Feb 6
Opinion: Industry, employees and communities have given up a great deal in forfeiting long-term timber rights
By: Tom Tevlin and Trevor Figueiredo, special to the Vancouver Sun
February 5, 2013
Monopoloy for forest certification is wrong
BY PATRICK MOORE, SPECIAL TO THE SUN
NOVEMBER 17, 2011
Imagine a situation in which an activist group with certain political ambitions and close ties to a computer manufacturer engaged in a campaign of threats against specific retailers. Read more
Wood is Good
Patrick Moore, National Post • Mar. 30, 2011 |
I believe trees are the answer to many questions about the future of human civilization and the preservation of the environment. Questions like, “What is the most environmentally friendly material for home construction?” “How can we pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and how can we offset the greenhouse gas emissions caused by our excessive use of fossil fuels?” “How can we build healthy soils and keep our air and water clean?” “How can we provide more habitat for wildlife and biodiversity?” “How can we increase literacy and provide sanitary tissue products in developing countries?” “How can we make this earth more green and beautiful?” The answer to all these questions and more is “trees.” Read more
Greenpeace Co-Founder and Former Leader Commends Asia Pulp & Paper’s Commitment to Sustainability, Social Programs and the Environment
Vancouver Sun, Financial Post, Earth Times
Don’t feel guilty: Use soft toilet paper for your derriere
By Patrick Moore in The Vancouver Sun
March 4, 2009
Greenpeace, with strong support from the Natural Resources Defense Council, has come out against the sale of soft toilet tissue made with ‘virgin’ fiber. Greenpeace claims that using trees to make toilet paper is worse for the environment than driving Hummers or building McMansions. Read more
An Inconvenient Fact
Despite the anti-forestry scare tactics of celebrity movies, trees are the most powerful concentrators of carbon on Earth Dr. Patrick Moore is a co-founder of Greenpeace and chairman and chief scientist of Greenspirit Strategies Ltd. in Vancouver.
by Patrick Moore
Special to the Sun
August 29, 2007
It seems like there’s a new doomsday documentary every month. But seldom does one receive the coverage that Hollywood activist Leonardo DiCaprio’s latest climate-change rant, The 11th Hour, is getting. Read more
Op-ed
Dr. Patrick Moore
Edmonton Journal
August 15 2007
Anti-forestry activists are busying themselves with a new and scientifically groundless campaign against forestry in Canada’s boreal forest.
The current campaign has all the hallmarks of previous anti-forestry activism on the BC Coast, particularly the attempt to cloak unreasonable campaign objectives in language that appears reasonable on the surface. Read more
By Philip Hopkins , December 16, 2006
In 1978, Patrick Moore was arrested in eastern Canada for sitting on top of a baby seal to save it from hunters’ clubs. A picture of the incident appeared in 3000 newspapers around the world the next morning. Read more
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Color mainstream green
PATRICK MOORE
GUEST COLUMNIST, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
Tuesday, September 7, 2004
It’s time to move green building beyond its current niche status and into the mainstream.
We know how to measure the affordability and availability of building products, but how do we determine which materials are environmentally friendly? Read more
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Nature vs. politicsMany activists believe we should leave our forests alone — this is a very dangerous policy that sets our forests up to be destroyedBy Patrick Moore