Christopher Pollon
Contributor at Freelance
Freelance Journalist and Author of "PITFALL: THE RACE TO MINE THE WORLD'S MOST VULNERABLE PLACES" (October 2023)
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1 month ago |
nationalobserver.com | Christopher Pollon |Chris Hatch |Rory White
At Jacques Olivier’s Hyundai dealership in Saint-Basile Quebec, about an hour’s drive south-east of Montreal, the multiple onsite charger stations are always busy. Three rows of shiny new EVs have been strategically parked to be visible from nearby Highway 116, with Olivier’s best sellers – including the IONIQ 5, KONA and IONIQ 6 compact SUVs -- the most prominent.
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Dec 1, 2024 |
theifp.ca | Christopher Pollon
From “Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places.”A few years back, I attended a “green business” convention in Vancouver, where an oil and gas CEO appeared as part of a panel to discuss the future of fossil fuels. The executive faced a tough crowd: the room was packed with NGO activists and university students, who by this point were demanding action on climate change. “Raise your hand if you don’t use oil,” he began, surveying the crowd. Silence.
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Nov 30, 2024 |
mississauga.com | Christopher Pollon
From “Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places.”A few years back, I attended a “green business” convention in Vancouver, where an oil and gas CEO appeared as part of a panel to discuss the future of fossil fuels. The executive faced a tough crowd: the room was packed with NGO activists and university students, who by this point were demanding action on climate change. “Raise your hand if you don’t use oil,” he began, surveying the crowd. Silence.
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Nov 16, 2024 |
thespec.com | Christopher Pollon
From “Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places.”A few years back, I attended a “green business” convention in Vancouver, where an oil and gas CEO appeared as part of a panel to discuss the future of fossil fuels. The executive faced a tough crowd: the room was packed with NGO activists and university students, who by this point were demanding action on climate change. “Raise your hand if you don’t use oil,” he began, surveying the crowd. Silence.
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Oct 2, 2024 |
magazine.cim.org | Christopher Pollon |Cecilia Keating |Kelsey Rolfe
By its very nature, mining is a glutton for energy. Despite efforts to source more clean energy, extracting minerals still relies on enormous inputs of diesel, coal and other fossil fuels to crush, transport and process ore. Sign Up Already signed up?
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