Cloe Logan
@cloelogan.bsky.social
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Cloe Logan
@cloelogan.bsky.social
· Nov 3
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 ☺️
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In the week since it was published, this story has become one of our most read of 2025.
“Every single semester, a student raises their hand: 'Professor, is there any hope on climate change?' How about this year when the new semester starts in January, you get to look them in the eye and answer."
“Every single semester, a student raises their hand: 'Professor, is there any hope on climate change?' How about this year when the new semester starts in January, you get to look them in the eye and answer."
This University of Toronto Professor wants Carney to answer to her students
Each year, University of Toronto professor Laura Tozer updates a slide deck that she presents to her graduate students on the state of climate policy in Canada. This year, she is deleting everything.
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December 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In the week since it was published, this story has become one of our most read of 2025.
“Every single semester, a student raises their hand: 'Professor, is there any hope on climate change?' How about this year when the new semester starts in January, you get to look them in the eye and answer."
“Every single semester, a student raises their hand: 'Professor, is there any hope on climate change?' How about this year when the new semester starts in January, you get to look them in the eye and answer."
For @nationalobserver.com, I spoke with U of T’s Laura Tozer.
Last year, she was adding climate policies to her lecture slides. This year, she’s deleting them, and asking Prime Minister Mark Carney to explain the rollbacks directly to her students.
Last year, she was adding climate policies to her lecture slides. This year, she’s deleting them, and asking Prime Minister Mark Carney to explain the rollbacks directly to her students.
This University of Toronto Professor wants Carney to answer to her students
Each year, University of Toronto professor Laura Tozer updates a slide deck that she presents to her graduate students on the state of climate policy in Canada. This year, she is deleting everything.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
For @nationalobserver.com, I spoke with U of T’s Laura Tozer.
Last year, she was adding climate policies to her lecture slides. This year, she’s deleting them, and asking Prime Minister Mark Carney to explain the rollbacks directly to her students.
Last year, she was adding climate policies to her lecture slides. This year, she’s deleting them, and asking Prime Minister Mark Carney to explain the rollbacks directly to her students.
yay :)
It has been so gratifying to work with the incredible staff at @nationalobserver.com as EIC this year. I published this letter to our readers and supporters to document some of the impact we had this year and plans for 2026.
Some highlights:
Some highlights:
A letter from Jimmy Thomson on impact
As editor-in-chief, I believe you have a right to know how we’ve spent your dollars. But how to quantify impact when so much of what we do happens inside the minds of the people we reach?
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December 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
yay :)
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The world's largest carbon capture and storage complex planned for northern Alberta could use most of the surplus water in the giant Cold Lake-Beaver River basin, potentially forcing water rationing in the province. Read @nationalobserver.com’s exclusive: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/18/a...
World's biggest carbon capture project could 'essentially drain Alberta', experts warn
Government-commissioned modelling of water use by the planned $16.5 billion Pathways CCS project, a linchpin of the energy deal signed by Ottawa and Alberta last month, concluded its use of the region...
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December 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The world's largest carbon capture and storage complex planned for northern Alberta could use most of the surplus water in the giant Cold Lake-Beaver River basin, potentially forcing water rationing in the province. Read @nationalobserver.com’s exclusive: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/18/a...
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Approved! 20 km of new bike lanes despite Bill 60! "The new lanes are in 'parts of the city that often don't get this type of infrastructure, so that's a really good news story for those parts of the city,' said Michael Longfield, executive director of Cycle Toronto."
NEW for @nationalobserver.com. Despite efforts from the Ford government to limit bike lanes, Toronto council has approved over 20km of new cycling routes. City staff says because the plans don't requite the removal of vehicle lanes, they are legal under Bill 60.
Toronto finds path forward for bike lanes without breaking Ford government rules
City council has approved 20 kilometres of new bike lanes, which will be built without the removal of vehicle lanes, making them legal under the Ford government's Bill 60.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Approved! 20 km of new bike lanes despite Bill 60! "The new lanes are in 'parts of the city that often don't get this type of infrastructure, so that's a really good news story for those parts of the city,' said Michael Longfield, executive director of Cycle Toronto."
