Why wood from B.C. forests is burning to fuel U.K. energy needs

Why wood from B.C. forests is burning to fuel U.K. energy needs - The Fifth Estate

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Amid the ongoing fight to protect British Columbia’s forests, The Fifth Estate investigates how the province has become a leading exporter of wood pellets that are burned to fuel energy needs in the U.K., Japan and South Korea. The industry is billed as “green” and “renewable,” but many scientists disagree and activists say Canada has made a mistake in supporting the industry.
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OCTOBER 6, 2022
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@iam1smiley1 Жыл бұрын

I live on Vancouver Island, it was a life long dream. What I didn't realize was how the island was 90+% owned by logging companies. 😳 There are large steel gates everywhere to keep people out of the woods. The logging companies don't want citizens to see the devastation happening before our eyes. Trees are left by the roads we are allowed to drive, so it looks pretty good until you fly over the island and see how much it's been scalped!

@captainvanaroo1729 Жыл бұрын

Enjoy 4 dollar liter gasoline soon and the highest property tax bill in the world

@jb7720 Жыл бұрын

I second this

@smokeymacpot76 3 ай бұрын

u people down there are the problem

@georgej7077 2 ай бұрын

I moved to Vancouver Island for the natural beauty of the area, now when I enter the "woods" I get too depressed from the devastation so I stay away.

@silurian9420 Жыл бұрын

Drax power station stand on top of the Selby coalfield, Millions upon millions of tons of unmined coal, The main modernised coal mine nearby, the last in the UK, closed a couple of years ago. Absolutely crazy.

@evertandersson9499 Жыл бұрын

Oh, the irony.

@melb5996 Жыл бұрын

Spot on 👍

@erik.hansen 8 ай бұрын

Drax used to be a coal plant but was converted to Biomass. I think what is happening with regards to irresponsible deforesting is terrible but Drax burning biomass is certainly better than it going back to burning coal. Or maybe the Brits can just turn off their power and heat...?

@TheLadyrose01 Жыл бұрын

I am in the US. We all get mad with Brazil for destroying the Amazon but we are not aware of what is going on in our neighborhood (country). Shame on these companies and the governments who turn their backs on the problem

@d.g.rohrig4063 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in the town Quesnel featured in the video. I remember the Pine Beatle issue but this is new (and deplorable) to me.

@bhasK-20 Жыл бұрын

You should more worried about the forest in USA , USA forest Industy is 10 times bigger than Canada with a less amount of forest land

@d.g.rohrig4063 Жыл бұрын

@@bhasK-20 why? The corporation says it only needs the leftovers from logging then cuts deals to log the actual trees. More shady than tree shade.

@isabelleg9118 Жыл бұрын

That’s right what is the difference?

@thedudegrowsfood284 Жыл бұрын

A massive amount of timber is sent from Virginia to the U.K. every year, as well

@rode3016 Жыл бұрын

This is despicable. Somehow these Biomass plants have become clean energy, but cutting down some the last untouched rain forest for power, is a terrible mistake.

@lynnchuck60 Жыл бұрын

I live here. You are being fed propaganda from extreemists.

@paulevans8348 Жыл бұрын

@@lynnchuck60 ok bot

@lynnchuck60 Жыл бұрын

@@paulevans8348 ok stooge

@altoncrane9714 Жыл бұрын

I live in northern BC, and the government has totally sold out the province. The trucks leave this area by the hundreds, every day of the year,,,the clear-cut areas are horrendous, and no local forest industry is left, from the strong forest economy that used to flourish here. As well, the wildlife has vanished,,,its a crime.

@gregk.6723 Жыл бұрын

It because for decades and especially now, you voted in politicians / criminals, and allowed them to control you and your country. You will always reap what you sow.

@altoncrane9714 Жыл бұрын

@@gregk.6723 I would never ever ever vote for the current "leadership" here. I personally have seldom voted for the winning party. Sadly many of the people did otherwise. my statement identified the government here as, agreed, the criminals responsible.

@marshferguson4737 Жыл бұрын

It is a crime! To bad he resigned before we could call treason

@solaron99 Жыл бұрын

Very disturbing crisis. Thank you Fifth Estate for revealing this horrific devastation of Canada’s forests.

