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Can Dalhousie/AC lead the way on proper accounting for bioenergy in Nova Scotia?

Posted on November 22, 2018 by admin

Dal/AC’s revamped biomass plant provides heat and power for the Truro campus and generates over a million dollars annually from exporting electricity. But is it truly carbon neutral and will it stay that way? UPDATE: Comment from Rochelle Owen Executive … Continue reading →

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Forest management group proposal for biomass heating provides an opportunity for Nova Scotia government to “get it right” on forest bioenergy

Posted on September 26, 2018 by admin

Minor edits made Sep 27 a.m. Can the Nova Scotia Government  set climate- and ecologically-smart standards for forest bioenergy? In a half page colour ad on page A12 of last Saturday’s (Sep 22, 2018) Chronicle Herald, North Nova Forest Owners … Continue reading →

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Some reservations about The Report on the Independent Review of Forest Practices in Nova Scotia

Posted on September 7, 2018 by admin

I have expressed my basic support for the report as a whole, however is not a “free pass” on the whole report. Sooner or later we will have to deal with the reality that two Pulp Mills (perhaps not even … Continue reading →

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While we wait for “The Report”, it’s the same old same old from our two Nova Scotia pulp mills; and some thoughts on what the Independent Review will recommend

Posted on June 28, 2018 by admin

While we wait in some kind of suspended animation for the Report from the Independent Review of Forest Practices following the last formal comment on April 30, 2018, the two major drivers of dissatisfaction with forestry practices in Nova Scotia – … Continue reading →

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Harold Alexander defends Nova Scotia’s Forest Biomass projects, promotes Finnish model

Posted on April 2, 2018 by admin

But it is far from clear that Finland has figured it all out In a blistering op-ed a few days ago, somewhat contradicting opinions expressed earlier, Harold Alexander goes after the “steady stream of similarly negative articles and opinions in … Continue reading →

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Natural Resources Canada GHG Calculator confirms Nova Scotia forest bioenergy schemes are worse than coal

Posted on January 3, 2017 by admin

Just under a year ago a Press Release from NSP (Nova Scotia Power) indicated NSP planned to increase the proportion of electricity derived from biomass to 7% of the total, up from 2.8% in 2015, while reducing use of fossil … Continue reading →

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In the News Jan-May 2022

Posted on June 2, 2022 by admin

This page lists news items related to forests and forestry in NS beginning Jan 1, 2022. Sometime during the past year, I started putting all news items on this page –  instead of putting some items on other pages (e.g. … Continue reading →

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Notes

Posted on January 29, 2022 by admin

CONTENTS These are some of the scientific papers I consulted and took particular note of as I prepared an update on the ‘soil-acid-rain story’. For some cited below, the full paper is available online, others not so, but as a … Continue reading →

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Please, Prof. Lahey: issue your report on L&F’s progress in implementing your recommendations for Nova Scotia’s forests and forestry 2Sep 2021

Posted on September 2, 2021 by admin

There were likely downsides to the Liberals if Prof. Lahey’s “Progress Report” was  published just before the recent provincial election – it’s hard to see how Prof. Lahey could not be highly critical of progress under the Liberal Government in … Continue reading →

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Shanni Bee to Iain Rankin 29Nov2020

Posted on November 29, 2020 by admin

Shanni Bee on Stop Spraying and Clearcutting Nova Scotia Nov 29, 2020 Remember that email Iain Rankin wrote me on November 22nd defending his great environmental policies and record? (…If you don’t and are interested, it can be found here: … Continue reading →

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