Wednesday, October 18, 2006

West Fraser: the key word is deficient

West Faser, one Canada's biggest loggers and suppliers of market pulp to world markets, was caught with 'deficient' equipment to contain spills, according to this report in HazMat magazine. The fine is $100,000 (Canadian dollars).

The whole story is here.

West Fraser is a dinosaur company that endangers wildlife in many ways... pollution, logging of Endangered Forests, you name it. For other impacts by West Fraser, check out ForestEthics report "Staring at Extinction: Mountain Caribou in British Columbia."

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