by Working Forest | Aug 24, 2015 | Archives
Stack test results released Friday show Northern Pulp’s emissions have improved since the last tests were conducted in April. The results, posted by the Nova Scotia Department of Environment and completed July 24 by Stantec Consulting Ltd., were the first since the...
by Working Forest | Aug 24, 2015 | Archives
The Northern Pulp mill is taking the province of Nova Scotia to court. Documents filed in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia on Friday challenge dozens of terms and conditions in the mill’s industrial approval and five-year operating permit issued by the...
by Working Forest | Aug 24, 2015 | Archives
The wildfire burning in Waterton in southern Alberta is now contained and Parks Canada says it’s fully under control. All trails that were closed by the fire are expected to reopen today, but hikers are advised some fire crews will still be in the area. Parks...
by Working Forest | Aug 21, 2015 | Archives
One month after evacuees from northern Saskatchewan started to return home, the province still has 47 active forest fires left to battle. Even so, the number of forest fires is less than half the 98 reported on July 20. “So now, we’ve fallen well below....
by Working Forest | Aug 21, 2015 | Archives
Scientists say climate change is forcing the boreal forest that covers much of northern Canada to a tipping point. The study, published today in the journal Science, points out that temperatures are expected to rise faster and higher in the boreal forest than anywhere...
