronto! Excited to cover climate, energy and the environment from a new perspective — please reach out with story ideas or just to say hi ☺️
November 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Toronto! @cloelogan.bsky.social is the new reporter in town. Drop her a line with your story tips and burning questions you need answered about the city's changing climate, building plans and political challenges.
For my 400th story with @nationalobserver.com (and my last from Atlantic Canada!) I reported from the Chignecto Isthmus, where efforts to preserve a fragile landscape meet plans for a new gas plant with a 25 year lifespan.
Planned New Brunswick gas plant could threaten vital migratory bird corridor
As the province moves ahead with plans for a new gas plant, experts and residents warn it could endanger one of Canada’s most fragile and important ecological corridors.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
For my 400th story with @nationalobserver.com (and my last from Atlantic Canada!) I reported from the Chignecto Isthmus, where efforts to preserve a fragile landscape meet plans for a new gas plant with a 25 year lifespan.
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Perhaps the least hinged quote I've seen from this government so far.
Dawn Farrell, the former CEO of Trans Mountain who now leads the federal government's Major Projects Office was asked whether the oil pipeline contributes to the fight against climate change.
“The answer is yes,” she replied.
“The answer is yes,” she replied.
Head of Carney’s Major Projects Office thinks Trans Mountain is good for climate
Dawn Farrell, the former CEO of Trans Mountain who now leads the federal government's Major Projects Office told the House of Commons environment committee that the oil pipeline helps fight climate ch...
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October 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Perhaps the least hinged quote I've seen from this government so far.
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Enbridge execs have been boasting to shareholders they plan to return $40-$45 billion to them over the next five years supported by gas expansions across the continent. Ontario in particular is a cash cow where they have an opportunity to "over earn."
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Enbridge investors to get billions as gas giant expands into small-town Ontario
Enbridge executives know Ontario ratepayers are a cash cow for its gas business, and in recent calls with investors they said they plan to milk it for all its worth.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Enbridge execs have been boasting to shareholders they plan to return $40-$45 billion to them over the next five years supported by gas expansions across the continent. Ontario in particular is a cash cow where they have an opportunity to "over earn."
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/09/a...
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Exciting news! Yesterday, a new tool developed by @nationalobserver.com's @rorywh.bsky.social
launched. It allows you to search through the transcripts of 550 municipalities’ public meetings. We've been using it internally for a few months and it's been so helpful for our reporting.
launched. It allows you to search through the transcripts of 550 municipalities’ public meetings. We've been using it internally for a few months and it's been so helpful for our reporting.
Canada’s National Observer unveils a powerful tool for fighting disinformation
Civic Searchlight brings together municipal meeting transcripts from across Canada into a searchable database for the first time. It has already been used to fight disinformation, report on impact, di...
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October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Exciting news! Yesterday, a new tool developed by @nationalobserver.com's @rorywh.bsky.social
launched. It allows you to search through the transcripts of 550 municipalities’ public meetings. We've been using it internally for a few months and it's been so helpful for our reporting.
launched. It allows you to search through the transcripts of 550 municipalities’ public meetings. We've been using it internally for a few months and it's been so helpful for our reporting.
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Freelancers based on Vancouver Island or the BC coast, please get in touch if you're available over the next few weeks!
October 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Freelancers based on Vancouver Island or the BC coast, please get in touch if you're available over the next few weeks!
Today for @nationalobserver.com, I dig into the federal gov's off diesel goal by 2030 for remote Indigenous communities. That goal was stated as a commitment, but a briefing note we obtained shows the feds never believed it could meet the target — considering it, rather, as “directional.”
Ottawa knew getting the North off diesel by 2030 was impossible, despite promises
Experts say the federal goal was unrealistic from the start, but progress made so far shows a pathway forward if governments keep funding clean projects in remote Indigenous communities.
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September 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Today for @nationalobserver.com, I dig into the federal gov's off diesel goal by 2030 for remote Indigenous communities. That goal was stated as a commitment, but a briefing note we obtained shows the feds never believed it could meet the target — considering it, rather, as “directional.”
New from @rorywh.bsky.social and I. The wildfire danger where homes meet forests is rising worldwide. Using new data, we built a detailed map of Halifax’s fire-prone forest edge — and explain what it says about the state of the wildland urban interface in Canada.
