THE REAL ENVIRONMENTAL CRISIS: WHY POVERTY, NOT AFFLUENCE, IS THE ENVIRONMENT'S NUMBER ONE ENEMY

by Jack M. Hollander

University of California Press

235 pages, $40.95

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It's NAFTA's 10th anniversary and what a great decade for the environment it's been. Sulphur dioxide emissions are down, ground level ozone levels are down, inhalable airborne particle levels are down and energy efficiency is up. Our air is clearer, our water is cleaner and, as a by-product, we're healthier, too.  Full story »

"Beware of business when it claims to represent the public interest," warns the author. Article cites Lawrence Solomon.  Full story »

Rogue industry seeks more public largesse as investors choose newer games of chance

Much of the worldwide mining industry is in financial difficulty, with many of its members scratching out a living and staring bankruptcy in the face. "A lot of drilling companies are facing Chapter 11," warns the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.

Nothing much new here.  Full story »

Well, actually, we're not. Lumberjacks, that is. Many fewer of us make a living at lumberjacking, or, more generally, in the forestry industry, than in the 1970s, when Monty Python penned "I'm a Lumberjack and I'm OK," that timeless tribute to the Canadian character. Over a longer haul, the industry's decline is dramatic: In 1947, forestry accounted for 3.9% of total labour income, last year just 0.6%, the same as its share of employment. As a share of exports, forestry products are down from 16.7% in 1971 to 10.9% in 1998.  Full story »

Lawrence Solomon responds to a letter to the editor
from Gordon Peeling, president and CEO, The Mining Association of Canada regarding his article on mining subsidies Financial Post, Jan. 31, 2000  Full story »

Get rich quick . . . without making money
The Northern Miner, Jan. 24-30, 2000

 The mining industry has been a whipping boy for environmentalists and anti-mining organizations for the past decade, but a recent column titled "They get the gold, we get the shaft," in the National Post, takes the exercise to a mean-spirited extreme.  Full story »

Canada's mining industry knows how to strike it rich, but it closely guards its secrets, for fear others will jump its claims. Now, the secret's out. Here's how it's done.  Full story »

When the public isn't involved, foreign aid can backfire on us and on the Third World  Full story »