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The OrchardcastAlberta is an environmental liabilityThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.readtheorchard.orgWith Donald Trump’s tariffs fundamentally altering Canada’s relationship with its largest trading partner, oil and gas pipelines have been put back on the agenda as a purported means of enhancing Canadian self-reliance. Fossil fuel industry employee-turned-critic Jenny Yeremiy argues that building more pipelines will only exacerbate the economic and env…2025-06-0728 min
The Climate LensKananaskis clearcuts: outdated laws, new threatsUnder a Forest Management Agreement set up all the way back in 2001 by Alberta's provincial government of the day, a logging company called Spray Lake Sawmills acquired the rights to chop down the equivalent of 2,000 football fields of Kananaskis Country’s Upper Highwood area forests, including a stretch right beside the Highwood River. Since 2001, K-Country has become a beloved natural recreation destination and tourist attraction for cycling, hiking and just connecting with our natural world. Of course we've all become aware of climate change since 2001, making the concept of logging old growth forests that do some of nature's best wo...2024-08-2131 min