by Working Forest | Mar 16, 2017 | Archives
With the province’s new carbon tax expected to cost Calgary Transit at least $3.75 million over the next two years, city bureaucrats may soon study if switching buses to renewable diesel is a good idea. Jeff Brookman, with Calgary-based renewable fuels company...
by Working Forest | Mar 15, 2017 | Archives
Canada’s lumber industry is in a stronger position to weather a U.S. trade battle than it was during the last major clash a decade ago, but smaller Quebec and Ontario producers would be particularly vulnerable to duties that may arrive within weeks, industry...
by Working Forest | Mar 15, 2017 | Archives
President Donald Trump’s nominee for United States Trade Representative is vowing to end the long-running softwood-lumber dispute with Canada – whether by cutting a deal or fighting it out in trade court – and take Ottawa to task for not cracking down on counterfeit...
by Working Forest | Mar 15, 2017 | Archives
Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre and FPInnovations announced three winners of the initial stage of the “FPInnovations-ARCTIC Forest Inventory Challenge.” Arbonaut Oy, Lim Geomatics Inc. and Object Raku Technology Inc. were selected from a pool of global...
by Working Forest | Mar 15, 2017 | Archives
Canadian forestry firm Canfor Pulp Products Inc. is kicking off a new multimillion-dollar cleantech project with the help of the federal government. Working with an Australian-based startup company, which has developed a process that uses to convert biomass into...
