Much of B.C.’s environmental deregulation goes too far in handing over matters of public interest to those employed by industry, says a University of Victoria Environmental Law Centre study. The shift to so-called professional reliance in the past decade has put more decision making and responsibility into the hands of professionals such as consulting engineers,…

An increasing number of ships are crossing the Atlantic Ocean bearing millions of tons of fuel, all bound for some of Europe’s largest coal-fired power stations. They’re not carrying coal, though, but wood pellets, sourced from forests in the U.S. Southeast. A large volume of pellets are burned in North Yorkshire, in two recently converted…

Business activity is largely still relatively slow on US softwood lumber markets in mid-February. According to Random Lengths, the market is currently being governed by spot purchases for covering volumes required at short notice. Buyers are currently still refraining from concluding longer-term contracts for substantial volumes. As such, there are not yet any recognisable signs…