@1Bigredox Жыл бұрын

those "piles of waste" should be future soil, not future carcinogens and greenhouse gas

@8BitNaptime Жыл бұрын

You mean to release methane, a much more potent greenhouse gas than CO2?

@Laurencemardon Жыл бұрын

Those “piles ofwaste” should be thriving protected trees in a respected sovereign habitat!!

@Canadanorth963 Жыл бұрын

I was planning to get a pellet stove this winter. After watching this report I changed my mind. The big question is what the government going to do to stop this massacre of our forests.

@Fritz999 Жыл бұрын

Nothing!!!

@regant.cameron8237 Жыл бұрын

Horgan is a predatory doorknob. We can't look for help from our corrupt governments. Albertans have made a good choice with their new Premier Danielle Smith. The people from the rest of the provinces who've been following want to follow suit.

@shaf3006 Жыл бұрын

The government only concern if it's in Asian countries

@michaelguy5151 Жыл бұрын

Nothing

@gingernutpreacher Жыл бұрын

There helping with subsides

@pinkrose8845 Жыл бұрын

Who is putting pressure in the government to stop these corporations? We cannot just talk. We have to stop this crime .

@jacobfield4848 Жыл бұрын

I am from the UK and the Canadian government needs to ban logging. Recycle as much paper as possible and end the logging culture.

@johnbethea4505 Жыл бұрын

Around 60+ years ago the trees that my uncle would let us cut for firewood would be trees that were dead, dying or malformed/leaning etc..

@Bobcagon Жыл бұрын

Been a pellet user for 28 years. In the heart of BC. Have watched one pellet plant after another being bought up first by Pinnacle then by Britain. Now we buy our pellets from Washington? Go figure. Cost of this energy source is up 500% over the past 28 years. Little guy gets screwed again.

@nicolatesla5786 4 ай бұрын

Buy a heat pump powered by solar panels it's very efficient.

@sherri9300 Жыл бұрын

Fifth estate thank you , never knew this , just wow ,thinking this would be a no no ! Beautiful British Columbia 😢

@blindbackpacker2618 Жыл бұрын

British Colombia are doing the exact same thing and burning by a fuel to produce electricity 🙄🤯 😞

@Laurencemardon Жыл бұрын

A darn good story about a lousy messed up reality!

@Bastillius Жыл бұрын

More and more, it's looking like Industry runs the world and government washes it clean with words.

@donofon101 Жыл бұрын

Some guy named Carl Marks noticed that 160 years ago, then some nasty thugs poisoned his thoughts

@donofon101 Жыл бұрын

@iamnoone I have no idea what you are talking about. You make no CENTS

@gilgamesh444 Жыл бұрын

Michael Moore's documentary "Planet of the Humans" attempted to call attention to this "greenwashing" he was criticized by "climate experts" . Drax is the company perhaps named after "Hugo Drax".

@davidpedersen1757 Жыл бұрын

Nothing humans do is completely "green"; the question we face is how to proceed while causing the LEAST amount of ecological harm.

@louismeloche3857 Жыл бұрын

A couple of questions Lindsay Duncombe could have asked were who are the biggest investors in Drax, by name. The 2 million the BC government received from Drax, did a million go to Horgan and the rest split up? Imagine ships crossing the world to deliver firewood. Pathetic.

@sktoh4469 Жыл бұрын

Radical leftwinger Moore has little credibility.

@raoulduke8340 Жыл бұрын

Why don't we grow hemp for biofuel? Fastest growing source of biomass on earth

@louismeloche3857 Жыл бұрын

No room with all the solar panels we will be putting in.

@Anonymous------ Жыл бұрын

Burning hemp causes poisonous toxic pollution.

