by Working Forest | Jul 15, 2018 | Archives
STOWE, Vt.– ASSOCIATED PRESS — The grey trunks of red spruce trees killed by acid rain once heavily scarred the mountain forests of the Northeast. Now those forests are mostly green, with the crowns of red spruce peeking out of the canopy and saplings thriving...
by Working Forest | Jul 15, 2018 | Archives
BillerudKorsnäs and Uppsala University are making paper batteries a reality, paving the way for energy storage in packaging materials. BillerudKorsnäs and researchers at Uppsala University have together taken an important step towards the future’s paper batteries....
by Working Forest | Jul 15, 2018 | Archives
ITHACA, N.Y. – A tiny fern – with each leaf the size of a gnat – may provide global impact for sinking atmospheric carbon dioxide, fixing nitrogen in agriculture and shooing pesky insects from crops. The fern’s full genome has been sequenced by a Cornell University...
by Working Forest | Jul 11, 2018 | Archive Articles, Articles
A paper mill in Port Hawkesbury, N.S., is celebrating a decision by the United States Department of Commerce to end countervailing duties that were imposed in 2015 on its glossy paper. According to a report by the CBC, some American companies had complained that...
by Working Forest | Jul 11, 2018 | Archive Articles, Articles
The US and Canadian Pellet Feedstock Price Indices increased in early 2018, driven mainly by higher demand for pellets in Europe and Asia, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review The pellet feedstock price indices for North America, launched by WRI in...
