Why wood from B.C. forests is burning to...

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Burning biomass in power plants pushes u...

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Biochar Potential To Enhance Forest Resi...

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CO2 emissions from forestry are a surgin...

1,716 ViewsCanada’s vast managed forest lands used to be critical allies in our climate fight and efforts to build a sustainable, carbon neutral forestry economy. That’s because these forests used to be healthy enough to absorb the huge amounts of CO2 created by the logging industry’s harvests — plus lots more.  ...

Letter from the Ministry of Finance

1,301 ViewsFrom: “Minister, FIN FIN:EX” <FIN.Minister@gov.bc.ca> Subject: Letter from Ministry of Finance Date: August 10, 2020 at 8:57:49 AM PDT To: “lvanderstar1761@citywest.ca” <lvanderstar1761@citywest.ca> Ref: 392319 Len Vanderstar lvanderstar1761@citywest.ca Dear Mr. Vanderstar: Thank you for your follow-up email sent on June 12, 2020,...

Concerns raised over use of whole logs a...

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Are we being misled in the production of...

2,090 ViewsThe Pinnacle pellet plant here in Smithers is using whole logs, much of which is pulp quality, some private land hardwoods, mill shavings and sawdust from the adjacent PIR sawmill. The plant is not using one ounce of “forest slash” other than some log top experimentation, and their wood haul is being subsidized by the Forest Enhancement Society of BC (public funds from both...

Letter from of Christoph Dietzfelbinger ...

1,547 ViewsIt is obvious from these photos that Pinnacle is polluting the airshed. This contradicts the promises they made when they applied for their Waste Management Permits. Due to MoE’s and Pinnacle’s refusal to install in-stack monitoring, no one knows what actually goes through the stack. Ambient air measurements seem to indicate that pollution levels dropped 20% when...

Smog from the Pinnacle Renewable Holding...

1,101 ViewsAs I posted on FB, the company committed that they weren’t going to smoke up the valley when they applied to the Province for permission to operate. As the photos show, this commitment is being called into question.  Since when is aspen considered a slash by-product?  This green wood is currently being processed by Pinnacle, and is likely contributing to the smoke...

Forestry and Carbon in BC by Jim Pojar

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Forestry and Carbon in British Columbia:...

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CAN — Update from carbon sequestra...

1,108 ViewsHello, everyone. I’ve been preparing a reading list on biochar as a means of sequestering the carbon from the gigantic amount of slash and residual wood currently being burnt in the BVLD. The reading list is not quite ready for circulation, but I did want to mention that in deciding what to look for I have had a great deal of help from Thomas Wunderlin. Thomas is a Valley...

CAN Reading List on Burning Wood and Car...

941 ViewsHello, everyone. Here I attach (at the bottom of this post) a revised version of my CAN Reading List on Burning Wood and Carbon Emissions. It now includes a paragraph on what I take to be an extremely important research document on biochar. I strongly urge anyone interested in the possibility of biochar being used as a means of eliminating smoke in our region to read this...