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Canada's oil and gas emissions fell in 2025 despite production rise

National emissions increased due to greater use of natural gas for heating, a new report states.

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Canada's oil and gas emissions fell in 2025 despite production rise

What this story says

  • Canada's oil and gas sector emissions declined in 2025 while production increased.
  • Overall national emissions rose in 2025 because of increased natural gas use for heating.
  • These findings are from the Canadian Climate Institute's annual national emissions report.
  • The institute receives three-quarters of its funding from the federal government.

Who covered it

Left 67%(12)Centre 33%(6)Right 0%(0)

Percentages are shares of the 18 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 1 of the 19 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

45/100

Hype

10/100

19 sources · methodology

Thin on the right so far

None of the 18 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.

This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.

Canada's oil and gas sector emitted less in 2025, despite a rise in production, according to the Canadian Climate Institute's annual national emissions report. The country's total emissions, however, increased due to a greater reliance on natural gas for heating homes.

The Canadian Climate Institute, which published the findings, receives three-quarters of its funding from the federal government. The report was released on a Thursday.

What the coverage left out

No right-rated reports were published on this story. The digests from the left and centre-rated outlets did not mention specific figures for the decrease in oil and gas emissions or the increase in overall national emissions.

Tags:#ClimateChange#Emissions#Canada#OilAndGas#NaturalGas

Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 3 times, most recently on 8 Oct 2026, 09:30, and will add the sides that appear.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

12 rated outlets

  • Twelve left-rated reports led with the finding that Canada's oil and gas sector emissions decreased in 2025, even as production increased. These reports also noted that overall national emissions rose due to increased reliance on natural gas for heating. The Canadian Climate Institute's annual national emissions report was cited as the source for these findings. The digests also stated that the institute receives three-quarters of its funding from the federal government.

Centre

6 rated outlets

  • Six centre-rated reports highlighted that Canada's oil and gas sector emissions fell in 2025 despite production increases. They also reported that overall national emissions went up because of greater use of natural gas for heating. These digests attributed the findings to the Canadian Climate Institute's annual national emissions report and mentioned that the institute receives three-quarters of its funding from the federal government.

Right

0 rated outlets

No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Canada's oil and gas emissions fell in 2025 despite production rise?
Of the 18 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 67% are rated left, 33% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 19. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Canada's oil and gas emissions fell in 2025 despite production rise left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 18 rated outlets on this story, 67% are rated left, 33% are rated centre, 0% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Canada's oil and gas emissions fell in 2025 despite production rise biased?
Canada's oil and gas emissions fell in 2025 despite production rise is one event reported by 19 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Canada's oil and gas emissions fell in 2025 despite production rise?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Canada's oil and gas emissions fell in 2025 despite production rise?
19 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What happened with Canada's oil and gas emissions in 2025?
Canada's oil and gas sector emissions decreased in 2025, according to the Canadian Climate Institute's annual national emissions report. This occurred despite an increase in production within the sector.
Did Canada's overall emissions increase or decrease in 2025?
Canada's overall emissions increased in 2025. This rise was attributed to a greater reliance on natural gas for heating homes across the country.
Who produced the report on Canada's emissions?
The findings are from the Canadian Climate Institute's annual national emissions report. This institute receives three-quarters of its funding from the federal government.

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19 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

Left

12
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Centre

6

Right

0

No outlet in this group ran the story.

Not rated

1

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