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- Photograph By Fort Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce The Fort Nelson First Nation and the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality are  voicing their support for a proposed wood pellet facility after a Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report criticized the project, which involves cutting down vast tracts of forest and turning them into pellets for export overseas.    Most wood  pellets are made with waste materials like branches and trees that can’t  be used to produce lumber, combined with milling byproducts such as  wood chips and sawdust. Bu...

Fort Nelson Log Truck (Peak Renewables) The Fort Nelson First Nation and the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality are voicing their support for a proposed wood pellet facility after a Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report criticized the project, which involves cutting down vast tracts of forest and turning them into pellets for export overseas. Most wood pellets are made with waste materials like branches and trees that can’t be used to produce lumber, combined with milling byproducts such as wood chips and sawdust. But Peak Renewables doesn’t have access to byproducts and plan...

Existing stations will not even be allowed to add more pumps.

In Attacks on Environmental Advocates in Canada, a Disturbing Echo of Extremist Politics in the US Critics say the provincial government’s inquiry into foreign funding of activists has devolved into incompetence and relies on reports laced with conspiracy theories and climate denial. February 24, 2021 The Syncrude Canada Ltd. oil sands mine near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Thursday, June 4, 2015. Credit: Ben Nelms/Bloomberg via Getty Images Related Share this article A week after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol, the provincial government in Alberta, home to Canada’s oil i...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. For decades, the potential for a nuclear catastrophe felt like a waking threat, just around the corner. Then, in 1968, many of the nations once responsible for pushing the world to the brink of nuclear war collectively agreed to reverse course, signing the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Member nations, including the United States and the Soviet Union, agreed to end the stockpiling of nuclear weapons and eventually move toward full disarmament. While it didn't end the threat of nuclear weapons overnight, this frame...