@Meowface. Жыл бұрын

Because you’re suggesting using farmland to produce burning fuel There’s already major issues with ethanol production We long ago figured out that ethanol isn’t good for the environment but it’s production is so entrenched into our system we can’t go back Farmland that otherwise would be growing food is growing corn for ethanol Raising food prices, incentivizing farmers not to grow food at all We don’t need to add to the problem we already have

@drunkdrftr Жыл бұрын

Destroying food to make fuel? Its crazy…. Rich oligarchs will power their jet with biofuel and u will be potato famine hungry

@patriciaburgess6342 Жыл бұрын

Very enlightened comment. I have wondered about that myself. I have lived in a house constructed from hemp, wear clothes created from hemp and eat hemp seeds. Hemp is one of the solutions for the future.

@itistrueitisafact5432 Жыл бұрын

Bad politicians create bad policies and bad decisions. #People stand up for your city, country and your world thanks for the program

@waltermalone7718 Жыл бұрын

I am in no way here to promote the practices of these companies . Although in regards to the slash piles I am strictly assuming that there are there left to dry out. Dried materials are easier to chip and lower moisture levels means less water weight to transport , which makes them more economical viable. There is even evidence of such practices, in previous clips you can see them processing slash piles, and the landscape has is covered in regrowth something that would take a handful of years. Other then that great presentation really brought forward problematic issues within our global energy system.

@janshand7092 Жыл бұрын

The Drax fella admitted sometimes its just too costly to get it out.. it was near the end of the video

@RaymondParkerPhoto Жыл бұрын

Thank you for highlighting this scandal. I've been watching it unfold for some time. Hopefully this will help bring it to a wider constituency.

@bm8641 Жыл бұрын

Will not

@lynnchuck60 Жыл бұрын

5th estate is to much of a sensationalized entertainment. This is cherry picked for hype. Get a different media to start.

@coastghost1649 Жыл бұрын

On Vancouver Island all the forests are controlled by private companies. All gated off with no access :( that's why I recently moved to Alberta

@scottbuckley6578 Жыл бұрын

Can't camp on crown land out there?

@scottbuckley6578 Жыл бұрын

Same thing happening here in Southern Ontario I was just out in Alberta not long ago looking at houses

@scottbuckley6578 Жыл бұрын

@iamnoone booo

@alanbertram3463 Жыл бұрын

Why isn’t anyone talking about nuclear 🤯

@davidpedersen1757 Жыл бұрын

Because nuclear isn't a solution (except for fusion, which isn't yet commercially viable).

@deadbeatdon Жыл бұрын

Dr. Chris Keefer of Decouple Media is a thoughtful advocate for nuclear power. kzfaq.info/love/KKlj_Qf3f6Op0vexKMK7Qw

@heatherjones9773 Жыл бұрын

Nuclear waste destroys everything it comes in contact with.

@behonestwithyourself3718 Жыл бұрын

Because people aren't informed. Nuclear is the solution. Have solar and wind too. But Nuclear would make sure there's enough power.

@TheJon2442 Жыл бұрын

@@sakttan both due to human error! No one died in Japan!

@RodMac1 Жыл бұрын

there is trees that just blew down from the hurricane in nova scotia you could use them. millions of them going to waste.

@crustybastard1068 Жыл бұрын

If not for Turdo we would be exporting clean LNG instead of trees. A undersea pipeline could be built . It's crazy that mills in BC can't burn sawdust and waste to generate electricity.yet we can ship via bunker fueled trains and ships the same sawdust and waste all the way to the UK

@tomjones2247 Жыл бұрын

LNG is not clean are you a sped ? Go in the field and find out how it's extracted seriously get educated

@X3r0. Жыл бұрын

I really hope this brings more Canadians and BCites on the side of the land defenders & warriors fighting for our old growth forests in BC. Thank you to the people of the UK who are also fighting 🇨🇦🖖🏻🖤 We all have a duty to protect Mother Earth

@dna9838 4 ай бұрын

So sorry that your beautiful forests and pristine nature are just ending up feeding our power stations🤦🏼. We're not doing enough. We really need to get our act together and make use of the resources like tidal and wind.

@_LVC Жыл бұрын

IT'S A BIG CLUB AND YOU AIN'T IN IT - GEORGE CARLIN 😎

@nickiewilson9134 Жыл бұрын

I lived on Vancouver Island and planted trees 45 yrs ago and all gone now. Police brutality protecting corporation's at Faury Creek. We have major problems and B.C. is on Inceded Territories. Check out the Wetsuwetsuns with the Peace River Fiasco.

