Publication archives

Nov 29, 2005

Company sells wood with stories (WA)

What others see as used, decaying wood, Scott Royer sees as a business opportunity. A 20-foot-wide pungent vinegar cask headed for the landfill turned high-end hardwood flooring.
Nov 28, 2005

Smith introduces Senate bill on salvage logging (DC)

Original Publish Date 11/22/05 U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith , R-Ore., said Monday he has introduced a bill aimed at improving federal response to damage caused by wildfire and other catastrophes. Smith's bill builds on legislation introduced this month by Reps. Greg Walden, R-Ore., and Brian Baird, D-Wash.
Nov 28, 2005

With woodchips in the burner, college cuts costs and pollution (MA)

The electric bill was staggering. With $400,000 being spent to heat the Mount Wachusett Community College campus four winters ago, school officials were desperate for a new source of energy. So they turned to woodchips. The school had just converted its electric heating operation into a system that runs on biomass -- products like wood and agricultural waste.
Nov 27, 2005

Questions on NAMA for Hong Kong Ministerial

Questions prepared by the Chair of the NAMA negotiations to be addressed at the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference, 13-18 December, 2005.
Nov 26, 2005

EU Position on NAMA in Green Room, 27 November 2005

Non-paper from the EU stating its position on non-agricultural market access (NAMA) at green room meetings taking place prior to the Hong Kong Ministerial Conference. The green rooms are being used to make further progress on the negotiations.
Nov 23, 2005

Poultry farms say no to drugs

Poultry farms say no to drugs BIRDS' ANTIBIOTICS MAY UNDERCUT HUMAN HEALTH By Lisa M. Krieger Mercury News Something will be missing from many Bay Area dinner tables this Thanksgiving: antibiotics.
Nov 22, 2005

Logging studies to be ready in January (WI)

More detailed environmental studies examining how logging impacts wildlife habitat, particularly for birds, in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest should be completed by late January, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service said Thursday.
Nov 21, 2005

Chairman's Progress Report of the NAMA Negotiations, 22 November 2005

Progress Report by the Chair of the non-agricultural market access (NAMA) negotiations on the state of play of the negotiations. The report comes weeks before the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference to be held in Hong Kong.