The surprising reality check on positioning logging as a low-carbon sector

By misrepresenting logging as a low-carbon sector, and exempting the burning and disposal of wood from carbon pricing, Canada is letting logging companies pollute for free.
How can large-scale logging, which mostly involves clearcutting of carbon-rich primary forests, be carbon neutral, asks Michael Polanyi.
In 2019, more than three-quarters of a million hectares of forests were logged in Canada—the equivalent of more than nine NHL hockey rinks every minute. Logging removes vast amounts of carbon from forests—the majority of which ends up in the a...

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