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Canada's new pulp-and-paper powerhouse
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Who's behind Canada's new pulp-and-paper powerhouse, and where's the money coming from?

Paper Excellence bills itself as a proud player rejuvenating a troubled industry in an environmentally responsible way, but leaked emails and insider accounts reveal a company which may not be what it seems. 
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BC old-growth forests
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What’s next for old-growth forests in B.C.?

More than two years after the province promised to implement recommendations set out in the old-growth strategic review, big trees continue to fall. Review author Garry Merkel says changing B.C.'s forestry culture isn't easy.

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lIberia logging & deforestation
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Investigation faults Liberian agency protecting rainforest

An independent investigation into logging in the Liberian rainforest found illegal operations “on a significant scale," with multiple missteps or breaches of law by the government agency charged with protecting those forests, according to a copy of the report obtained by The Associated Press.
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BC old-growth clear-cut logging
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‘Once you've clear cut it, that's it’

Kwakiutl Hereditary Chiefs issued a cease-and-desist order on old-growth logging in their territory. It continued anyway.
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The BC forestry crash
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Running on empty: The BC forestry crash

The closure of a Prince George pulp mill is yet another warning we’re running out of trees.
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Wood pellets threaten BC’s last inland rainforests
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Burning Up: The Controversial biofuel threatening BC’s last inland rainforests

The wood-pellet industry is booming. Will it push old-growth ecosystems to the brink?
Politics
Unnatural disasters plague Canada's forests

Unnatural disasters plague Canada's forests, leaving at least half of our tree species at risk of disappearing

With the Earth now warming 50 times faster than at the dawn of the Holocene, the forest isn’t marching north; it’s imploding from within, pummelled by drought, fire, pests and disease, whose impacts are all exacerbated by a logging industry that levels nearly 750,000 hectares of timber per year.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
Yellow diesel truck on highway during daytime under partly cloudy skies.

House votes to block California truck emission rules, challenging legal norms

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US Senate votes to ease regulations on toxic air pollution from industry

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Mass exodus of senior staff reshapes federal energy and environmental agencies under Trump

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Regenerative agriculture drought resilience

As regenerative agriculture gains momentum, report warns of “greenwashing”

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Nuclear revival plan faces obstacles at Tennessee Valley Authority

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

CLIMATE
Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities

Pennsylvania health advocates say Trump’s first 100 days in office have caused “100 harms” to local communities

Hands in a row on a tree trunk.

Opinion: How leadership shapes our choices on climate change