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CBC
Wood pellets have become a favorite for those who shy away from electricity or fuel to heat their home. But they're becoming harder to find. In the last few years wooden pellets have been in high demand and short supply. Derek Russell, the manager of wood pellet supplier H.J. Crabbe & Sons Lumber, said he's been preparing for the heightened demand all year.
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Pennsylvania Business Daily
Safeguarding forests and families, the Pennsylvania Senate unanimously adopted Sen. Scott Hutchinson's S.R. 55 on Thursday, reinstating the Forestry Task Force under the administration of the Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee.
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Portland Business Journal
One of the largest private land and timber owners in the U.S. has planted a $1 million seed for Oregon State University's new forestry complex. {lum Creek, a timberland manager and forest products company headquartered in Seattle, committed $1 million to OSU's College of Forestry for the construction of the school’s new Oregon Forest Science Complex.
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North Carolina State University via FPS
North Carolina State University invites applications and nominations for the position of department head of forest biomaterials in the College of Natural Resources. The department offers comprehensive undergraduate and graduate programs in Paper Science and Engineering and Sustainable Materials and Technology. The department head will clearly articulate a vision aligned with the strategic plan of the College of Natural Resources and collaborate broadly across the College and University to achieve that vision.
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Okeechobee News
Elmer Sauceda, a Florida Forest Service wildland firefighter, recently spent five weeks in Northern California, helping firemen control large wildfires. Sauceda, stationed at the Palmdale Forest Service in Glades County, worked as a heavy equipment boss and commonly was on duty 16 hours per day in California. Sauceda worked with various agencies like the Forest Service and used heavy equipment to help put out a 36,000-acre wildfire that threatened homes and caused injuries.
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Forbes
In the future, could planes be powered by wood chips? Or could you be zipping through the air courtesy of municipal waste — or even household trash? Thanks to big investments from some big names in aviation, those are just some of the ways we could be globe-trotting in coming decades.
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The Japan Times
Japan's lumber self-sufficiency rate is believed to have recovered above 30 percent for the first time in 27 years in 2014, according to industry officials. The recovery reflects increasing demand for domestic lumber amid the yen's weakness, which has lifted prices for imports. Biomass power generation that uses wood waste for fuel has also grown, they said.
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VICE News
Two major Canadian resource companies, one in energy and another in forestry, are among a coalition of groups calling on Canada's federal government and the private sector to give indigenous communities veto power over potential development on their lands.
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KING-TV
Plunging oil prices mean demand for biofuel is decreasing. But thanks to unassuming trees like the poplar, green tech still has a bright future. Washington State University is part of a research project to make up what are called Advanced Hardwood Biofuels.
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Mashable
The Indonesian government has ordered four companies it linked to the region's haze problem to suspend operations as it prepares legal action against them. Bambang Hendroyono, secretary general at the environment ministry, told Reuters that the companies are linked to causing the massive forest fires that have blanketed parts of Southeast Asia in smog.
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