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Author: Christopher Pollon

Christopher Pollon
Christopher Pollon
Christopher Pollon (@C_Pollon) is a Vancouver-based independent journalist who reports on the politics of natural resources.
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Environment

Tidal Power is the Next Big Green Wave

September 5, 2018November 13, 2019 - by Christopher Pollon

Why tides are set to take their place alongside solar and wind

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Environment

Should Oil Companies Be on the Hook for Climate Change Costs?

January 26, 2018November 11, 2019 - by Christopher Pollon

From wild fires to rising sea levels, ecological disasters are expected to cost Canada $5 billion per year by 2020—and some communities want big oil to pay its share

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Cannabis

Please Enjoy Your Genetically Engineered Dinner

January 3, 2018November 11, 2019 - by Christopher Pollon

Last year, Canada became the first country to sell unlabelled transgenic animals for human consumption. But do consumers have an appetite for it?

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Photograph courtesy of the FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Environment

How Humans Are Inadvertently Hastening the Extinction of Canada’s Whales

September 13, 2017November 11, 2019 - by Christopher Pollon

An investigation into this summer’s mysterious deaths blames our booming industries. But it isn’t too late to save the endangered mammals

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Photo by The Canadian Press / Darryl Dyck
Environment / Web Exclusives

British Columbia’s Perfect Firestorm

July 13, 2017July 17, 2019 - by Christopher Pollon

Why this year’s wildfires are so severe—and what can be done to stop them in the future

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Photograph by Kent Lins
Environment

Could a Standing Rock Protest Happen in British Columbia?

December 9, 2016November 15, 2019 - by Christopher Pollon

The anti-pipeline battle will likely be waged as much in the courts as in the streets

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Photograph by Tavish Campbell / Courtesy of Heiltsuk Nation
Environment

Justin Trudeau v. Oil Tankers

November 18, 2016July 17, 2019 - by Christopher Pollon

The prime minister has promised a moratorium, but loopholes could still turn the West Coast into a shipping superhighway

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Photograph by Ben Nelms
Environment / Web Exclusives

Farming as Protest

November 15, 2016July 17, 2019 - by Christopher Pollon

Opposing British Columbia’s Site C dam through agriculture

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Feature / June 2015

How High Interest Lenders Prey on Low-income Canadians

June 19, 2015December 13, 2019 - by Christopher Pollon

The pay day loan industry is built on taking advantage of our most vulnerable

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