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Genetically Modified Poplar
What began 20 years ago as an innovation to improve paper industry processes and dairy forage digestibility may now open the door to a much more energy- and cost-efficient way to convert biomass into fuel. A collaboration between researchers at the University of British Columbia, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Michigan State University, the breakthrough…
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Lumber News Archives: Nov 2011
US Economy ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; Housing Starts, Japan ; Canada Manufacturing Sales ;New Trade with Asia ; Northern British Columbia Truckers Revolt; Canadian Housing Starts ; Timber Pest Battles Globally ; Sawmill Fires Biomass Fuel ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; Canada’s Rail Freight Service Review ; Report on Earthquake and Tsunami Damage, Japan…
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Lumber News Archives: Aug 2011
Softwood Lumber Agreement ; US Proposal for Log Exports to China ; Housing Starts, US ; Conifex Posts 2Q Loss ; First Nations and China ; Madison’s Timber Preview ; Canada Housing Starts ; CN Rail Transportation Deal ; Housing Starts, Japan Carbon Credits ; EACOM Closes Deal ; Bioenergy Project Approvals, British Columbia ;…
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Lumber News Archives: Oct 2010
Biomass Fuel ; Canadian Rail Problems ; US Mortgages, Continued Trouble ; USDA referendum ; Nova Scotia Biomass Funding ; More Funds from Green Transformation Program ; WFP Another CEO Change ; US Requests Canadian Softwood Lumber Consultation ; Log Prices and Timberland Values ; Madison’s Timber Preview: US Foreclosure Freeze ; Housing Starts, Canada…
