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3 weeks ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Warwick Long |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey |Robert McKellar
Coalition to introduce country of origin labelling for timber if it wins election By Warwick Long abc April 18, 2025 Category: Business & Politics Region: International The timber aisle in your local hardware store may look a little different if the Coalition is successful in next month’s election.
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3 weeks ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Warren Cornwall |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey |Robert McKellar
Trump wants to log more forests. Will it really help prevent wildfires? By Warren Cornwall Science Magazine April 17, 2025 Category: Forestry Region: United States …Many scientists agree that much of the nation’s federal forests—particularly in the West—are in dire condition.
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3 weeks ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Shawn Vestal |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey |Robert McKellar
‘Opportunity or crisis’: Washington State University professor joins call for caution in logging expansion By Shawn Vestal Washington State University News April 17, 2025 Category: Forestry Region: United States, US West A Washington State University professor is one of a dozen researchers who signed an open letter noting that a proposed expansion of logging on federal lands may have some benefits — but that the firing of forestry experts and cuts in research could undermine that potential....
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3 weeks ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Brent Jang |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey |Robert McKellar
BC Lumber Trade Council warns that softwood tariffs could lead to soaring US rebuilding costs By Brent Jang The Globe and Mail April 16, 2025 Category: Business & Politics Region: Canada, International The BC Lumber Trade Council is warning that threatened US tariffs stacked on top of duties against Canadian softwood could lead to soaring costs for residential construction, including in American states seeking to rebuild after natural disasters. Hurricane Helene damaged or destroyed an...
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3 weeks ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Brianna Andrews |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey |Robert McKellar
Fernandina Beach, Florida braces for legal fight over bioethanol plant By Brianna Andrews News4JAX April 16, 2025 Category: Carbon, Climate & Bioenergy Region: United States, US East FERNANDINA BEACH, Florida — The city of Fernandina Beach is bracing for a legal showdown with Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), which runs a pulp mill in the city. RYAM has filed a federal lawsuit alleging unfair treatment after Fernandina Beach rejected its plans for a new bioethanol facility. …In December,...
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3 weeks ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | John Camera |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey |Robert McKellar
‘Tariff hokey pokey’ is making things difficult for the construction industry By John Camera Spectrum News 1 April 16, 2025 Category: Finance & Economics Region: United States, US East NEW YORK — Associated General Contractors of New York State CEO Mike Elmendorf says that under the tariffs proposed by President Trump, the cost for any kind of construction could further skyrocket. “When tariffs go on a material that is sourced from outside the United States, a funny thing happens,” Elmendorf...
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4 weeks ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Dana Milbank |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey |Robert McKellar
To save our trees, we must burn down our forests By Dana Milbank The Washington Post April 16, 2025 Category: Forestry Region: United States, US East Virginia — …Slowly but steadily, the oak is disappearing from our forests and from our landscape.
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4 weeks ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Guillaume Roy |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey |Robert McKellar
Montreal Wood Convention sets new attendance record By Guillaume Roy Canadian Forest Industries April 15, 2025 Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building Region: Canada East Sven Gustavsson, director of the Montreal Wood Convention (MWC) was delighted to see that the MWC once again set a new attendance record, with 1,200 participants and 114 exhibitors. The economic conferences were particularly popular at a time of tariff warfare imposed by the US. “Tariffs are inflationary, period,” says...
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4 weeks ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Ayurella Horn-Muller |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey |Robert McKellar
Trump’s push to solve wildfires by expanding logging won’t work By Ayurella Horn-Muller, Grist Fast Company April 15, 2025 Category: Forestry Region: United States In an emergency directive issued late last week, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced her department’s plan to expand logging and timber production by 25% and, in the process, dismantle the half-century-old environmental review system that has blocked the federal government from finalizing major...
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4 weeks ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Steven Grattan |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey |Robert McKellar
Amendment to Peru law raises fears of Amazon rainforest destruction By Steven Grattan Associated Press April 15, 2025 Category: Forestry BOGOTA, Colombia — A recent amendment to Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law is drawing fierce backlash from environmental groups and Indigenous groups that warn it could accelerate deforestation in the Amazon rainforest under the guise of economic development. The amendment eliminates the requirement that landowners or companies get state authorization before...
