Freelance Journalist and Author of "PITFALL: THE RACE TO MINE THE WORLD'S MOST VULNERABLE PLACES"
Vancouver British Columbia
Joined January 2009
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Christopher Pollon retweeted
When the USA has wildfires, Canada sends planes, trucks, and firefighters to help.
When Canada has wildfires, the USA sends strongly worded letters threatening invasion.
FINAL WARNING TO CANADA: Manage your forests to prevent these fires. American lungs are paying the price for Canadian inaction, year after year.
Sovereignty comes with responsibility, and the responsibility to prevent a foreseeable disaster from crossing into another country’s airspace has not been met.
Humanity is now over-pumping so much fresh #water to the surface, the run-off has become one of the biggest sources of global sea level rise.
See my latest @thewalrus story: thewalrus.ca/trump-is-thirst…
This story sets the stage for my upcoming National Observer series on renewable energy in #Alberta - where despite better solar and wind resources than virtually anywhere in Canada, the province is actively undermining #cleanenergy
nationalobserver.com/2026/04…
Christopher Pollon retweeted
As Donald Trump muses about redirecting northern water, Canada is fixated on potential theft, but @C_Pollon urges us to turn inward. “We are our own worst enemy—careless stewards squandering an advantage we assume will always be there.” thewalrus.ca/trump-is-thirst…
My investigative series "A Canadian Arctic Port in the Shadow of Trump 2.0" -- for Canada's National Observer, has been nominated for a Digital Publishing Award for Best Reporting digitalpublishingawards.ca/2… #DPA26
My latest @thewalrus feature explains how fears of #Trump stealing Canada's #water are secondary to our own internal mismanagement, neglect and gluttony of the resource.
thewalrus.ca/trump-is-thirst…
I'm a guest on the Reading the Earth #mining podcast, interviewed by @Stantec 's Peter Thibodeau, about #rareearth supply chains, access to #criticalminerals as a major geopolitical issue, and where we go from here.
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Other than industry insiders, who would bother reading a magazine story about #CriticalMinerals ? Apparently, 150,000 readers in just two days: thewalrus.ca/publishing-cant… @thewalrus
Why does Canada not have a single #RareEarth mine in spite of lots of deposits? My latest for Canada's National Observer explores why.
nationalobserver.com/2025/10…
My latest for @thewalrus ...
An AI-powered world will demand hard choices between the needs of humanity and those of machines, but how can we properly allocate critical resources when Big Tech is keeping us in the dark about AI’s environmental footprint? Journalist @C_Pollon explores: thewalrus.ca/ai-environmenta…
How #Canada can diversify trade away from the USA -- by shipping #CriticalMinerals like potash through the Arctic: my latest for Canada's National Observer:
nationalobserver.com/2025/08…
My latest for @NatObserver 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
nationalobserver.com/2025/06…
Christopher Pollon retweeted
96 private jets full of corrupt elites and celebs flying into Venice, a city destroyed by tourism, to celebrate the wedding of the world’s most shameless tax dodger: Jeff Bezos.
Well, it's the perfect anecdote for future historians writing about this Second Gilded Age --> 🧵
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-conte…
Christopher Pollon retweeted
Donald Trump’s threats to make Canada the fifty-first US state may just be a play for what lies beneath our soil and in our lakes. Journalist @C_Pollon investigates what the US might want, what Canada stands to lose, and why the stakes keep rising: thewalrus.ca/the-us-badly-ne…
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
nationalobserver.com/2025/06…
Christopher Pollon retweeted
The trade wars of the future will be battles over access to critical minerals—and Canada is caught in the crosshairs. Journalist @C_Pollon breaks down how resources and geography are turning Canada into both a strategic prize and a potential target. thewalrus.ca/the-us-badly-ne…
In my latest for @thewalrus -- I look at how Canadian fresh water and critical minerals could be driving Trump's 51st State annexation rhetoric:
thewalrus.ca/the-us-badly-ne…