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Timber eyed as a hedge against rising prices as inflation surges to 40-year highs
"Timber, historically, has been positively correlated with inflation fairly directly," said Joe San…
Isabelle Lee
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Lumber prices are up 29% in February as pace of economic reopening sparks new rally in global commodities
Prices for iron, oil, soybeans, and fertilizer have also pointed higher amid cold winter weather, g…
Isabelle Lee
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Lumber prices hit a record high after soaring more than 250% in the past year
Spot lumber prices hit a record high of nearly $1,200 per thousand board feet on Tuesday after moun…
Will Daniel
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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says timber will be great business for the bank, after it bought a lumber firm during the market boom
JPMorgan bought lumber management firm Campbell Global during a boom in the market. But its focus i…
Harry Robertson
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Lumber prices fall for the 8th straight day to near $1,000 per thousand board feet for the first time since March
After a blistering rally, lumber prices have now fallen approximately 37% from May 7 record highs o…
Will Daniel
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A 325% surge in lumber prices over the past year has pushed new-home prices up by $24,000 apiece
Lumber prices reached more than $1400 per thousand board feet on Monday and experts say it's a grea…
Will Daniel
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Lumber prices have soared 230% in the last year, pushing timber and homebuilding ETFs to record highs
Exchange-traded funds that track timber, forestry, and homebuilding stocks have rallied as lumber p…
Emily Graffeo
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Oil giant Shell turned an old gas station into an EV-only charging hub with free WiFi and solar panels in its timber canopies. Take a look around.
Demand for new EVs is outpacing charging infrastructure. Some 190,000 new EVs were registered in th…
Stephen Jones
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Lumber prices are on a roller coaster. They might remind Warren Buffett of the time he doubled his money on a timber company
The investor made $22 million by betting Arcata would win its dispute with the US government over a…
Theron Mohamed
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A new market in 'carbon offsets' is blossoming, drawing huge companies who pay timber owners not to cut down trees
Companies are showing investors their pollution-reduction efforts by paying landowners to not cut t…
Emily Graffeo
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Oregon just became the first state to legalize mass timber high-rises, and it could lead to a boom in tall wood buildings
A growing number of North American architects and developers are supporting mass timber constructio…
Peter Kotecki
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Notre Dame's destructive fire left visitors without a place to worship. A pop-up center made of charred timber could offer a temporary fix.
The global architecture firm Gensler aims to fix this problem by creating a pop-up center at the ba…
Aria Bendix
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Google's parent company revealed its plan for a high-tech neighborhood in Toronto - and it could be the world's largest tall timber project
Waterfront Toronto, a local group that administers revitalization projects, is working with Sidewal…
Peter Kotecki
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Guess How Much The Harmonica Player From 'Timber' Has Made
"When I heard the finished track, I was knocked out," said Harrington. "Boy, did they turn me up lo…
Rob Wile
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3,000 Portland Timbers Fans Came To A Make-A-Wish Soccer Game For A Kid With Cancer
And when Atticus Lane-Dupre, an 8-year-old who is battling cancer, got his wish (through Make-A-Wis…
Leah Goldman
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A Swiss town borders 2 other countries, making it the ideal base for exploring. Here's what 6 days in Basel were like.
Business Insider's author spent six days in Basel, Switzerland, discovering art and nearby French t…
Monica Humphries
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Climate Action 15: 2024's top global innovators powering green solutions
Climate Action 15 profiles top founders, global activists, academics, and nonprofit and public-sect…