Building to the forest's edge fuels fire danger
As cities expand into forests already primed to burn, experts say Canada needs stronger maps, building codes and planning rules to keep people safe.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
New from @rorywh.bsky.social and I. The wildfire danger where homes meet forests is rising worldwide. Using new data, we built a detailed map of Halifax’s fire-prone forest edge — and explain what it says about the state of the wildland urban interface in Canada.
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Just now speaking to the Liberal caucus, Carney offered more detail about this forthcoming climate competitiveness strategy. He said it will focus on “results over prohibition.”
The clearest signal yet the proposed oil and gas emissions cap will be killed. 4 years of government work down the drain.
The clearest signal yet the proposed oil and gas emissions cap will be killed. 4 years of government work down the drain.
Carney hinted he’ll soon release a ‘climate competitiveness strategy’ that insiders expect will boost industrial carbon pricing while cutting other emission reduction policies, echoing previously failed attempts at striking a grand bargain. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/09/a...
Carney insiders hint at climate strategy with industrial carbon price hikes
Prime Minister Carney hinted he’ll soon release a ‘climate competitiveness strategy’ that insiders expect will boost industrial carbon pricing while cutting other emission reduction policies, echoing ...
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September 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Just now speaking to the Liberal caucus, Carney offered more detail about this forthcoming climate competitiveness strategy. He said it will focus on “results over prohibition.”
The clearest signal yet the proposed oil and gas emissions cap will be killed. 4 years of government work down the drain.
The clearest signal yet the proposed oil and gas emissions cap will be killed. 4 years of government work down the drain.
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@cloelogan.bsky.social and I were working on a story about cuts to a program that monitors endangered whales. But we were stonewalled by Transport Canada for weeks. Frustrated and wanting to know why, I filed an ATIP.
I got nearly 400 pages of emails in response: the dumbest coverup I've ever seen.
I got nearly 400 pages of emails in response: the dumbest coverup I've ever seen.
Again and again, well-intentioned experts in the government suggested clear answers and were immediately shut down by more senior — and more political — staff trying to cover for the government, which had cut funding for the program, @jameswsthomson.com recounts.
Inside Transport Canada's pointless coverup
What an Access to Information request into a weeks-long runaround to dodge a simple answer to a question about a North Atlantic right whale surveillance program reveals about the inner workings of the...
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August 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
@cloelogan.bsky.social and I were working on a story about cuts to a program that monitors endangered whales. But we were stonewalled by Transport Canada for weeks. Frustrated and wanting to know why, I filed an ATIP.
I got nearly 400 pages of emails in response: the dumbest coverup I've ever seen.
I got nearly 400 pages of emails in response: the dumbest coverup I've ever seen.
I will be chatting with Markus Schwabe of CBC Sudbury's Morning North at 8:10 EST this AM about ice roads — highlighting my @nationalobserver.com series on winter roads in the James Bay region.
Morning North with Markus Schwabe | Live Radio | CBC Listen
CBC Radio's Morning North is a weekday news and current affairs program hosted by Markus Schwabe.
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August 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I will be chatting with Markus Schwabe of CBC Sudbury's Morning North at 8:10 EST this AM about ice roads — highlighting my @nationalobserver.com series on winter roads in the James Bay region.
Interview request! I am looking to speak to someone who lives in the Wildland Urban Interface of the Halifax area for a @nationalobserver.com story. Please dm me or shoot me an email at cloe[at]nationalobserver.com
August 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Interview request! I am looking to speak to someone who lives in the Wildland Urban Interface of the Halifax area for a @nationalobserver.com story. Please dm me or shoot me an email at cloe[at]nationalobserver.com
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if Trump's order to keep open fossil fuel plants that are scheduled to be decommissioned is followed, it will cost US ratepayers between $3-6 billion per year earthjustice.org/press/2025/i...
Independent Report Finds that the Trump Administration’s Orders to Keep Coal-fired Power Plants Running Could Cost Consumers between $3-6 Billion a Year
Utility customers will pay the steep cost of the Department of Energy’s sham “emergency” orders to prevent coal-fired power plants from retiring as planned
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August 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
if Trump's order to keep open fossil fuel plants that are scheduled to be decommissioned is followed, it will cost US ratepayers between $3-6 billion per year earthjustice.org/press/2025/i...
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As the Susies Lake fire burns and continued drought raises the prospect of still more fires, Tim Houston says he’s doing enough to address climate change
reported by me
reported by me
As the Susies Lake fire burns and continued drought raises the prospect of still more fires, Tim Houston says he's doing enough to address climate change - Halifax Examiner
The Susies Lake fire has burned about 15 hectares and is still considered out of control, but it's not growing.
