Thursday, December 6, 2012

Canada: Greenpeace and Resolute spar over logging practices

Globe and Mail: A tenuous truce in the woods between forestry companies and environmental groups has suffered a setback after Greenpeace Canada withdrew from a conservation pact, alleging logging violations by Resolute Forest Products Inc. "This comes down to a definite breach of trust," Greenpeace forest co-ordinator Stephanie Goodwin said Thursday, accusing Montreal-based Resolute of building a 20-kilometre-long road in an off-limits area in Northern Quebec. She said the new logging road in the Lac St-Jean...

URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/greenpeace-pulls-out-of-boreal-forest-deal-accuses-resolute-of-breaching-pact/article6026266/

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