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Duck Mountain Provincial Park: Manitoba’s only logged park
Decades after the province vowed to phase out logging in Manitoba’s provincial parks, a recent audit finds Duck Mountain Provincial Park’s old forests are still being ravaged — and oversight is nowhere to be found.
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Pellet plant’s promises of cleaner air go up in smoke
Smithers area residents want tougher rules for U.K.-owned operation to protect air quality.
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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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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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Mountain ash forests are under threat from climate change and logging
A couple of hours' drive from Melbourne you'll find mountain ash forests, where behemoths reach up to 100 metres into the sky. But their future looks shaky — and there's more to lose than a few old trees.
Clearing out: BC’s logging industry sets its sights on the US
Facing ecological and political uncertainty at home, some of the province’s largest lumber producers are looking south.
The BC Government Tapes: Old growth
How serious is John Horgan’s NDP about environmental issues? I spent weeks talking to insiders to find out. First of three on forestry, fracked gas and Site C.
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