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<div>"A forest can take a bit of insects or disease but then you
put drought on top of that and the total is greater than the sum of
the parts. Throw in climate change, which arguably influences pests
like mountain pine beetle and fire and drought, this is kind of a
double or triple whammy. There will be more hot and dry years that
will lead to more drought, bugs and fire. That's a lethal
combination for forests."<br>
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<div><b>Mike Flannigan,</b> professor with the department of renewable
resources at the University of <a
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></span>Alberta, discussing the threats to forests the Canadian
province.</a></div>
<div>- Calgary Herald</div>
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<div><font face="Geneva" size="-1" color="#000000">"People should
want more, make more, earn more, spend more -- ever more."<br>
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Donella Meadows, co-author<i>, Limits to Growth</i></font></div>
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</font><font face="Geneva" size="-1" color="#000000">"The
recognition that things that are not sustainable will eventually come
to an end does not give us much of a guide to whether the transition
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<div><font face="Geneva" size="-1" color="#000000">Timothy
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