Canada’s largest ports were shut down due to labour disruptions, so Ottawa announced binding arbitration. In Company news: financial updates from Drax, Koppers; and Taiga Forest Products; and Weyerhaeuser has a new Chief Development Officer. Meanwhile: Kevin Mason on how the decline in economical fibre hits different commodities; and Quebec’s forest producers struggle with public wood. 

In Climate news: COP29, the UN’s climate summit, kicks off today with an agreement on carbon credit standards. In related news: climate concerns over Trump’s election, and Bjorn Lomborg on the problem with weather calamity claims. In Forestry news: Biden’s old growth plan is not working for Oregon; and a clear-cut is just one phase of a working forest.

Finally, the US Endowment announced new Impact Investing funding up to $6.5 million.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor