PAUL DRIESSEN
Senior Fellow

Paul Driessen is senior policy adviser for the Congress of Racial Equality, Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow and other nonprofit public policy think tanks.  He writes and speaks frequently on energy, the environment, economic development, international health, human rights, and corporate social responsibility.

His book, Eco-Imperialism: Green Power - Black Death, documents the harm that environmental policies often have on poor people, especially in developing countries. It is in its second US printing and has also been published in Argentina (Spanish), India (English), Germany (German) and Italy (Italian). His recent report, Responsible Progress in the Andes, takes a critical look at activist campaigns against mining operations that proponents say would bring jobs, infrastructure, and modern safety and pollution control practices to poor communities.

Driessen received a BA in geology and field ecology from Lawrence University and a law degree from the University of Denver College of Law, before embarking on a career that has included tenures with the United States Senate, U.S. Department of the Interior and an energy trade association. He is active in the Public Relations Society of America’s Strategic Social Responsibility Section, and has written and produced several documentary films, including one about immigration through Ellis Island and “Aquariums Without Walls,” which describes the teeming marine habitats found beneath offshore oil production platforms.

Publications by Paul Driessen:

Drill Here. Drill Now. Drill ANWR., 7/2/08
Keeping Romania Impoverished, 10/3/07
The "Coal is Filthy" Ad-Scam, 5/31/07
Buy a Bed, Save a Life, 5/16/07
Forty Years of Perverse "Social Responsibility", 4/2/07
Global Warming Ethics, Pork and Profits, 2/07/07
An Economic Suicide Pact for Europe and the U.S., 1/24/07
Good News for Malaria Victims, 1/2/07
Climate McCarthyism and Eco-Inquisitions, 12/15/06
Real Climate Change Catastrophe, 11/21/06
Delaying Technology can be Deadly, 10/26/06
Activist Fraud and Fund Raising, 9/7/06
Nuclear to the Rescue, 8/29/06
The Truth about Malaria and DDT, 7/19/06
Mediocrity Reigns Supreme: Congressional Hot Air Substitutes for Energy Policy
CSR for Thee, But Not for Me?, 6/14/06
PC Malaria Programs at the World Bank

See Also:
Green Activists Hurt the World's Poor: An Interview with Paul Driessen by James M. Taylor, 09/12/07