Why does Canada not have a single #RareEarth mine in spite of lots of deposits? My latest for @nationalobserver.com explores why.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/17/a...
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Why does Canada not have a single #RareEarth mine in spite of lots of deposits? My latest for @nationalobserver.com explores why.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/17/a...
AI's voracious thirst for water and energy will demand hard choices between the needs of humanity and those of machines. My latest for The Walrus: thewalrus.ca/ai-environme...
01.10.2025 16:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0How #Canada can diversify trade away from the USA -- by shipping #CriticalMinerals like potash through the Arctic: my latest for @nationalobserver.com.web.brid.gy
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/13/a...
My latest for @nationalobserver.com explores the trade-offs #Churchill Manitoba must navigate to expand into Canada's only rail-connected Arctic trade corridor -- and an export pathway for #criticalminerals and more, to non-US markets
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/24/a...
There's so much hype about #CriticalMinerals -- but how can Canada avoid making taxpayers (and the biosphere) pay for more toxic cleanups? I co-authored this report for the @ClimateInstit
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Will Trump 2.0 push more Canadian shipping through the Arctic? In April I went to #Churchill -- the site of Canada's only deep sea #Arctic port connected to North America by rail, to find out. (It's free to read if you register) @NatObserver
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/04/a...
What does Trump really want from Canada? thewalrus.ca/the-us-badly... @thewalrus.ca #criticalminerals
03.06.2025 16:02 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Aging Condos Get Help With Clean Upgrades
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/26/a... @nationalobserver.com #cleanenergy #strata
My latest story for @nationalobserver.com -- A revival of Canadaβs only deep-sea #Arctic port is underway in #Churchill, MB as the country seeks to diversify trade and protect its sovereignty in the north. The Americans (and Europeans) have noticed. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/25/a...
26.04.2025 16:26 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Over the next 10 weeks, I am posting the "Top 10 Action Items for PITFALL Readers" -- takeaways from my book with the power to make the world a better place. It's Week #8! [More at chrispollon.com ]
26.02.2025 22:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Over the next 10 weeks, I am posting the "Top 10 Action Items for #PITFALL Readers" -- takeaways from my #mining book with the power to make the world a better place. It's Week #5!
05.02.2025 22:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Over the next 10 weeks, I am posting the "Top 10 Action Items for PITFALL Readers" -- takeaways from my book with the power to make the world a better place. It's Week #4!
30.01.2025 21:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My National Observer story "What Happens When a Country Says βNoβ to Mining?" has been included in the new book, The State of the Free Press -- as one of the 25 "most important but under-reported news stories" in the US last year.
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Over the next 10 weeks, I will be posting the "Top 10 Action Items for PITFALL Readers" -- takeaways from my book with the power to make the world a better place. Here's #3:
23.01.2025 21:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My first book club event! Tomorrow 10 a.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. London (via Zoom)
22.01.2025 04:45 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Over the next 10 weeks, I will be posting the "Top 10 Action Items for PITFALL Readers" -- takeaways from my book with the power to make the world a better place. Here's #2:
16.01.2025 22:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A big dream worth pursuing: Passenger trains connecting Vancouver, Whistler and the Fraser Valley.
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What's knowledge without Action? Over the next 10 weeks, I will be posting the "Top 10 Action Items for PITFALL Readers" -- takeaways from my book with the power to make the world a better place. Here's #1:
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