Joan Baxter reports on EverWind Fuels plans to build Canada's biggest wind farm in eastern Nova Scotia—404 turbines covering more than 64,000 hectares of Nova Scotia’s Crown land— with plans for a hydrogen and ammonia plant in Cape Breton. EverWind's proposed Guysborough wind project and Bear Head Energy's next door wind project have raised local concerns about their environmental impacts and loopholes and weaknesses in Nova Scotia's environmental assessment process.

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John Woodside for the National Observer reports that the Canadian Gas Association, a fossil fuel lobby group, is under investigation for alleged greenwashing. The fossil fuel industry has secured favourable tax credits and a role for natural gas-derived hydrogen in Canada's energy transition. The federal government has introduced several initiatives to grow the hydrogen sector. These initiatives include an investment tax credit for "clean" hydrogen, a carbon capture and storage tax credit, and a Clean Fuels Fund. Supporters argue that hydrogen can be used in various industries to reduce emissions. Critics believe it is a delay tactic used by the fossil fuel industry. Environmentalists argue that the federal hydrogen strategy undermines Canada’s hydrogen ambitions by not addressing its dependence on fossil fuels.

On November 29, 2023, Global Affairs Canada's press release about a $125 million loan to EverWind Fuels in Nova Scotia did not mention that it was in US dollars, resulting in $41 million more public dollars than initially believed. Joan Baxter and the Halifax Examiner uncovered the misleading statement about Export Development Canada’s loans to Nova Scotia-registered EverWind Fuels, a private company founded by a New York-based Australian private equity company.

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