Canfor and Great Pacific terminate their agreement as Jim Pattison fails in his bid to take Canfor private. Other companies in the news include: EACOM’s pension agreement; Weyerhaeuser’s timberland sale; and New-Indy’s product-change. In preparation for Nova Scotia’s decision on Northern Pulp‘s effluent plant, the fed’s forgo the need for an environmental assessment. Meanwhile, good news on the US housing front as starts and prices rise. 

In other news: post-COP25, the EU plans to re-assess the carbon neutrality designation of biomass energy; not all Alberta pines are created equal when it comes to the beetle; and FPInnovations agrees to share research with Sweden on harvesting automation.

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Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor