(This letter what sent to the AV News on April 5th, 2022) Dear Editor. Time has run out and now forestry must change very quickly.Please read these two statements from the UN report released on April 4. They show the problem, and the solution. “About half of total net [agriculture, forestry and other land use] …
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A War Effort is Needed – To Transition from Fossil Fuels
Sent to the Alberni Valley news March 10, 2022 Published in the March 15, 2022 Alberni Valley News Dear Editor, Nearly every war of the past century can be directly or indirectly tied to the securing of fossil fuel resources. That applies to Ukraine today. My mother’s family (Neufeld and Heubner) were refugees from southern …
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We have been fools – Rebuild the Railway
Dear Editor. (Sent to the Times Colonist Nov 17, 2021) The Malahat is closed again. This time due to unprecedented rainfall. It will now be periodically closed for repairs for weeks. We now have fuel shortages because tankers can’t get down Island. Just when will the economic costs of decades of stubborn refusal to rebuild …