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...

How #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 #Mining climateinstitute.ca/wp-content/u...

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

Aging 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 Canada’s 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...

Over 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 ]

Over 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!

Over 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!

My National Observer story "What Happens When a Country Says ‘No’ 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. tinyurl.com/y787pae3

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:

My first book club event! Tomorrow 10 a.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. London (via Zoom)

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 #2:

A big dream worth pursuing: Passenger trains connecting Vancouver, Whistler and the Fraser Valley. www.mvx.vision

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: