Ole Hendrickson

Ole Hendrickson is a forest ecologist and current president of the Ottawa River Institute, a non-profit charitable organization based in the Ottawa Valley.

Columnists

Feb 3, 2021

Groups oppose plans to abandon defunct nuclear reactors and radioactive waste

Ole Hendrickson

Citizen groups concerned about nuclear safety are objecting to plans in the works to abandon nuclear reactors and the radioactive waste they produce once they are shut down.

Blog

Oct 30, 2020

U.S. corporations profiting from major Canadian nuclear liability

Ole Hendrickson

The nearly 70-year history of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited has left a $16-billion toxic legacy of shuttered reactors, polluted lakes and groundwater, contaminated soils, and radioactive waste.

Columnists

Dec 11, 2019

Nature-based climate solutions go beyond planting trees

Ole Hendrickson

Protecting existing high-carbon ecosystems is an effective way to mitigate climate change, and Canada, with its vast expanses of intact forests and wetlands, can play a significant role.

Columnists

Oct 24, 2019

Canada needs a national recreational trails program

Ole Hendrickson

A well-designed national recreational trails program would address the needs of a much wider range of users than a single trans-Canada route.

Columnists

Oct 11, 2019

Nature has solutions for a capitalist world awash in waste

Ole Hendrickson

A collective effort to tackle waste reduction and create a "circular economy" is urgently needed -- a flourishing, diverse, job-rich economy based on repair, recycling and reuse.

Columnists

Oct 1, 2019

Older Canadians protest against themselves by joining youth climate strikes

Ole Hendrickson

People of all ages participated in the global climate strike on September 27, Canada's largest-ever nationwide mass action, led by youth.

Columnists

Sep 18, 2019

Conservatives and Liberals advance corporate Canada's nuclear dreams

Ole Hendrickson

With new environmental review regulations, the Liberal government has exempted more projects from review and further gutted Canada's environmental assessment regime.

Columnists

May 16, 2019