@bethechange671 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for bringing attention to this horrific greed and careless behavior. Clearly these people havent seen "The Lorax"..... Protect your forests at ALL costs.

@mkadi70 Жыл бұрын

The Fifth Estate, and CBC you never fail to bring to our attention, the Canadian public's attention what we need to know about what is going wrong...thank you

@johndicksonkaraoke2554 Жыл бұрын

I recommend watching on KZfaq Planet of the Humans by Michael Moore as well.

@kenryan4496 Жыл бұрын

Or the rest of the environmentally concerned 🤔

@stevehancock1698 Жыл бұрын

clearly this Teressa Ryan at the 36 minute marc is delusional it is greed n sell out politicians not colonial blah blah blah just like the money laundering program going on in the Ukraine at this moment

@sktoh4469 Жыл бұрын

@@johndicksonkaraoke2554 Forget about leftwing Moore.

@lonarbuckle9788 Жыл бұрын

Cbc..goverment bribed..

@CommoditySC Жыл бұрын

What a nightmare world we are in.

@pebbles2096 Жыл бұрын

Its about time we recognize the old growth forest protectors & back them up! Canada seems to be at the will of the highest bidder.

@patriciagriffiths8482 Жыл бұрын

Like Australia...sold out by its governments!

@22vx Жыл бұрын

The name Drax seems weirdly appropriate 😶

@donald7212 Жыл бұрын

We've been fighting this kind of thing for a long time now I've lived in Quesnel for 26 years now and am at retirement age now and slowing down just a bit so it's great to see the younger ones noticing what's happening and responding to it, we must keep up the fight there's really no alternative for the planet.....

@penskepc2374 Жыл бұрын

Trees are a renewable and sustainable resource and biomass doesn't require any type of battery storage. Stop inventing problems.

@lynnchuck60 Жыл бұрын

So you slam the door on wealth behind as you leave the earth with a miserable attitude. Perfect attitude!

@DeepikaSharmaKannav Жыл бұрын

Thanks for bringing this up to light! I am deeply disturbed to see the current situation. What would be the actions that we can take to halt this ? It is so sad to see our political leaders taking advantage of their positions and destroying nature which is also well deserved by their grandchildren. It hurts to see short intentions people have now a days and don’t have tiniest conscience to do what is right. The greed for money is higher than ever. Money was created to enable our society. But the increasing greed for it will destroy the very basis of human existence i.e. nature.

@YorBarkin Жыл бұрын

To answer your question: Take it to the streets in our millions.

@prestongoodwin407 Жыл бұрын

Change our government leaders make them have to talk about it. Make the news ask them about it none stop at all interviews that's how u make it change. U shame the leader make him look bad

@Laurencemardon Жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you DS. The example here of that huge clear cut costing them only two million in timber fees shows how insane the situation is, although it would be hard to convince me any amount of revenue to either a public or private seller could justify the act itself.

@wez123123123 Жыл бұрын

Shame on you Diane Nicholas shame on you

@tombruigom7639 Жыл бұрын

Thousands of Hectares are lost every year to forest fires in B.C...Why not harvest to create firestops and minimize forest fire loss and at the same export a valuable product?

@edwardcarberry1095 3 ай бұрын

IT Would be Intelligent to STOP the Geoengineering Weather Modification going on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@nathanlam1451 Жыл бұрын

All those hemlock logs could of being use for our homes in North America. Worth lots as finishing lumber, and provide a lot more jobs. We the people are being ripped off.🙂

@mikelust9855 Жыл бұрын

While I worry about climate change. energy has to come from somewhere , grew up in quesnel BC logged there those cut blocks now healthy new forests. Hemlock and poplar trees good for pulp or energy. Big question how do we have energy and stop climate change?

@skylarsoper241 Жыл бұрын

Oh my heart and shame on the mess

@darkstar18498 Жыл бұрын

Canada needs a massive re planting. and the lorax

@sunset7860 Жыл бұрын

A damning report. Thankyou. The only part in doubt is the Carbon Dioxide science, since higher CO2 levels promote plant growth. However, the clearcutting, monoculture, double talk, greenwashing and corruption, all inspired by the 'love of money' is spot on.

