On the surface, biofuels sound like a great idea. Using waste biomass to generate power sounds like a win-win-win proposition: you generate power without incurring an environmental cost, and as a bonus the power is expected to be carbon neutral. In British Columbia 20 per cent of our total energy use is derived from waste biomass, but…
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard along with the Minister of Labour, Sam Hamad, recently announced the publication of a wood building construction guide using mass timber called “Construction of Mass Timber Buildings Up to 12 Storeys.” The guide, meant to inform and outline the technical guidelines for wood construction up to 12 storeys, follows similar steps…
Shares of Canfo have earned a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the seven analysts that are presently covering the company, AnalystRatings.NET reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation, five have issued a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month target… Shares…
I am back from a week on the fire line, covering the savage Rock Creek fire. It was a welcome change from covering the city, and it got me out into the country, even if it seems like half of the province is on fire. After covering the human aspects of the Rock Creek fire…
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 new precipitator began operating in June. Particulate emissions from the recovery boiler are…
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 Environment Department in January. In April, the mill appealed that decision to Randy…
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 Canada is also working with the U.S. National Park Service…
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. We’ve managed to contain many of those fires working with…
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 on Earth. Those temperatures are likely to bring drier conditions, new…
Wood is arguably the greenest building material, and wow, there is a whole log of arguing about it from the concrete and steel industries. But the Province of Québec is covered in trees, and now has factories that can produce Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) a sort of plywood on steroids that is solid, strong and yes,…