Canada: Forests pumping out carbon dioxide due to global warming

Canada continues to fall behind other countries in gaining control of carbon emissions and now the nation's forests are at stake. ENN reports on how Canada's trees are contributing to global warming. Canada's...

Cold snap in BC will not kill the Pine Beetle infestation

The recent cold snap in British Columbia comes too late to kill the pine beetle infestation that has plagued the province, mostly the Prince George area, where most pine trees have already been killed. ""It's too...

Pine Beetle Turning BC Forests into Net Source of Carbon Dioxide by 2020

Flying over British Columbia, or even driving through the interior of the province, will reveal a blight spreading throughout the province's forests.  Hectares of pine trees have died and turned red,...

Save Kananaskis, Wildlife and forest at risk, Create a Park

The destruction of the forests in the Eastern Kananaskis (Elbow, Sheep, Sibbald Districts) Wildlife and forest at risk, the playground of Calgary at riskWhat is the future of our children ?Stop Logging Create a Park

Concrete from wood? Yes, thanks to pine beetle

The pine beetle has become the foremost threat to North American  forests, and particularly within the Lodgepole lumber-dependent BC forest industry. Millions of dollars in research money has been set aside...

Disc Golfing with the Beetles

I knew that Kamloops had a thriving disc golf community, and that several top-notch disc golfers hailed from there. The other thing I knew about Kamloops, of course, is that it is at the centre of the...

Coming Soon! The Rape of Kananaskis

The little community of Bragg Creek and its surrounding area has only about 3,000 residents but their efforts to stop the planned clear-cutting on the eastern slopes of Kananaskis have been monumental. ...

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