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Burned: Are Trees the New Coal?

A review of the new film that illuminates Nova Scotia's failed biomass policies

December 3, 2018 By Linda Pannozzo 2 Comments

In the opening scene of the documentary Burned: Are Trees the New Coal?, Jeff Turner patrols the dark, tannin-stained waters of the Blackwater and Nottoway River system in Southampton County, Virginia. He’s a “river keeper” and has been doing this for nearly two decades, keeping an eye on threats to the health of the rivers […]

Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Featured, Province House Tagged With: Alan Dater, Bas Eickhout, biomass, Burned: Are Trees the New Coal?, Danny George, Ecology Action Centre, Environmental Paper Network (EPN), Jeff Turner, Linda Pannozzo, Lisa Merton, Mary Booth, National Forestry Database, Nova Scotia Power (NSP), Partnership for Policy Integrity, Richard Houghton, Timothy Searchinger, wood pellet production

Nova Scotia is destroying its forests by chasing the biomass delusion: Morning File, Friday, February 23, 2018

February 23, 2018 By Tim Bousquet 4 Comments

News 1. Biomass “Guysborough County harvester Danny George is accusing the Department of Natural Resources of allowing old-growth hardwood to be cut and burned in Nova Scotia Power’s biomass boiler at Point Tupper,” reports Aaron Beswick for the Chronicle Herald. Beswick gets into the details of that charge, and it’s worth reading the whole article. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aaron Beswick, biomass, Councillor Lindell Smith, Danny George, David Fraser, Department of Natural Resources, Fred Vallance-Jones, Gottingen Street bus lane, Linda Pannozzo, Mary S. Booth, Michael MacDonald, Suspicious Package Cornwallis Street, wood stove fire, Woods Hole Biological Laboratory, Zane Woodford

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