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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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May 16, 2019

With Bill C-69, a weak environmental assessment system is about to get worse

Ole Hendrickson

Canada needs an environmental assessment regime focused on positive impacts, not one that ignores even more projects and their environmental impacts.

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Mar 6, 2019

How can we counter corporate capture of government?

Ole Hendrickson

The SNC-Lavalin affair rips the veil off the hidden world of corporate influence on government decision-making.

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Feb 21, 2019

Governments should ban auto ads and put warning labels on cars

Ole Hendrickson

Like cigarettes, cars should have health warnings and governments should place tight legal restrictions on auto industry ads and sponsorships.

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Oct 23, 2018

Despite Liberal claims, nuclear power will not save the environment

Ole Hendrickson

Canada is developing plans for the next generation of nuclear reactors, touted as a form of "clean growth." But there's little evidence that this technology will address climate change.

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Aug 17, 2018

Charities' right to free speech -- yet another broken election promise

Ole Hendrickson

The Trudeau government has decided to appeal the Ontario Superior Court ruling that would have allowed charities to do their work on behalf of Canadians, free from political harassment.

Ole Hendrickson

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