by Working Forest | Jan 7, 2016 | Archives
Europe is in a bind. It has ambitious goals for changing its polluting energy system, and plans to source 20% of the EU’s total energy from renewables by 2020. But the main way it’s getting there is a method with murky credentials: biomass. Biomass can include many...
by Working Forest | Jan 7, 2016 | Archives
When Designboom described this house in Poland, designed by też architekci, as “a stealthy and brooding presence” I thought that was for sure, along with some other adjectives. But the next sentence caught my eye: “the dwelling is entirely clad with...
by Working Forest | Jan 7, 2016 | Articles
They waited almost until New Year’s Eve to do it, but Resolute Forest Products has decided to make things interesting in the world of governments “investing” in business. Here’s the situation in a nutshell: the Nova Scotia government, in an effort to save a closing...
by Working Forest | Jan 7, 2016 | Archives
The United Riders of Cumberland (UROC), Village of Cumberland, TimberWest Forest Corp., and Hancock Forest Management announced Tuesday that a land access agreement has been reached to formally allow non-motorized recreation on private managed forest lands adjacent...
by Working Forest | Jan 6, 2016 | Archives
The value of homes in communities dependent on resource extraction has taken a beating in 2015, the sour note in a general rise of residential real estate assessments. A long slide in copper and coal prices has led to layoffs and mine closures in mining towns such as...
