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Causes
Core spotted owl habitat removed from BC maps
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Core habitat for spotted owl removed from maps: internal docs

Federal scientists mapped core critical habitat for the endangered spotted owl. Almost half of it, including old-growth, disappeared during negotiations with the B.C. government, internal documents reveal.

Causes
rare inland rainforest logged for wood pellets
thenarwhal.ca

B.C. gives Pacific BioEnergy green light to log rare inland rainforest for wood pellets

Prince George plant will grind ancient cedar and hemlock into pellets to be burned for fuel overseas, destroying forest that's home to endangered caribou and vast stores of carbon.

Solutions
Red cedar northwest indigenous culture

Red cedar: the amazing giving tree

Its future in doubt, no other tree has provided such abundance and identity for northwest peoples, or such habitat and carbon storage in the forest.

Causes
BC rainforest into wood pellets
thenarwhal.ca

B.C. giving millions to transform rainforest into wood pellets for export, new report documents

A new investigation warns the little-known biofuel poses an overlooked threat to forests, endangered species habitat and the climate.

Politics
British Columbia’s 'irreplaceable' forest could disappear after decades of clear-cut logging
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British Columbia’s 'irreplaceable' forest could disappear after decades of clear-cut logging

Just 9% of the ancient, old growth forest is protected. With industry closing in, advocates are raising the alarm.
Impacts
Salal’s worrisome die-off

Salal’s worrisome die-off

This ubiquitous shrub of the Pacific Northwest is dying—and the impact could be catastrophic.

Newsletter
Changing climate, vanishing old growth bring increase fire risk for coastal forests

Changing climate, vanishing old growth bring increase fire risk for coastal forests

'It's getting worse,' an expert warns. 'As the climate is shifting, these factors are becoming more extreme.'

ORIGINAL REPORTING
Offshore wind turbines in a line on a cloudy ocean horizon.

Offshore wind turbines may offer new habitat for key fish species

A large pipe emitting water into a dirty water source.

Texas water fight pits growing cities against each other over groundwater exports

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Young plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States lose Supreme Court bid but say they'll continue their pursuit of climate justice

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An open letter from EPA staff to the American public

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

Community activists plead to be heard through “closed doors” outside nation’s top energy conference

CLIMATE
a bridge that is lit up at night with wave breaking on a nearby lake shore in foreground.

Tribes exit pipeline negotiations in Michigan over lack of consultation

Red and white Dow Chemical logo on a concrete wall next to barren trees and patches of snow.

Dow seeks to replace fossil fuels with nuclear reactors at Texas plastics plant