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Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs says province misleading public on old-growth; satellite imagery analysis shows more than 55,000 hectares of proposed old-growth deferrals face imminent risk of logging, some deferrals have already been destroyed
Targeted News Service (Press Releases) (08/31)

Energy, Fuels & Utilities

GlobalData: Lack of government support has stunted Mexico's growth of renewables, and its aim to achieve 35% of electricity generation from clean energy sources by 2024 doesn't look feasible; however, Mexico has huge potential to harness power from wind
GlobalData Plc (08/31)

Forestry/Timberland

'Enough with the anti-forestry insanity', says F2M's CEO, in response to New York Times opinion by songwriter Carole King; he says environmental scientists and those working on forest health know 'there is a tremendous cost to leaving our trees alone'
Forest2Market Inc. (08/31)

New York DEC finalizes recreational management plan for Edinburgh and Corinth Conservation Easement tracts owned by Lyme Timber and Lyme Adirondack Timberlands II; RMP continues recreational access, protects natural resources on the combined 13,730 acres
States News Service (08/31)

Household Products

UK regulator Advertising Standards Authority bans advertisement from Unilever's laundry detergent brand Persil over misleading environmental claims; group says ad claimed Persil was 'kinder to our planet' but failed to demonstrate environmental benefits
Alliance News (08/31)

Paper, Pulp & Cellulose

Local officials skeptical of announcement that Ponderay Industries plans to restart newsprint mill in Usk, Washington--which also houses cryptocurrency mine--if it can secure another 70 MW; public utility calls announcement 'disingenuous,' 'misleading'
The Spokesman-Review (08/31)

Ponderay Industries announces plans to restart newsprint mill in Usk, Washington, which has been idled since bankruptcy in 2020 and is also home to Merkle Standard cryptocurrency mining center; Ponderay negotiating with local utility for additional 70 MW
PR Newswire (08/31)

Tobacco, Cannabis & Derivatives

Washington state's Clallam County enlists help of McKinley Paper's incinerator to destroy illegal marijuana seized by law enforcement as state battles ongoing black market operations
Peninsula Daily News (08/31)

Macro Economics

Leading Indicators & Economic Signals

DataTrek: Odds of Fed 'pivot' to lower rates in H1 2023 are essentially zero; however, 10-year Treasury yield of 3.11% is bright spot supporting stock prices, and a sign that markets have gained some confidence Fed will bring down inflation in long run
Business Insider (08/31)

GDP

Jefferies sees resilient US economy even as Fed pushes rates to 4%, keeps them there for 2023; real wages will rise again in August as CPI is on track to contract, and Q3 GDP expected to expand by over 3% as net exports will likely be additive to growth
FinancialPress (08/31)

Inflation

Wharton professor says inflation has already peaked, warns Fed that excessive rate hikes could plunge US economy into deep recession in 2023; Fed may only need to raise rates by 100 basis points to 3.25%-3.5% to curb inflation without choking economy
Business Insider (08/31)

Interest Rates

Charles Schwab CIO says Fed will only cut rates when it's worried about recession, and won't be deterred by any natural cooldowns in inflation; if August jobs report is strong, that would reflect economic strength, encourage Fed to continue raising rates
Business Insider (08/31)

General Business

White House mandates that all federally funded research papers and data must be available immediately upon publication and at no cost; policy goes into effect Dec. 31, 2025
whitehouse.gov (08/31)

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