Portland Heavy Metal: McCormick & Baxter Creosote Superfund Site

The McCormick and Baxter Creosoting Company Superfund Site is an incredible example of derelict urban space. It is a postapocalyptic wasteland of the highest order. It is an abandoned indistrial zone of more than 50 acres that has been declared a Superfund clean-up site because of creosote and heavy metal pollution.

Clearcutting in Gasepsie, Quebec, Canada

This year, the Québec government had to impose a 20% reduction in wood cut because the resource is simply not there anymore.

Gunns, Ltd Woodchipping Old Growth Forests

“Please…pressure the Tasmanian and Australian governments to stop this industrial horror.”

Fires on Sumatra

“…you can see hot spots detected using the infra-red heat emissions…”

Pulping The World, Part 3: British Columbia

“In terms of economic development, this strategy verges on lunacy.”