Brian Barber

Re: Canada should avoid the mistakes the U.K. made in biomass for energy. As a forester living and working in British Columbia, I have a good understanding of how BC’s forests are managed and harvested. Our current logging practices do not “risk devastating ecosystem collapse” everywhere, as suggested by Bertie Harrison-Broninski and Richard Robertson. …I am also aware of the export of wood pellets from BC and elsewhere to generate electricity at Drax’s facilities in the UK. Pellets are made from wood unsuitable for milling into higher-value products, and which would otherwise be burned on site. However, shipping pellets half-way around the world does not make sense. …BC Hydro is making funding opportunities available for climate action projects as its large hydro-electric dams can’t keep up with growing demand. Certainty there must be a business case for burning BC’s wood pellets in BC, while also protecting old growth.