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Apr 10, 2024 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Kevin Mason |David Elstone |Linda Coady |Stephane Renou
VANCOUVER – A new economic impact study released by the BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) confirms BC’s forestry industry is a vital part of the province’s economy, generating billions in wages and government revenues, sustaining about 49 thousand direct forestry jobs and contributing $17.4 billion in GDP in 2022.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Kevin Mason |David Elstone |Linda Coady |Stephane Renou
Mass timber construction reaching new heights Northern Ontario Business April 9, 2024 Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building Region: Canada, Canada East Ontario’s forest products industry is welcoming the government’s move to allow mass timber buildings to reach greater heights.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Kevin Mason |David Elstone |Linda Coady |Stephane Renou
Enviva Receives NYSE Notice Regarding Delayed Form 10-K Filing Enviva Inc.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Kevin Mason |David Elstone |Linda Coady |Stephane Renou
International Paper statement regarding possible offer for DS Smith International Paper April 4, 2024 Category: Business & Politics Region: United States, International MEMPHIS, Tennissee — International Paper confirms that significant progress has been made in reciprocal due diligence as facilitated by the DS Smith Board and Management, and that it is now in a position to provide shareholders with more detail on the type and quantum of synergies it believes would arise from the Combination....
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Kevin Mason |David Elstone |Linda Coady |Stephane Renou
The 10th consecutive monthly heat record has climate scientist hoping its an El Niño-related hangover. In related news: EU court gives mixed ruling on member-nations’ climate obligations; and climate changes hurts-and-helps pine beetle reproduction. In Forestry news: West Fraser permanently ceases use of glyphosate; BC and Namgis First Nation discuss new forestry agreement; Oregon ENGOs debate barred owl kill proposal; and Swedish researchers use chemical composition to identify illegal timber.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Kevin Mason |David Elstone |Linda Coady |Stephane Renou
Latest Timber Development UK stats show timber import volumes fall at start of 2024 The Timber Trades Journal April 8, 2024 Category: Finance & Economics Region: International The latest Timber Development UK stats show that falls in softwood, hardwood and plywood imports accounted for a 6% drop in volumes during January 2024, compared to a year earlier. Timber import volumes were down by around 45,000m3 in January. Particleboard, engineered wood, OSB and MDF products all saw imports increase...
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Kevin Mason |David Elstone |Linda Coady |Stephane Renou
Drug gang members arrested in Spain for trade in cocaine soaked wood pellets Dutch News April 9, 2024 Spanish police have arrested five members of a drugs gang… whose members had hit upon a “very sophisticated method” to hide the drugs by impregnating 16 tonnes of wood pellets used as fuel for wood burning stoves with liquid cocaine, local paper Diari de Tarragona said.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Kevin Mason |David Elstone |Linda Coady |Stephane Renou
Vancouver, BC: This week in Vancouver, the annual convention of the BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) will bring together more than 700 local, provincial, federal, Indigenous and forestry leaders to discuss the future of the province’s forest sector.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Kevin Mason |David Elstone |Linda Coady |Stephane Renou
Working at Heights Safety Huddle Wood Pellet Association of Canada April 8, 2024 Category: Health & Safety Region: Canada Join us for a 15-minute online Safety Huddle on Thursday April 18, 2024, at 9AM PST (1PM EST) sharing new learnings from a new study on working at heights in wood products manufacturing.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
treefrogcreative.ca | Kevin Mason |David Elstone |Linda Coady |Stephane Renou
ENGLAND — Substituting plastics with alternative materials is likely to result in increased GHG emissions, according to research from the University of Sheffield. The study by Dr. Fanran Meng has revealed the emissions associated with plastic products compared to their alternatives.