@zizikitty Жыл бұрын

Consumption is the driver of profit seeking industries. As a civilization have to stop using a much as we want and understand that pointing the finger at industry is not going to solve the problem. Industry and capitalism is only half the problem. Consumers want this energy and products.

@74buickapollo Жыл бұрын

BC’s interior has over one million acres of burnt forests, have at it.

@petranilla14 Жыл бұрын

I follow 2 Canadian vanlifers and I see the devastation of clearcutting. I saw the protests about cutting those ancient/old growth trees.

@Trigger200284 Жыл бұрын

on the east coast, we are sending our lumber to germany and the UK for the same purpose. Our citizens are tired of it, but we have no control.

@heatherjones9773 Жыл бұрын

That's thanks to Irving, the owner of NB!

@markrainford1219 Жыл бұрын

Don't think we in the UK are happy about it either. Quite frankly it's ludicrous.

@ARolls-dd2zd Жыл бұрын

I was devastated from the top of Silver Star Mountain looking out at what was once pristine forest, now ugly clear cut. That's going to be great for tourism. Made me not want to go skiing again, why would I pay all that money to look at a blight.

@amandafaulks2515 Жыл бұрын

It’s also gonna increase landslides and desertification in an already dry area!

@michaelwoodsmccausland5633 Жыл бұрын

The Biosphere always wins! Humanity has become a parasite of ignorance!

@michaelwoodsmccausland5633 Жыл бұрын

@iamnoone Seriously you believe that the Sphere requires saving from What! MWM

@michaelwoodsmccausland5633 Жыл бұрын

@iamnoone as I thought you have no content no validation nada nothing on your Channel. Thy Words speak the Truth of an Authentic Americano 1638 AD Documented Arrival then West to California in 1799-1801 AD. Do you know who what how you arrived in the America’s! Welcome Auslane Absolom Nor Cal CGA@ MWM

@michaelwoodsmccausland5633 Жыл бұрын

@iamnoone no but I shall kindly take to the GG and assist in your Leap to delete a fraudster’s who has no content just piffle! Shine Bright! Welcome to America. If you don’t like our Multi Cultural System. Then return to your origination! Yes I Will give thy Life to defend our Representative RePublic. You would qualify as a Bullet Stop! MWM

@jonurton7826 Жыл бұрын

Come to Saskatchewan, we have aspen and white poplar that grows to maturity in 20 years and never a shortage of it .

@briandavies741 Жыл бұрын

Poplar and aspen have very low BTU content and are not suitable as fuel

@simonmasters3295 Жыл бұрын

@@briandavies741 I can't agree: all cellulose at the same moisture content has more or less the same calorific value ton for ton

@sandram6828 Жыл бұрын

And how many forests will be left as more forest fires happen. Which sadly is when not if that will happen.

@chrissmith3509 Жыл бұрын

Forest fires are healthy and essential. Stop following the ridiculous narrative.

@rawbacon Жыл бұрын

More forest fires are not happening, there's no shortage of trees.

@prashantdevadiga6696 Жыл бұрын

Salute to all brave warriors who stand against such organized mafia.

@Donkey_Balls Жыл бұрын

The Renewable energy argument is awesome

@amandafaulks2515 Жыл бұрын

Tells me a lot about the lies of “renewable and green” energy movement!

@jaymaccool Жыл бұрын

@@amandafaulks2515 One company's bad actions doesn't make the entire green energy movement a lie. What's a lie is pretending we are going green, then sticking to an "extractive" and "burning" mentality.

@osteopathichomeopathicking6154 Жыл бұрын

@@jaymaccool No it just exposes one of the many lies.

@TeddyZlegg Жыл бұрын

@@jaymaccool Like billionaires and celebrities flying their private jets to climate conferences, you mean? And politicians talking about imminent sea level rises whilst buying beachfront properties? Almost as if the whole thing is a massive grift, but no, that couldn't be it...

@striker44 Жыл бұрын

I was wondering what those barren patches of lands in BC when I was pouring over google maps. Now, from this great investgative documentry I know it is man-made and not natural.

