In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we explore why building more highways has an adverse effect on the environment and how the N.W.T. is falling short in protecting its vast peatlands.
Tom Lakusta, the manager of forest resources at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, said the territory is studying the impact wildfires have on carbon that's been collecting in the ground for thousands of years.
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