by Working Forest | Dec 4, 2015 | Articles
The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is releasing a comprehensive new land use study that simulates the benefits and liabilities of the next 50 years of development in the western boreal forest region in order to inform dialogue on the options for wildlife...
by Working Forest | Dec 4, 2015 | Articles
After a 10-year “climate action pause,” Canada is back at the international table. Though expectations are high that the new government will work to end our dependence on fossil fuels and speed up the transition to renewable energy, there has been little...
by Working Forest | Dec 4, 2015 | Archives
Citing power that is 25 times more expensive to produce than other biomass facilities in Ontario, the conversion of Thunder Bay’s coal-fired power-generating station has come under fire from the province’s auditor general. In her annual report, Bonnie Lysyk lists the...
by Working Forest | Dec 4, 2015 | Archives
The Liberal government was protecting the seats of two Thunder Bay cabinet ministers when it ignored warnings about converting a coal-fired power plant to a pricey biomass fuel, Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown says.“It’s part of a broader problem we have...
by Working Forest | Dec 4, 2015 | Archives
How the TRCA is teaming up with local partners to make the most of an environmental invasion. Emerald ash borers live up to every part of their name. Less than a centimetre long, the beetles are a brilliant green, they live in ash trees in Asia and North America, and...
