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The New York Times
Frank Lowenstein, Brian Donahue and David Foster write: "Across North America, trees stand ready to help us solve the climate crisis. Trees remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it in their wood. One way to respond to a challenge from the United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, to seek 'bold action and much greater ambition' on climate change is to protect forests from development, improve forest management and use sustainably harvested wood to build tall buildings. This will allow us to pump carbon from the atmosphere and store it both in forests and in cities. It will also support rural economies, improve wildlife habitat and create more affordable housing.
"This opportunity arises from cross-laminated timber, or CLT. First introduced in the 1990s, it enables architects and engineers to design tall, fire-safe and beautiful wood buildings. Recent examples in the United States include the eight-story Carbon12 building in Portland, Ore. and a six-story dormitory at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. In Canada, Norway, Sweden, England and Australia, even taller wooden buildings are already in use. The Mjosa tower in Brumunddal, Norway, is only 25 feet shorter than the Statue of Liberty."
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FPS
Forest Products Society will be launching its new website this fall. The site will roll out an all new look that will better serve our members and offer a more robust experience to visitors. Stay tuned for more information and forthcoming important updates for FPS members.
FPS
Save the date: 2020 International Conference
June 22-25, 2020
Hyatt Regency Portland (Portland, Oregon)
The Society's premier event for forest products professionals. More information to come.
FPS
Save the date: PTF BPI 2020
Nov. 16-18, 2020
The King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort (St. Simons Island, Georgia)
The 6th Biennial International Conference for Process Technologies for the Forest & Biobased Products Industries. PTF BPI 2020 is dedicated to the exchange of information and ideas about research on process technologies, quality control and process improvement. Academic scholars will overview the latest research in forest and bio-based materials including nanotechnology and solid wood. Leading manufacturers will highlight advancements in chemical technologies, supplier audits, product innovation and continuous improvement. More information to come.
WUSF-FM
Following Hurricane Michael's destructive path through Florida's panhandle, headlines painted a grim future for timber, a major industry in the region. The losses were huge — valued at $1.3 billion. Yet not all was lost, as some lumber and paper mills in the region are still going strong.
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American Journal of Transportation
Sawmill profit margins have fallen substantially in North America over the past 12 months with B.C. sawmills margins in the 2Q/19 being close to their lowest levels in 15 years, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly
Costs for sawlogs declined in most major regions around the world in the first half of 2019. However, lumber prices have fallen faster in key markets resulting in lower profits for sawmills, particularly in British Columbia, the U.S. South and Eastern Russia, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.
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Newswise
The idea of measuring parameters that are relevant for our health via the skin has already taken hold in medical diagnostics. Diabetics, for example, can painlessly determine their blood sugar level with a sensor instead of having to prick their fingers. Empa researchers, together with scientists from Canada, have now produced a novel flexible sensor that lies on the skin surface and is biocompatible because it is made of nanocellulose.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
When we think of a renewable resource, the first thing that usually pops in our head are the solar panels on our neighbor's roof or perhaps the water that flows from the mountains. Rarely does a stand of trees root in our idea of a renewable resource.
But the cycle of seed, plant, grow, and harvest makes trees a natural renewable resource and this is something we, at the USDA Forest Service, would like everyone to know. This is because while trees grow in the forest, they store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in their trunks, branches, stems, leaves, roots and soil.
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Montana State University via The Farm Forum
In David Hodge's lab at Montana State University, one can find fragments of olive pits, tubes filled with chipped-up poplar wood and bales of corn stover, which includes the plant's stalks, leaves and cobs. What all these have in common is lignin — a plant compound that's one of the most abundant organic molecules on Earth.
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Solid Waste & Recycling
Forest Products Association of Canada President Derek Nighbor counters plastics industry assertions in a commentary from last week.
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Treehugger
We are in the middle of a mass timber construction revolution. What is everyone talking about here? This opportunity arises from cross-laminated timber, or CLT.
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