US Touts Timber-Trafficking Crackdown at APEC Forestry Ministerial in China
Politics

US Touts Timber-Trafficking Crackdown at APEC Forestry Ministerial in China

The US delegation says it negotiated a joint forestry statement and used recent illegal-timber prosecutions to press APE...

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Bipartisan Bill Would Fix RFS Woody Biomass Definition to Create Market for Forest Thinning
Energy

Bipartisan Bill Would Fix RFS Woody Biomass Definition to Create Market for Forest Thinning

A bipartisan proposal would let low-value wood qualify as advanced biofuel feedstock under the Renewable Fuel Standard, ...

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Maritime Pine Monoculture Faces Adaptation Pressure After Gironde Wildfires
Agriculture

Maritime Pine Monoculture Faces Adaptation Pressure After Gironde Wildfires

Repeated wildfires are stirring criticism of the intensive monoculture of maritime pine in France's Landes forest, but i...

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US Justice Official to Lead APEC Forestry Push Against Illegal Timber Trade
Politics

US Justice Official to Lead APEC Forestry Push Against Illegal Timber Trade

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Adam Gustafson will head the U.S. delegation at an APEC forestry ministerial...

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