NEW for @nationalobserver.com. Despite efforts from the Ford government to limit bike lanes, Toronto council has approved over 20km of new cycling routes. City staff says because the plans don't requite the removal of vehicle lanes, they are legal under Bill 60.
Toronto finds path forward for bike lanes without breaking Ford government rules
City council has approved 20 kilometres of new bike lanes, which will be built without the removal of vehicle lanes, making them legal under the Ford government's Bill 60.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
NEW for @nationalobserver.com. Despite efforts from the Ford government to limit bike lanes, Toronto council has approved over 20km of new cycling routes. City staff says because the plans don't requite the removal of vehicle lanes, they are legal under Bill 60.
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Civic Searchlight just got more useful. We've added the ability to watch council videos in the tool so that you can see and search the transcript while watching the video, to make sure you don't miss a beat.
Let us know how it works for you! civicsearchlight.nationalobserver.com
Let us know how it works for you! civicsearchlight.nationalobserver.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Civic Searchlight just got more useful. We've added the ability to watch council videos in the tool so that you can see and search the transcript while watching the video, to make sure you don't miss a beat.
Let us know how it works for you! civicsearchlight.nationalobserver.com
Let us know how it works for you! civicsearchlight.nationalobserver.com
Update from Toronto city council yesterday re the drafting of a maximum temperature policy by this upcoming summer, and its implementation in 2027. Staff will come back with a drafted bylaw by May. Earlier than the June deadline discussed by executive council last week!
December 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Update from Toronto city council yesterday re the drafting of a maximum temperature policy by this upcoming summer, and its implementation in 2027. Staff will come back with a drafted bylaw by May. Earlier than the June deadline discussed by executive council last week!
Great read from @natashabulowski.bsky.social for @nationalobserver.com. Alberta is pitching AI data centres as the next oil boom. It's fitting when you think of the impacts they'll have on communities, which will have to pony up billions of litres of water+commit to locking in more gas-fired power.
Alberta towns see AI data centres as 'second coming of oil' — but some worry at what cost
Municipalities across Alberta are trying to figure out whether they can — or should — try to cash in on the influx of AI data centre developers looking to set up shop in the province. For some council...
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December 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Great read from @natashabulowski.bsky.social for @nationalobserver.com. Alberta is pitching AI data centres as the next oil boom. It's fitting when you think of the impacts they'll have on communities, which will have to pony up billions of litres of water+commit to locking in more gas-fired power.
For @nationalobserver.com. One funding stream for free AC units in Toronto is failing the people it’s meant to protect. Just 25 recipients in 2 years. One case: an 85-year-old with multiple chronic illnesses denied for having $700 in his bank account.
A Toronto fund for air conditioners reached just 25 people over two years, despite rising heat risks
The city plans to improve access to the fund after the deputation of a family physician who has worked with several patients trying to access it flagged issues such as a grueling application process a...
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December 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
For @nationalobserver.com. One funding stream for free AC units in Toronto is failing the people it’s meant to protect. Just 25 recipients in 2 years. One case: an 85-year-old with multiple chronic illnesses denied for having $700 in his bank account.
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Ford's $80B mega-highway won't fix GTA gridlock: report @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/12/a...
Ford's $80B mega-highway won't fix GTA gridlock: report
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s three planned mega-highway projects could cost $80 billion and would make congestion worse — not better — while increasing air pollution, a new report suggests.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Ford's $80B mega-highway won't fix GTA gridlock: report @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/12/a...
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BREAKING: Another Conservative has left the party.
Michael Ma, MP for the Ontario riding of Markham–Unionville, said he had joined the Liberals in a late Thursday announcement. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/11/n...
Michael Ma, MP for the Ontario riding of Markham–Unionville, said he had joined the Liberals in a late Thursday announcement. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/11/n...
Conservative MP Michael Ma crosses floor to Liberals
Ma is the second MP switch parties to join Mark Carney's government this fall.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
BREAKING: Another Conservative has left the party.
Michael Ma, MP for the Ontario riding of Markham–Unionville, said he had joined the Liberals in a late Thursday announcement. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/11/n...
Michael Ma, MP for the Ontario riding of Markham–Unionville, said he had joined the Liberals in a late Thursday announcement. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/11/n...
