Press Room
- Release Date:07-19-2011
EPA’s Decision Not to Regulate Carbon Emissions from Biomass Puts Climate, Forests and Human Health at Risk
Further Expansion of Industrial Scale Wood Burning Facilities Needs to Be Stopped While EPA Studies the Environmental Impacts
- Release Date:02-02-2011
New York, 2 February 2011-At the launch of the High Level segment of the UN Forum on Forests today, Mr. Sha Zhukan, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs will declare 2011 "the International Year of Forests." Civil society groups advocating forest protection, Indigenous Rights, and climate justice are launching a program called "The Future of Forests," to ensure that forest protection strategies address the real causes of global forest decline, and are not oriented toward markets or profit-making.
A broad based coalition of environmental and conservation organizations representing millions of people in the US submitted a letter to KFC asking the company to end its support for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) paper certification scheme. The letter is in response to a recent initiative announced by KFC that promotes its paper packaging as green because it is certified by the SFI.
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- ATLANTA, Ga. (November 16, 2010) – In a bold commitment to forests, Atlanta-based Georgia-Pacific (GP) has announced that it will not purchase trees from Endangered Forests and Special Areas, or from new pine plantations established at the expense of natural hardwood forests. The policy statement was developed in consultation with environmental groups Dogwood Alliance, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Rainforest Action Network.Release Date:11-15-2010
- Release Date:09-09-10
Fourth Annual Green Grades Report Card finds FedEx, Office Depot & Staples Leading, Amazon & Costco Lagging on Key Eco-Issues
- Release Date:07-01-2010
For Immediate Release, July 1, 2010
Lawsuit Filed to Halt Release of Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees
Across the American South - Release Date:05-13-2010
U.S. Department of Agriculture Approves Release of GE Trees
USDA Approves ArborGen's Request to Plant 260,000 Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees Across U.S. South
Yesterday the USDA's Animal Plant Health Inspection Service issued its decision to approve the mass-release of over a quarter of a million GE eucalyptus trees across seven states in the U.S. South (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina), despite overwhelming public opposition.
- Release Date:05-04-2010
Washington, DC While the U.S. Supreme Court hears its first-ever case involving a genetically modified organism, alarms are sounding over the proposed planting of more than a quarter of a million genetically engineered eucalyptus trees in the U.S., and transgenic trees are being globally condemned.
On April 27, the Supreme Court began to hear a case challenging a ban on the planting of a genetically engineered perennial alfalfa. The ban was implemented due to concerns about escape and contamination, and the inability of U.S. regulators to protect the public.
- Release Date:02-11-2010
Groups Force USDA to Re-release Draft Environmental Assessment on Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Trees for Southern U.S. Forests: Original Assessment Lacked Key U.S. Forest Service Hydrological Studies
The U.S. Department of Agriculture re-released their draft environmental assessment [1] regarding a request by ArborGen, a subsidiary of timber giants International Paper and MeadWestvaco, to plant over a quarter of a million genetically engineered eucalyptus trees in so-called "test plots" across seven southern U.S. states. [2]
- Release Date:10-08-2009
Staples, Conservation Groups, Wood Products Companies and Landowners Join to Protect Forests and Combat Climate Change
Diverse Stakeholders Work to Build Credibility Within US Forest Carbon Market
Will Create Incentives to Protect, Restore and Conserve Forests While Providing Sources of Paper and Wood Products from Forests Managed to a High Environmental Standard
