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(1) I love forests for their beauty, the peace and calm I feel when I walk on forest trails, and their role in preserving biodiversity and the climate.
Today, I was reminded twice how diverse other people's attitudes toward natural forests may be.
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(1) I love forests for their beauty, the peace and calm I feel when I walk on forest trails, and their role in preserving biodiversity and the climate.
Today, I was reminded twice how diverse other people's attitudes toward natural forests may be.
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(2) First, according to a BBC Panorama investigation, I learned that a firm that has received six billion pounds in green energy subsidies from UK taxpayers is cutting down forests that are essential to the Canadian ecology.
𧡠#forests #nature
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(2) First, according to a BBC Panorama investigation, I learned that a firm that has received six billion pounds in green energy subsidies from UK taxpayers is cutting down forests that are essential to the Canadian ecology.
𧡠#forests #nature
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(3) Reporters concluded that millions of tons of imported wood pellets, classified as renewable energy, are burned at Drax's largest power plant in Britain. However, part of the wood came from Canada's old-growth forests, which took thousands of years to develop.
𧡠#trees
(3) Reporters concluded that millions of tons of imported wood pellets, classified as renewable energy, are burned at Drax's largest power plant in Britain. However, part of the wood came from Canada's old-growth forests, which took thousands of years to develop.
𧡠#trees
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(4) Drax disputes this and says it only uses waste wood and sawdust. But Panorama used drones, satellite image analysis, license tracking, and tracked a vehicle transporting full logs from a protected woodland to substantiate their findings.
𧡠#news
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(4) Drax disputes this and says it only uses waste wood and sawdust. But Panorama used drones, satellite image analysis, license tracking, and tracked a vehicle transporting full logs from a protected woodland to substantiate their findings.
𧡠#news
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(5) Drax's ethical sourcing strategy states that the primary and old-growth forest will "avoid damage or disruption." However, the most recent satellite pictures show Drax is currently removing the forest.
𧡠#conservation #ClimateCrisis
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(5) Drax's ethical sourcing strategy states that the primary and old-growth forest will "avoid damage or disruption." However, the most recent satellite pictures show Drax is currently removing the forest.
𧡠#conservation #ClimateCrisis
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(6) Drax claims that while it only uses rotting, twisted, or small-sized trees. But, according to a Canadian forestry database, only 11% of the logs sent to the two Drax plants were rated as being of the lowest grade and unfit for use in wood products.
𧡠#nature #trees
(6) Drax claims that while it only uses rotting, twisted, or small-sized trees. But, according to a Canadian forestry database, only 11% of the logs sent to the two Drax plants were rated as being of the lowest grade and unfit for use in wood products.
𧡠#nature #trees
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(7) You get the picture; read the attached article, and the full BBC article is in the notes. It includes numerous further examples of the company's claims and the journalists' consistent proof of the company's wrongdoings.
π§΅#biodiversity
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(7) You get the picture; read the attached article, and the full BBC article is in the notes. It includes numerous further examples of the company's claims and the journalists' consistent proof of the company's wrongdoings.
π§΅#biodiversity
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(8) But today, I also witnessed another example of how a forest might be utilized; for this, we must go back into history and enter the same woods that I highlighted in last night's post. It was a different trip, yet it was even more breathtakingly gorgeous.
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(8) But today, I also witnessed another example of how a forest might be utilized; for this, we must go back into history and enter the same woods that I highlighted in last night's post. It was a different trip, yet it was even more breathtakingly gorgeous.
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(9) I took a stroll to Meech Creek and stumbled upon the Carbide Willson ruins. It's all that remains of the activities in the Gatineau Hills of the Canadian inventor and industrialist Thomas Willson.
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#hiking #walking #nature
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(9) I took a stroll to Meech Creek and stumbled upon the Carbide Willson ruins. It's all that remains of the activities in the Gatineau Hills of the Canadian inventor and industrialist Thomas Willson.
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#hiking #walking #nature
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(10) At a young age, Willson built a reputation for his scientific curiosity and the development of new industrial processes. His discovery to produce calcium carbide through carbon electrolysis made him quite famous.
𧡠#history #science
(10) At a young age, Willson built a reputation for his scientific curiosity and the development of new industrial processes. His discovery to produce calcium carbide through carbon electrolysis made him quite famous.
𧡠#history #science
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(11) In 1905, Willson was a prosperous, successful businessman and the proud first owner of a car in Ottawa. That year, he also bought a 400-acre estate in what is now known as Gatineau Park.
𧡠#Ottawa #GatineauPark
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(11) In 1905, Willson was a prosperous, successful businessman and the proud first owner of a car in Ottawa. That year, he also bought a 400-acre estate in what is now known as Gatineau Park.
𧡠#Ottawa #GatineauPark
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(12) Soon after, he began constructing his 11-bedroom vacation home on the highest point of a cliff overlooking Meech Lake. It included a chapel and an aircraft hangar.
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(12) Soon after, he began constructing his 11-bedroom vacation home on the highest point of a cliff overlooking Meech Lake. It included a chapel and an aircraft hangar.
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(13) I saw this beautiful spot today and believe that at that successful stage in life, I might have chosen early retirement in that summer residence. But Willson had more ambitions, especially the development of superphosphate-based chemical fertilizer.
𧡠#history #Canada
(13) I saw this beautiful spot today and believe that at that successful stage in life, I might have chosen early retirement in that summer residence. But Willson had more ambitions, especially the development of superphosphate-based chemical fertilizer.
𧡠#history #Canada
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(14) He needed more space and water power than was available in his laboratory in Ottawa, so he erected a dam and experimental electrical station at the source of Meech Creek. These facilities required huge capital investment, for which he mortgaged all of his assets.
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(14) He needed more space and water power than was available in his laboratory in Ottawa, so he erected a dam and experimental electrical station at the source of Meech Creek. These facilities required huge capital investment, for which he mortgaged all of his assets.
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(15) The project failed. He couldn't repay his debts and plunged into bankruptcy. Willson lost all of his properties and the rights to all of his patents.
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(15) The project failed. He couldn't repay his debts and plunged into bankruptcy. Willson lost all of his properties and the rights to all of his patents.
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(16) During the last years of his life, he tried in vain to rebuild a business until he died in New York in 1915 after suffering a heart attack.
𧡠#history
(16) During the last years of his life, he tried in vain to rebuild a business until he died in New York in 1915 after suffering a heart attack.
𧡠#history
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(17) I walked to the ruins of his facilities, reflecting the shattered dreams of a man who couldn't stop when he had reached the top. The buildings crumble, and the forest takes back control of this once industrial area.
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(17) I walked to the ruins of his facilities, reflecting the shattered dreams of a man who couldn't stop when he had reached the top. The buildings crumble, and the forest takes back control of this once industrial area.
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(18) Forests are the lungs of the planet and a treasure chest of biodiversity. They are not ours to destroy and transform into pellets to be burned, nor are they a suitable location for industry.
𧡠#biodiversity #forests #TREASURE
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(18) Forests are the lungs of the planet and a treasure chest of biodiversity. They are not ours to destroy and transform into pellets to be burned, nor are they a suitable location for industry.
𧡠#biodiversity #forests #TREASURE
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(19) The forests of Gatineau Park are magnificent for long walks in autumn; the changing colors of the trees are reflected in the lake.
And the ruins of a long-forgotten past add a nice historical touch to today's short exploration along lake Meech.
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(19) The forests of Gatineau Park are magnificent for long walks in autumn; the changing colors of the trees are reflected in the lake.
And the ruins of a long-forgotten past add a nice historical touch to today's short exploration along lake Meech.
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