This summer in Toronto could be the last without a bylaw requiring landlords to keep rental units at a safe temperature during increasingly hot summers. Mayor Olivia Chow called for the drafting of a max temperature policy by this upcoming summer + implementation in 2027. For @nationalobserver.com
Toronto Mayor Chow calls for protections to keep tenants safe in extreme heat
Mayor Olivia Chow has requested the drafting of a new bylaw that would require landlords to keep rental units cool in the city's increasingly hot summers, just as heat is required in the winter.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This summer in Toronto could be the last without a bylaw requiring landlords to keep rental units at a safe temperature during increasingly hot summers. Mayor Olivia Chow called for the drafting of a max temperature policy by this upcoming summer + implementation in 2027. For @nationalobserver.com
New from @matinsarfraz.bsky.social. Rebecca Kolarich, program manager for water at @environmentaldefence.ca, says the proposed changes remove the usual checks and balances, benefiting only industry while preventing local communities from commenting on potential impacts to their water sources.
Ford moves to let mining companies take water — no permit required
Ontario is proposing changes that would allow hundreds of mineral exploration companies to take water for early-stage work without a permit.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
New from @matinsarfraz.bsky.social. Rebecca Kolarich, program manager for water at @environmentaldefence.ca, says the proposed changes remove the usual checks and balances, benefiting only industry while preventing local communities from commenting on potential impacts to their water sources.
Important context from @woodsideful.bsky.social on recent claims from Carney. While production of both oil + gas has increased over the past decade, jobs have decreased. These companies are not interested in creating jobs, they want to make more money + extract more oil and gas with fewer workers.
Exclusive: Fossil fuel workers won’t be saved by Carney’s oil and gas boosterism
A new pipeline won’t lead to new jobs in the oil and gas sector, and the only question for government officials is whether or not to plan for the inevitable energy transition, according to new researc...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Important context from @woodsideful.bsky.social on recent claims from Carney. While production of both oil + gas has increased over the past decade, jobs have decreased. These companies are not interested in creating jobs, they want to make more money + extract more oil and gas with fewer workers.
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Update: Richard Hamelin, a forest pathology professor at UBC says the cuts are "mind-boggling."
“Once you pull the plug on a program it can take several decades, even with the best intentions, to get these programs going again,” he said.
“Once you pull the plug on a program it can take several decades, even with the best intentions, to get these programs going again,” he said.
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...
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December 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Update: Richard Hamelin, a forest pathology professor at UBC says the cuts are "mind-boggling."
“Once you pull the plug on a program it can take several decades, even with the best intentions, to get these programs going again,” he said.
“Once you pull the plug on a program it can take several decades, even with the best intentions, to get these programs going again,” he said.
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NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports
Cuts at Natural Resources Canada ‘decimate’ wildfire and flood tracking capacity, unions warn
Carney's cuts have hit Natural Resources Canada, causing uproar from public sector unions warning the layoffs will hurt Canada's ability to respond to cliamte change and protect Canadians from wildfir...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports
The Ford government has stripped protection from parts of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park to sell the land for redevelopment — despite thousands of public objections from critics who say it puts sensitive ecosystems and endangered species at risk. @matinsarfraz.bsky.social for @nationalobserver.com
Ford strips protections from Wasaga Beach to sell for development
Under its controversial omnibus Bill 68, more than one per cent of the park — with some estimates suggesting up to 60 per cent — has been removed from protection. Wasaga Beach is the province’s most v...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Ford government has stripped protection from parts of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park to sell the land for redevelopment — despite thousands of public objections from critics who say it puts sensitive ecosystems and endangered species at risk. @matinsarfraz.bsky.social for @nationalobserver.com
BEPS in Toronto are back on the table. Yesterday, I was at a committee meeting, where there was a successful motion that will bring building emission performance standards back before council later this month — potentially giving them a reprieve from the dustbin.
Toronto’s building emission standards are back on the table
On Thursday, the city’s infrastructure and environment committee moved a motion that will bring the standards back before council later this month — potentially giving them a reprieve from the dustbin...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
BEPS in Toronto are back on the table. Yesterday, I was at a committee meeting, where there was a successful motion that will bring building emission performance standards back before council later this month — potentially giving them a reprieve from the dustbin.
