Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he and his Liberal government will protect the country’s forestry industry from a hike in tariffs if Donald Trump is elected as the US President in November. The comment was made while the Prime Minister took questions from reporters in Nanaimo, where Liberal MPs are hosting a three-day caucus retreat… [H]igh lumber costs, mill closures and lost jobs were not only impacting BC but all of Canada and even America. “When we talk about softwood lumber, the reality is Americans are facing a housing crisis as well, Americans are facing challenges with the rising cost of housing and paying more for lumber from Canada makes no sense for the American people,” Trudeau said.
In 2022, President Joe Biden issued an executive order to save old growth trees on public lands. This year the U.S. Forest Service released a draft National Old Growth Amendment, which could ultimately require weighing the climate impacts of their logging plans, and a commitment to save old growth forests. But that amendment needs to be strengthened before it is finalized. Contrary to current climate science, it includes managing old growth forests with extensive logging, under the guise that logging improves old-growth trees and makes forests more resilient to climate disruptions, extreme heat, fires, and pests. The public and the scientific community are calling on the Forest Service to stop logging old growth forests, and to prioritize the value of forests for climate and biodiversity above the value of timber.
Thunder Bay Pulp and Paper has changed names many times over the last 100 years, but the innovation, reliance, and stability of the mill remain the same… Recognized as one of the largest pulp and paper mills in the world, Thunder Bay’s mill still generating acres of product year after year, expanding into new markets, despite new technology advances threatening to collapse the industry… Associate Minister of Forestry and Forest Products Kevin Holland acknowledged the success story as an economic powerhouse in the region… “The forest industry has deep roots in our history and Thunder Bay pulp and paper has been at the heart of it all contributing to the prosperity of the countless families, supporting local businesses and fuelling the progress for the entire region.”
Innovative research into the effectiveness of aerial firefighting is helping the Ministry of Natural Resources and its research partners prepare for an anticipated growing threat from wildfires in years to come… Tests conducted in the Dryden area saw over 100 water drops made both over open areas and forested stands to compare how much water reaches the ground and to determine the ‘drop footprint’, which is the area where the water is actually dispersed. Every aircraft has a distinct drop footprint… Data gathered in these experiments will directly influence how wildfires are managed, including decisions on which aircraft to deploy, how long they will need to be assigned to particular fires, [and will] inform Ontario’s long-term strategic planning for the procurement of the next set of airtankers.
When wildfires rage, the immediate threat is obvious – but smoke from the fires actually kills far more people than the flames. As fires become more frequent, that smoke is leading to a public health crisis. In a new study published in the journal 
The statistic seemed to crop up everywhere. Exact wording varied, but the claim was this: that 80% of the world’s remaining biodiversity is protected by Indigenous peoples. When scientists investigated its origins, however, they found nothing. In September, the scientific journal 
Bangkok is turning to nature to help fight the floods. A city forest larger than New York City’s Central Park is slated to open in the capital as early as this December. The new park will be filled with 4,500 trees and a floodplain where rainwater will be purified with vegetation. This joins Benjakitti Forest Park, where a former tobacco factory has been turned into a new $20 million city forest.The city has one of the lowest ratios of green spaces in Southeast Asia. The aim is to build 500 parks by 2026.
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Renewables are expected to account for 23% of U.S. electricity generation this year, increasing to 25% in 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Latest Short-Term Energy Outlook. Biomass accounted for 2.44% of U.S. renewable electricity generation last year, and is expected to account for 2.19% in 2024 and 1.99% in 2025. The U.S. electric power sector had 2.7 gigawatts (GW) of waste biomass capacity and 2.3 GW of wood biomass capacity in place at the end of 2023. Those levels of capacity are expected to remain unchanged in 2024 and 2025.