@simonheaney8721 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for getting this story out . Good journalism . We salute you

@johndicksonkaraoke2554 Жыл бұрын

Planet of the Humans by Michael Moore is worth checking out as well on KZfaq.

@Sleement Жыл бұрын

You have what you were asking for. You wanted it to change quickly, and way too fast doesn't mean it's for the better.

@bovellois Жыл бұрын

Yes. The best example of the need for speed is the rush for electric bicycles by environmentalists. Regular bicycles are just not fast enough in this day and age. Using the electric boost just to go uphill or to pedal against a strong isn't good enough anymore. Now policy makers have to consider setting speed limits for electric bicycles!

@davidmunro2077 Жыл бұрын

@@bovellois there is a maximum speed limit of 15 mph on an electric bike ,at least in the UK this was set in 1984ish with the C5

@bovellois Жыл бұрын

@@davidmunro2077 good to know, thanks.

@wildtwindad Жыл бұрын

I love how hemp is conveniently skipped over?

@heatherjones9773 Жыл бұрын

Always! And that is getting old!

@knittingmum3657 Жыл бұрын

How does hemp work/help

@wildtwindad Жыл бұрын

@@knittingmum3657 you can grow 3 crops a season and covert it to combustible pellets, and it corrects soil imbalances at the same time.

@Richibald1 Жыл бұрын

@@wildtwindad so 3X the CO2 and still not enough BTU's to be profitable for shareholders. Pellets hasten climate change, BC loses more jobs to clear cuts while smoke bathing instead of sun bathing. Axe Drax save our forests.

@bubstacrini8851 Жыл бұрын

@@wildtwindad you obviously haven't grown much weed (hemp) You are lucky to grow one crop a year outdoors in Canada. Like corn, hemp is a heavy feeder and is always grown with some form of fertilizer. Other amendments, such as lime are necessary to grow hemp . Forest soils are too acidic to grow hemp without being limed to significantly alter pH. Hemp is an amazing plant, and can be used for food, oil, fibre, and medicine. It is not however the panacea.

@mj-jo8es Жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this, The Fifth Estate.

@anida61 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the excellent reporting on the truth

@mkadi70 Жыл бұрын

Well, there is a leadership challenge in the BC NDP, I think it is time to bring this to the current BC NDP leadrship

@Richibald1 Жыл бұрын

Good luck, its time to vote them out.

@lindystanway8110 Жыл бұрын

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

@djphlange Жыл бұрын

Hey, the east coast just got hit with a hurricane and there are trees down EVERYWHERE. And the Maritimes are closer too!

@louismeloche3857 Жыл бұрын

The Irvings are doing lots of cutting there too.

@myhouseimports Жыл бұрын

Very important documentary. thank-you.

@MandosaWright Жыл бұрын

Joe Aquino, has such clean coveralls and gloves. I bet his boots are clean, too.

@solaron99 Жыл бұрын

What a scam! He has a massive salary to keep his mouth shut. horrible!

@thekrutchinator Жыл бұрын

"A product that goes to offset coal" is actually coal before it becomes coal!

@anthonybelyea1964 Жыл бұрын

And that waste material actually feeds the forest floor for regrowth and if you move all that it causes desert like conditions

@NorminkoDH Жыл бұрын

I really hope the Fifth Estate is back for good!

@hollymurrison1562 Жыл бұрын

here in BC and specifically Vancouver Island there has been over 1000 arrests so far. i've been at the blockade here on the island and the RCMP have been brutal in these arrests. fly over the island and you can see how much of our Old growth is gone. soon we will be like the UK with no trees.

@carpo719 Жыл бұрын

and still, people refuse nuclear

@hollymurrison1562 Жыл бұрын

@@carpo719 nuclear isn't any better

@timebot000 Жыл бұрын

@@hollymurrison1562.. people need to turn off all the un necessary lighting everywhere, it's become blinding and polluting...