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August 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
As the Susies Lake fire burns and continued drought raises the prospect of still more fires, Tim Houston says he’s doing enough to address climate change
reported by me
reported by me
Collab between Marc Fawcett-Atkinson and @joanbaxter.bsky.social. While the province of Nova Scotia has closed the woods to people, the same is not true for forestry operators, who have been granted special exemptions from the wildfire restrictions.
How industrial forestry and climate change created the NS wildfire problem
Nova Scotia's ban on entering the forest due to wildfire fears comes as the province deals with a moderate-to-severe drought, no rain in the forecast and a forest more susceptible to burn because of l...
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August 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Collab between Marc Fawcett-Atkinson and @joanbaxter.bsky.social. While the province of Nova Scotia has closed the woods to people, the same is not true for forestry operators, who have been granted special exemptions from the wildfire restrictions.
From @woodsideful.bsky.social. It has been 100s of days since Canadian oil company ReconAfrica was accused of human rights abuses + environmental destruction in Namibia. The CDN body responsible for the complaint received it in April 2024, but the position been vacant for months, the work frozen.
Complaints are piling up against a Canadian oil company — but there's nobody to hear them
Experts are dismayed at the lack of progress from the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE), which received the complaint in April 2024. Part of the problem is the head position at t...
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August 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
From @woodsideful.bsky.social. It has been 100s of days since Canadian oil company ReconAfrica was accused of human rights abuses + environmental destruction in Namibia. The CDN body responsible for the complaint received it in April 2024, but the position been vacant for months, the work frozen.
I wrote a fun (yet serious) article that narrows in on splash pads as cooling infrastructure. Includes: a panel that found the best splash pad in Canada + info about the increase of extreme heat in cities. It also features one of my best interviews of late-with a 7 year old splash pad connoisseur.
We found Canada's best splash pad — an urban cooling underdog
Hotter summers prompted us to consider the ways people interact with their urban environments in an age of extreme heat. Our research brought us to an oft-overlooked solution: splash pads.
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August 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I wrote a fun (yet serious) article that narrows in on splash pads as cooling infrastructure. Includes: a panel that found the best splash pad in Canada + info about the increase of extreme heat in cities. It also features one of my best interviews of late-with a 7 year old splash pad connoisseur.
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It's going to be another hot weekend across Canada. If you hit up your local splash pad to keep cool, snap some pictures and tell us why you like it — and aside from contributing to civic pride, you could also win prizes!
We're on the hunt for Canada's best splash pad
Canada’s National Observer is digging into splash pads in the age of unbearably hot summers and wants to hear from you about your local splash pad. Is there one keeping you and your family cooler? Wha...
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July 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It's going to be another hot weekend across Canada. If you hit up your local splash pad to keep cool, snap some pictures and tell us why you like it — and aside from contributing to civic pride, you could also win prizes!
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Want to win a @nationalobserver.com water bottle + a free one-year subscription? We are digging into splash pads in the age of unbearably hot summers + want to hear from you about your local pad – we're on the hunt for the best one. Send your submissions: [email protected] by July 11.
We're on the hunt for Canada's best splash pad
Canada’s National Observer is digging into splash pads in the age of unbearably hot summers and wants to hear from you about your local splash pad. Is there one keeping you and your family cooler? Wha...
www.nationalobserver.com
July 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Want to win a @nationalobserver.com water bottle + a free one-year subscription? We are digging into splash pads in the age of unbearably hot summers + want to hear from you about your local pad – we're on the hunt for the best one. Send your submissions: [email protected] by July 11.
The Nova Scotia government is renewing push for fossil fuels off the coast. The call for exploration bids includes 13 parcels along the central Scotian Shelf and Slope, one of the most fished areas of the Atlantic Ocean. Today for @nationalobserver.com
Nova Scotia pushes to develop offshore natural gas
The call for exploration bids includes 13 parcels along the central Scotian Shelf and Slope, one of the most fished areas of the Atlantic Ocean known for its abundance of marine life.
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July 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The Nova Scotia government is renewing push for fossil fuels off the coast. The call for exploration bids includes 13 parcels along the central Scotian Shelf and Slope, one of the most fished areas of the Atlantic Ocean. Today for @nationalobserver.com