Tag Archives: NGOs

Lawrence Solomon: Environmentalists for a foreign agenda

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Lawrence Solomon

(December 12, 2013) Canadians have no clue when the exhortations coming from Sierra Club, Greenpeace or the David Suzuki Foundation are financed by U.S. interests. Continue reading →

Posted in Fossil Fuels, Tar Sands | Tagged charities, David Suzuki, Environmental Issues and Protection, environmentalists, foreign policy, NGOs, oil sands, propaganda | Leave a comment

Lawrence Solomon: How U.S. charities fund Greens

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(January 20, 2012) Unbeknownst to most Canadians, over the past two decades Canada’s fabulously influential environmental movement increasingly has had U.S. paymasters. Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged Climate Change, Enbridge, environmental groups, environmentalism, forestry, Global Warming, greens, Keystone XL, NGOs, Northern Gateway, philanthropy, propaganda | 1 Comment

Lawrence Solomon: Atwood’s library

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Lawrence Solomon

(August 5, 2011) Toronto has an extraordinary library system with close to 100 branches. The former is mostly about books; the latter mostly about everything but books. This is true of most Canadian cities, where the great history of building public libraries to bring books to the people is running up against rapidly changing cultures and technologies. Continue reading →