by John Mullinder | Feb 5, 2024 | Canada, Deforestation, Deforestation Rates, Global Deforestation, Logging Scars
As the author of a book on deforestation in Canada, I feel I have some qualification to comment on recent claims made by an alliance of environmental groups that the federal government is “spinning” the truth on this...
by John Mullinder | Oct 26, 2023 | Canada, Deforestation, Paper packaging,, trees cut down
The paper packaging industry is coming under increasing scrutiny as paper alternatives begin to replace many plastic formats. Are paper products a better alternative? That usually depends on what you mean by “better.” Because there are literally hundreds of ways of...
by John Mullinder | Aug 10, 2023 | Authors, Canada, Deforestation, Ethics
The goal of journalism is supposedly to search for the truth, and journalists are meant to both research and present as many sides of a story as possible. This sometimes does not happen. A case in point is the article I commented on back in March[i] When does...
by John Mullinder | Mar 24, 2023 | Canada, Deforestation, Ethics, Greenwashing, Journalism
When a four-part series of articles by Stefan Labbé of Glacier Media popped into my inbox recently, I was intrigued. Here was “a months-long investigation into Paper Excellence, a B.C.-headquartered pulp and paper company that has quickly grown to control (his word)...
by John Mullinder | Feb 5, 2023 | Canada, Deforestation, hydro-electric power, Indigenous rights,, Québec
Two Innu communities, one in Québec and one in Labrador, are suing Québec’s provincial crown corporation, Hydro-Québec, for over $6 billion, claiming that the reservoirs and transmission lines of hydro-electric development have flooded and destroyed part of their...
by John Mullinder | Jan 2, 2023 | Canada, Deforestation
I am going to ask you to do something that no self-respecting writer should ever do. And that’s to momentarily take your eyes off these wonderfully crafted words and do a Google search. I am so sure of your loyalty that I know you’ll come back. See, you’re still...