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Duck Mountain Manitoba logging
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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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wood pellet production & pollution
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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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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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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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Australia mountain ash forests under threat
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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.
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BC’s logging industry looks to US

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.

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John Horgan’s NDP & Canadian environmental issues

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.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Evangelical churches in Indiana turn to solar and sustainability as an expression of faith

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Lawsuits allege that insurers colluded to limit wildfire coverage and shift costs to state plan

Two men in baseball caps, yellow shirts and shorts installing solar panels on a roof.

Solar tax credit trading brings clean energy to underserved communities — but faces political risk

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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

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NRC denies full hearing on Palisades nuclear restart challenge

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Young plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States lose Supreme Court bid but say they'll continue their pursuit of climate justice

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EPA slashes key staff fighting pollution in low-income communities

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Elon Musk-linked aide gains sweeping control over U.S. Interior Department operations