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Energy Probe Research Foundation (1991)

Auteur	Energy Probe
Datum	1991
Classificatie	3.02.0.00/07 (CANADA - ALGEMEEN)
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ENERGY PROBE RESEARCH FOUNDATION

OUR FOUNDATION'S BACKGROUND

The Energy Probe Research Foundation -considered one of the most effective 
organizations of its kind by The Canadian Encyclopedia-first took form in 1970 as 
the Energy Team of Pollution Probe. In 1980 Energy Probe separated from Pollution 
Probe and became incorporated as the Energy Probe Research Foundation.

The Foundation is often viewed as a maverick, taking positions that are sometimes 
out of step with other environmental groups, and fighting for sound, democratic 
processes as much as against ill-advised projects. The Foundation has always 
championed property rights and market mechanisms to protect the environment, has 
been a critic of foreign aid and other forms of unaccountable international lending, 
and believes that an informed public can best ensure lasting environmental protection.

To inform public opinion, it has been a founder of numerous organizations: locally, 
Ecology House; nationally, Friends of the Earth Canada; and internationally, the 
World Rainforest Movement and the International Rivers Network.

The Foundation is itself comprised of several distinct divisions, Energy Probe, Probe 
International, Environment Probe, and the Margaret Laurence Fund, established to 
celebrate the accomplishments of one of the Foundation's most celebrated directors 
and ensure the continuation of her work at the Foundation for peace and the 
environment.

The Foundation is an outspoken watchdog organization that is financially 
independent of governments and corporations. The bulk of its funds comes in the 
form of individual donations from the general public. Donations are tax creditable and 
may be directed to the general work of the Foundation or to the Margaret Laurence 
Fund, Energy Probe, Environment Probe, or Probe International. Each has its own 
budget and each depends on the continued respect and support of the Canadian public 
for the funding of its operations.

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