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The Net-Zero Advisory Body is *legally* mandated to consult on Canada’s climate plans but has been completely ignored by Carney and Dabrusin. It appears that it is being bled dry — and now two of its most prominent members have quit in frustration.
Federal net-zero body falling apart in wake of Alberta-Ottawa deal
Two prominent members of the Net-Zero Advisory Body, including its chair, have resigned this week, citing a lack of influence over a government that’s increasingly pulling back on climate action.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Net-Zero Advisory Body is *legally* mandated to consult on Canada’s climate plans but has been completely ignored by Carney and Dabrusin. It appears that it is being bled dry — and now two of its most prominent members have quit in frustration.
As the Ontario gov continues to gut climate policies, the province’s Auditor General has found “examples of a disregard for the public’s rights” under legislation that requires the gov to consider public feedback before making decisions that could impact the environment. For @nationalobserver.com
As Ontario axes climate policies, auditor finds province ignored public input rules
The Auditor General has found “examples of a disregard for the public’s rights” under legislation that requires the Ford government to consider public feedback before making decisions that could impac...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
As the Ontario gov continues to gut climate policies, the province’s Auditor General has found “examples of a disregard for the public’s rights” under legislation that requires the gov to consider public feedback before making decisions that could impact the environment. For @nationalobserver.com
New for @nationalobserver.com on funding from the Ontario government for winter roads. Climate change is making ice roads more expensive to build and maintain, and any costs that aren't covered by the feds or the province are left to the First Nations that rely on them.
Warming winters squeeze Ontario’s ice roads. Funding isn’t keeping up
Ontario added $2 million to its winter road program, but communities say climate change is rapidly outpacing funding.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
New for @nationalobserver.com on funding from the Ontario government for winter roads. Climate change is making ice roads more expensive to build and maintain, and any costs that aren't covered by the feds or the province are left to the First Nations that rely on them.
Environment minister Julie Dabrusin was grilled on whether she supports a new oil pipeline by both the Bloc Québécois and Conservatives at a committee meeting Monday morning. Dabrusin would not say whether a new oil pipeline would increase GHGs.
Environment minister won’t say whether new pipeline would increase or decrease emissions
Environment and Climate Change Minister Julie Dabrusin would not state her position on an oil pipeline, nor give a straight answer on whether said pipeline would increase or decrease Canada's planet-w...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Environment minister Julie Dabrusin was grilled on whether she supports a new oil pipeline by both the Bloc Québécois and Conservatives at a committee meeting Monday morning. Dabrusin would not say whether a new oil pipeline would increase GHGs.
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HAPPENING NOW: Join @maxfawcett.bsky.social @chrishatch.bsky.social and @supriya.bsky.social's conversation, hashing out whether the MOU represents a cynical betrayal of climate policy and Indigenous communities — or a calculated call of Alberta’s political bluff on pipelines.
How will the pipeline pact play out? Join us Monday on Zoom for 'The Pipeline Debate'
In our ever-more siloed informational environment, having places and spaces where spirited disagreement can happen under one digital roof is an important bulwark against the polarization that too ofte...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Join @maxfawcett.bsky.social @chrishatch.bsky.social and @supriya.bsky.social's conversation, hashing out whether the MOU represents a cynical betrayal of climate policy and Indigenous communities — or a calculated call of Alberta’s political bluff on pipelines.
ICYMI: Yesterday, documents from the City of Toronto showed it is indefinitely putting its building emissions performance standards on hold. The standards were seen as the key way to reach emission reduction targets in buildings – which produce nearly 60 per cent of Toronto’s overall emissions.
Toronto blames federal funding cuts and Ford-era limits for shelving building emissions bylaw
The City of Toronto has pulled back planned rules for cutting building emissions, citing new federal and provincial barriers.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
ICYMI: Yesterday, documents from the City of Toronto showed it is indefinitely putting its building emissions performance standards on hold. The standards were seen as the key way to reach emission reduction targets in buildings – which produce nearly 60 per cent of Toronto’s overall emissions.