Eighteen Illinois members of Congress join the list of critics against Trump’s tariff on Canadian newsprint. In other Business news:
- Catalyst Paper signs a new four-year deal with Unifor
- Two leading UK forestry trade associations plan to merge
- Killing cap and trade in Ontario akin to pulling out of fed climate plan
- Northern Pulp to change its effluent plans in the Northumberland Straight
In Forestry news: BC fire chief says it’s time to develop a personal wildfire plan, construction in wildfire areas a problem in Montana, more calls for old-growth protection in BC; and forestry students blog about their summer jobs in Quesnel.
Finally, UK researchers are pursing hollow telephone poles; and wood-based bioplastics.
— Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor