GOLDACH, Switzerland, CNW — New data from IQAir’s global air quality data platform, published in the 2020 World Air Quality Report and an online interactive global map, reveals the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns and behavioral changes on global particulate pollution (PM2.5) levels. Key findings: COVID-19 impact: In 2020, 84% of all monitored countries observed air quality improvements, largely due…
NORTH BAY — Vic Fedeli, MPP for Nipissing, has announced more than $2.9 million for 145 businesses across the Nipissing region to help support necessary upgrades and improvements to protect employees, customers, and the community from the spread of COVID-19. The funding is being provided through the Northern Ontario Recovery Program (NORP). “We need a…
CBC NEWS — Nova Scotia’s Lands and Forestry minister tabled a revised Biodiversity Act on Thursday, a version he hopes won’t raise the ire of private landowners this time around. CAPTION: Lands and Forestry Minister Chuck Porter Chuck Porter said the bill he introduced includes many of the same provisions as the one that died…
CASTANET.NET — Prince George may become home to two innovative green technology projects, as a pair of proposed biomass and biofuel plants are being considered for the city. Canfor, Canfor Pulp and Paper, and Licella, an Australian company, are behind a joint venture called Arbios Biotech which would use post-consumer biomass to produce advanced biofuels….
NPR — Tens of millions of Americans experienced at least a day last year shrouded in wildfire smoke. Entire cities were blanketed, in some cases for weeks, as unprecedented wildfires tore across the Western U.S., causing increases in hospitalizations for respiratory emergencies and concerns about people’s longer-term health. CAPTION: In early September 2020, Seattle, Wash., had…
EDMONTON — Sasha Wilson, a scientist at the University of Alberta is lending her expertise on mineral carbonation to policy-makers in the United States in hopes of reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide on a mass scale. Sasha Wilson, an associate professor in the Faculty of Science, worked with the American non-profit Energy Futures Initiative (EFI). In December 2020, Wilson…
THE INTERIOR NEWS, BC — Wetzin’kwa Community Forest is exploring opportunities to dispose of harvesting residue (waste wood) using alternatives to open burning. “It is the goal of the Ministry of Forests, Land and Natural Resource Operations (FLNRO) and community partners to reduce the amount of waste wood, open burning, and reduce the fuels that…
The Southern Forest Products Association (SFPA) Board of Directors elected its 2021 slate of officers during its annual meeting which took place virtually on December 9, 2020. They are: Chairman Craig Forbes of Weyerhaeuser Company Vice-Chair Will Lampe of Lampe & Malphrus Lumber Company Treasurer Mark Richardson of The Westervelt Company The Board also elected…
Vancouver, B.C. – The BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) has announced that Canada’s Ambassador to the United States, Kirsten Hillman, will provide a keynote address from Washington, D.C., to delegates at COFI’s annual convention taking place virtually on Thursday, April 8, 2021. “I’m very pleased to welcome Ambassador Kirsten Hillman to COFI’s convention this…
Individuals and institutions are invited to nominate candidates for the Marcus Wallenberg Prize between 1 March and 31 May 2021. The Prize is awarded for scientific achievements of importance to forestry and forest industries. The aim of the Prize is to recognize, encourage and stimulate pathbreaking scientific achievements which contribute significantly to broader knowledge and/or…