As the global economic meltdown and in particular the US housing market collapse continues to savage BC lumber producers, government leaders boldly predict that wood-fired energy – “bioenergy” – will ride to the rescue of a shell-shocked industry and brutalized rural, resource towns dealing with soaring unemployment rates. February’s Speech from the Throne is a [...]
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Bioenergy – Catching on like a house on fire or set for slow burn?
March 11th, 2009 · Ben Parfitt · Comments Off · BC Election 2009, Economy, Energy, Environment, resources & sustainability
Pining for some straight talk
March 6th, 2009 · Ben Parfitt · Comments Off · BC Election 2009, Economy, Environment, resources & sustainability
BC Forests Minister Pat Bell grabbed plenty of headlines this week when he said that the threats posed to resource communities by the mountain pine beetle infestation may be overstated. Stories about a rapid deterioration in the quality of trees attacked by the beetles, Bell suggested, are wrong. In fact, the minister said, he expects [...]
