WASHINGTON — The House Natural Resources Committee voted 25-19 on Thursday to amend the Lacey Act and significantly alter the illegal logging amendments added to the century-old law in 2008.al Opponents of H.R. 3210 said that the ...
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Ghana is currently considering importing logs from Cameroon after losing its forest cover, which stood at 8.2 million hectares a little over a century ago. Ghana’s primary rainforest has reduced by 90 percent over the past few years, ...
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Ghana is seeking to purchase timber from Cameroon after its own forestry resources were depleted, said Lands and Natural Resources Minister Mike Hammah. “We are here to explore what Cameroon has in terms of forestry and wildlife and ...
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Plastic bag bans won’t be the only issue on the state and local legislative fronts that the plastics industry will have to contend with this year. A number of communities are looking to enact bans on polystyrene takeout containers, ...
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The federal government is spending $500, 000 to encourage the use of Atlantic Canadian wood in regional construction projects. The two-year expenditure, announced Tuesday in Amherst, will go toward a program called Atlantic WoodWORKS! ...
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Canada's Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, made it very clear after the Keystone XL pipeline was rejected by the U.S. that Canada would be seeking other markets for its natural resources. Indeed, he has wasted no time pursuing that goal, and ...
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The nation's light bulbs begin facing new efficiency and labeling standards starting Jan. 1, but don't expect old-fashioned incandescents to suddenly disappear from store shelves. The congressionally mandated efficiency standards gradually ...
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The nation's light bulbs begin facing new efficiency and labeling standards starting Jan. 1, but don't expect old-fashioned incandescents to suddenly disappear from store shelves. The congressionally mandated efficiency standards ...
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A technology to process bamboo into wood has been introduced in the country. Mr Samuel Nyantakyi Agyepong, an Assistant District Manager at the Western Regional Office of the Forestry Services Division announced at weekend during a ...
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New efficiency standards for incandescent light bulbs went into effect on Jan. 1, 2012. Despite the lack of federal funding to enforce the law, domestic lighting manufacturers are required to abide by it, and the overwhelming majority are ...
ReneSola Ltd ("ReneSola" or the "Company"), a leading global manufacturer of solar products, today announced the completion and grid connection of the Company's 20 megawatt ("MW") solar power plant in Wulan County in Qinghai, China with the ...
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Congress' move this weekend to save Thomas Edison's 131-year-old incandescent light bulb from a federally-required phaseout, slated to begin Jan. 1., may slow but not halt the nation's switch to more efficient lighting. The Senate and House ...
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Congress' move this weekend to save Thomas Edison's 131-year-old incandescent light bulb from a federally-required phaseout, slated to begin Jan. 1., may slow but not halt the nation's switch to more efficient lighting. The Senate and ...
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The Philippines has closed about 178 sawmills, mini-sawmills and veneer or plywood plants in Northern Mindanao, Philippines after they failed to renew their licences. The crack down follows approval of Executive Order (EO) No 23, which ...
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CSA International has opened a certification and product-testing laboratory capable of testing LEDs and lighting products to 75 standards including Energy Star requirements. CSA International, a product testing and certification ...
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