@navb0tactual Жыл бұрын

@@hollymurrison1562 People who say nuclear is unsafe are still living in the late 60's, and those who say it's not much better have been taken over by the fossil fuels misinformation campaigns and fearmongering. Yes it's not much better in the short term, but in the long term it is proven to be far better with older technology, with newer it's supposed to be even better. Also Thorium keeps getting shafted for some reason, it's infinitely safer than Uranium and cannot be weaponized.

@chrissie1066 Жыл бұрын

No trees? We have large forests 😂

@MeriWench Жыл бұрын

I am from Tn and AR in US and these piles are all over Arkansas from where Werhauser had clean cut trees. If only some company here would do the slash piles left all over the place

@johnthorpe1349 Жыл бұрын

We won't be happy till it's all gone it's sad 🥺 all about money 💸💰 can't eat money 🤑 bless those ppl that try to protect it from Toronto 🇨🇦 Migwech 🔥🍁#savethetrees protect Mother Earth 🌍 it's so important 💯

@publicwatchdog2489 Жыл бұрын

Possibly why lumber is so expensive

@BonezBeanz Жыл бұрын

Really not surprising when it's all about Money and Greed of our government. One of the reasons our Indigenous have opposed such destruction of land. Whatever happened to changing the way fossil fuel and lumber is used? More empty words coming from our governments.

@Sarahyangtoronto Жыл бұрын

Are we not going to do anything about this?? Why are we still allowing Drax to operate in Canada???

@Laurencemardon Жыл бұрын

Cuz it’s not up to us!!??

@TeddyZlegg Жыл бұрын

$$$$$$$$$

@happytrails699 Жыл бұрын

i am from the usa and love this show. politicians everywhere are all rotten

@deedobbie2526 Жыл бұрын

Why cause there all part of secret societys

@happytrails699 Жыл бұрын

@@deedobbie2526 no, all greedy

@jdolew Жыл бұрын

We have to give credit to the politicians who are not rotten, such as the Mayor of Quesnel, Bob Simpson. His town has a LOT to lose by criticizing the forest industry, yet he was very harsh (and accurate) about the true costs of the way forestry is now practiced. Also the Liberal MPP near the end of the program was not afraid to tell it like it is, very bluntly.

@Riogi Жыл бұрын

I am also from the USA and love this show and channel. :).

@louismeloche3857 Жыл бұрын

Do you think Al Gore has some money invested in Drax?

@paulwood2329 Жыл бұрын

Don't cut down all the trees. Trees are our planets lungs!

@hippy1002 Жыл бұрын

So is grass and algae. Take a look at t map of BC and note how much is still untouched.

@plekcom9404 Жыл бұрын

This is definitely not ok I would like to see this come up in parliament I hope you get somewhere with this thank you for what you do

@roadside8230 Жыл бұрын

The UK isn’t the only one profiting from our forests. Its not even its biggest abuser.

@mj-jo8es Жыл бұрын

who else?/ who is?

@louismeloche3857 Жыл бұрын

Who else?

@bovellois Жыл бұрын

@@mj-jo8es you will have to follow the big ships hauling raw logs all the way to Asia to find out.

@crhu319 Жыл бұрын

This is madness.

@Vintagevanessa99 Жыл бұрын

I'm from UK. Had no idea about this I will share.

@melb5996 Жыл бұрын

You must be a recluse, 😁

@phloxdiffusa Жыл бұрын

You are going after the least visible destroyers of primary forest

@fritz4359 Жыл бұрын

Just found this episode. I was on the crew that built this pellet plant just north of Quesnel

@peacepoet1947 Жыл бұрын

Plus it cuts down on run away forest fires having clear spaces.

@RealSalica Жыл бұрын

We have the worst government ...

@jxni2540 Жыл бұрын

why is clear cutting even allowed in Canada? here in Germany it´s prohibited

@crustybastard1068 Жыл бұрын

The pine beetle devastated BC Forrest's and the utter mismanagement by BC forestry eg the crown

@wor53lg50 Жыл бұрын

Right ok, i suppose the uk brought the beetle over and deliberately colonised the trees there!, just like siberia and all over europe! , you muppet, go back to sleep, obviously is not your time to shine yet...

