Christopher Pollon
About Christopher Pollon
Christopher Pollon is a Vancouver-based independent journalist who reports on the politics of natural resources, focusing on energy, mines and oceans. He is the author of Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places (Greystone Books 2023), an investigation of global metal mining and the clean energy transition. His first book was 2017′s The Peace in Peril: The Real Cost of the Site C Dam. He can be reached through Chrispollon.com.
It's never been more important to find a mining waste fix
The need to store and manage mine tailings — the waste created by grinding up and processing ore — is modern mining’s greatest environmental liability and long-term expense.
The battle between a Canadian mining company and Panama over one of the richest copper-gold mines in the Americas is headed to international arbitration
The battle between a Canadian mining company and Panama over one of the richest copper-gold mines in the Americas is headed to international arbitration – exposing Canada’s double standard when it comes to promoting free trade in the Global South.
The weighty costs of an electric truck
Is it possible to drive a big electric truck and be green at the same time? Chris Pollon test drives a Ford F-150 Lightning — the EV version of North America’s bestselling pickup — to find out.
