by Working Forest | Jan 5, 2016 | Archives
For many Canadians, 2015 will be remembered as a banner year for the environmental movement. In the past three months, there was a new global agreement on greenhouse gas emissions and a new government in Ottawa that ordered a ministry revamp — it is now called...
by Working Forest | Jan 4, 2016 | Archives
Long before global environmentalists had even heard of the oil sands, their Canadian target of predilection was the forest industry. Greenpeace and Forest Ethics waged savvy PR campaigns to persuade the world, and purchasers of wood and paper products, to boycott...
by Working Forest | Jan 4, 2016 | Archives
To the Editor: When Christy Clark said she would make a new softwood lumber agreement with the United States her top priority with a new federal government, New Democrats voiced support. We believe that a vibrant forest industry is vital to our economy. Forest...
by Working Forest | Jan 4, 2016 | Archives
It sounds a bit contradictory to call the province’s recent forestry trade mission to Japan and China a success when British Columbia’s lumber shipments into the region are on the slide. For industry officials, however, the trip at the end of November was about...
by Working Forest | Jan 4, 2016 | Archives
Mill claims it had deal with firm to design, install pollution control systemNorthern Pulp is suing a company it alleges walked away from a contract to design and install an air pollution control system, a move the Pictou County mill claims caused the cost of the work...
