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2 months ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Russ Taylor |Russ Taylor Global |David Elstone |Kevin Mason
How A.I. Can Help Humans Battle Wildfires, From Advanced Camera Systems to Forecasting Models January 30, 2025 Category: Forestry Region: United States …After what’s been called one of the worst natural disasters in recent U.S. history, researchers are beginning to use new methods of wildfire detection and prediction—including artificial intelligence. This field enables machines to learn from experience by processing massive amounts of data to make predictions and recommendations. …But the...
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2 months ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Russ Taylor |Russ Taylor Global |David Elstone |Kevin Mason
Georgia Forestry Foundation Creates Mass Timber Hubs in Five Georgia Cities By Georgia Forestry Foundation Cision Newswire January 29, 2025 Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building Region: United States, US East FORSYTH, Georgia — The Georgia Forestry Foundation (GFF), in partnership with the USDA Forest Service and Wood Works, kicks off a series of meetings across the state to increase awareness and utilization of mass timber. …The meetings will bring together local architecture, engineering,...
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2 months ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Charles Duncan |Russ Taylor |Russ Taylor Global |David Elstone
Evacuations lifted for western N.C. community as wildfires burn By Charles Duncan Spectrum Local News January 30, 2025 Category: Forest Fires Region: United States, US East OLD FORT, N.C. — Evacuations lifted Thursday morning for residents in a McDowell County community as firefighters make progress to contain a wildfire.
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2 months ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Pete Madden |Russ Taylor |Russ Taylor Global |David Elstone
President Donald Trump has declared an energy emergency, stating that the domestic energy supply is “precariously inadequate” and poses a threat to national security. Additionally, he announced a $500 billion private sector investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure across the United States. At the intersection of these two lies a transformational opportunity for an unsuspecting sector: America’s forests.
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2 months ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Cheryl Jahn |Russ Taylor |Russ Taylor Global |David Elstone
PRINCE GEORGE – It was 2021 when Canfor announced a final investment decision on a project to produce biofuel. The plant will use hydrothermal liquefaction technology to convert forestry residues and wastes into high value into renewable biocrude, which can be further refined to produce low-carbon transportation fuels. “What we do is essentially, what nature does over millions of years we do in 25 to 30 minutes,” explains Rune Gjessing, CEO of Arbios Biotech.
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2 months ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Josh Wingrove |Daniel Flatley |Russ Taylor |Russ Taylor Global
President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Commerce Department said Mexico and Canada can avoid new tariffs due this weekend if they clamp down on border security — while also signalling that Trump is likely to impose widespread new levies to return manufacturing to US soil. The testimony from Howard Lutnick provides the latest clues of how the Trump administration will roll out a flurry of threatened new levies.
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2 months ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Russ Taylor |Russ Taylor Global |David Elstone |Kevin Mason
Every winter, Canadians bemoan the rising cost of heating their homes and businesses. Yet… few Canadians know about bioenergy—a sustainable approach that can play an important role in meeting Canada’s energy needs while simultaneously helping address climate change. Bioenergy refers to when biomass … is used to generate energy. Bioenergy is already widely used in some Nordic countries and is the largest source of renewable energy globally today.
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2 months ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Russ Taylor |Russ Taylor Global |David Elstone |Kevin Mason
Fraser Institute News Release: Ottawa’s “Net Zero” emission-reduction plan will cost Canadian workers $8,000 annually by 2050 By The Fraser Institute Cision Newswire January 30, 2025 Category: Carbon, Climate & Bioenergy Region: Canada, Canada West – The federal government’s plan to achieve “net zero” greenhouse gas emissions will result in 254,000 fewer jobs and cost workers $8,000 in lower wages by 2050, all while failing to meet the government’s own emission-reduction target, finds a new...
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2 months ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Russ Taylor |Russ Taylor Global |David Elstone |Kevin Mason
New cabinet committee will protect B.C.’s economy from tariff threat By the Office of the Premier Government of British Columbia January 29, 2025 Category: Business & Politics Region: Canada, Canada West Premier David Eby is tasking a new cabinet committee with co-ordinating the whole-of-government approach to protect B.C.’s workers, businesses and economy against ongoing tariff threats from the United States. Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs, will chair the committee,...
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2 months ago | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Russ Taylor |Russ Taylor Global |David Elstone |Kevin Mason
What’s the story with November 2024 Southern Pine exports?