@johnmetson7950 Жыл бұрын

What happened to the Canadian law that if you fell a tree you must immediately plant another❤

@RugratKiller Жыл бұрын

That point hasn’t been pointed out here, especially since it doesn’t fit the editors story line. Canadian laws on this subject hasn’t changed. It was Britains push for the replanting laws we have.

@sheilaschepp5761 Жыл бұрын

So we won't sell the UK clean, friendly LNG but we will cut down every carbon reducing tree in BC? UM maybe JT should be questioned on this?

@janshand7092 Жыл бұрын

And when our province is completely Bare who will help us AND who will help all the wildlife that have NO home left.

@bubstacrini8851 Жыл бұрын

Forestry is Provincial, so as much as U have a woody for JT, it's not his decision

@flightographist Жыл бұрын

As bad as this seems: I was a forester for several decades, it is much worse.

@jimlambrick4642 Жыл бұрын

Well so was I. Where did you work then?

@flightographist Жыл бұрын

@@jimlambrick4642 Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and BC.

@joedunne6737 Жыл бұрын

Please share this on all social media forums. This has to be stopped.

@lynnchuck60 Жыл бұрын

Maybe quit using your laptop. Stop heating your home. Walk and dont keep farm animals either. Have fun now.

@gullybull5568 Жыл бұрын

GJ. CONNELLY AND JIM PARFET. !!!! GOOD JOB !!!!

@kenryan4496 Жыл бұрын

Thanks to the FIFTH ESTATE for this

@halfnelson6115 Жыл бұрын

The mad drive toward green energy is excatly what got the EU into this situation in the first place.

@hopebrewco5840 Жыл бұрын

I live in BC and this is sad

@gregabbott8100 Жыл бұрын

Surely this must be cause to investigate a public trust conflict.

@lawrencegoodick5453 Жыл бұрын

I’ve said this years ago. I’m required to pay a carbon tax as the government is cutting down every tree in bc and Alberta. We deserve every thing coming at us

@johnnyraven4217 Жыл бұрын

Makes nat gas seem pretty benign.

@stormrunner0029 Жыл бұрын

You could fit 4 CANDU reactors in that footprint, and have 40 times the power.

@tictoc5443 Жыл бұрын

Scandalous

@SA-nv5tc Жыл бұрын

If it’s not too expensive to take the trees out of an area, it’s not too expensive to take the waste while the infrastructure is there. Trax is talking absolute BS! And just for the accountants, build that removal into the costs of your project and sell price of the logs up front!

@osmia Жыл бұрын

Loving your in-depth coverage

@jrsherwood1983 Жыл бұрын

Only their coverage isnt accurate and thats a problem.

@woodbug5877 Жыл бұрын

@@jrsherwood1983 Only in your world.....Troll

@jaskirandhillon7119 Жыл бұрын

Shame on the such companies and the government that's deaf and blind to their own country's responsibility

@alexhayden2303 Жыл бұрын

How much Bunker Oil is burned to bring the Pellets from the West Coast of Canada? What route do the shipments take: How many miles/Kilo's?

@sachadee.6104 Жыл бұрын

thank you for bringing it up. I was wondering the same.

@MsKayla130 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this program. The younger generation are the future of Mother Earth Wonderful work We thank you to you both. & thank you Fifth Estate fer bringing this to light to the world!!!

@darkmadder9897 Жыл бұрын

It was called "the Wet Coast" until the '90s After clear-cutting the coastal rainforest, it stopped raining much in this region, dis-including recent flooding on the Southern Mainland, not the kind of precip useful to farms, industry, or residents. This shouldn't be a surprise, but most voters live far from such ancient natural remnants, houseplants are their closest understanding of our relationship with nature with big money keeping it that way.

@truckguy6.7 Жыл бұрын

@@darkmadder9897 I live on the North Coast of B.C. It stopped raining? Are you on drugs?

@darkmadder9897 Жыл бұрын

@@truckguy6.7 You waited until it finally rained!😀 I live here too! And it's organic premium hybrids when I self-med.

@darkmadder9897 Жыл бұрын

drought denial, really that's a posture? Do you donate to an NGO for that cause?

@lindystanway8110 Жыл бұрын

@@darkmadder9897 doesn't rain as much????!!!! Are you high???