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• Press Releases on SFI Companies
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• Stories on the FSC and Markets
• Stories on SFI and Green Building

Press Releases on SFI

“Timber Industry’s Eco-Marketing…Deceives Consumers…NY Times Ad….” Press Release.  Don’t Buy the SFI Campaign, 5/23/2005

“Timber Harvests Ignore Streamside Management Standards,” Press Release.  The University of the South, 6/4/2006

“SFI Draws Criticism from Environmental Groups,” Press Release.  Don’t Buy the SFI Campaign, 9/22/2004

“New Insights on Credible Certification in Europe.” Press Release.  World Wildlife Fund, 7/21/2005

“Weak Standards Undermine Forest Certification,” Press Release.  FERN, 2/24/2004

“Environmental Groups Warn Consumers, Don’t be Duped…,” Press Release.  Don’t Buy the SFI Campaign, 11/12/2003

“Independent Study Just Released:  Industry SFI Program Falls Far Short of Independent FSC…”  Press Release.  Defenders of Wildlife, Sierra Club, Wilderness Society, et al, 10/26/2001

“…Top Environmental Organizations Demand an End to…Association’s Greenwashing.”  Press Release.   World Wildlife Fund, The Wilderness Society, Sierra Club, National Wildlife Federation, et al, 4/29/1999

Press Releases on SFI Companies

"Investigation Exposes Plum Creek Timber Violations: Largest Fine for
Logging Law Violations in Main History..." Press Release. Natural Resources Council of Main,11/15/2006

“New Report Exposes Illegal Logging In Canada’s Boreal Forests By Weyerhaeuser Operations Supplying Xerox.”  Press Release.  Saskatchewan Environmental Society, et al, 7/15/2005.

“New Report Details Maxxam/PL’s Wholesale Noncompliance with Environmental Protection Standards; Company Racks Up Over 300 Violations in Five Years.”  Press Release.  Environmental Protection Information Center, 5/26/2004.

“Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Draws Criticism from Scientists Across the South.”  Press Release.  Dogwood Alliance, 3/31/2005

“New Ecolabel Deceives Consumers… Forests Being Converted To Toxic Tree Farms… New Reports….”
Press Release.  Rainforest Action Network and American Lands Alliance, 11/21/2003.

“Weyerhaeuser’s Hostile Takeover…Likely to Exacerbate Trends Towards Unsustainable…," Press Note.  American Lands Alliance, 1/22/2002

“Federal Report Documents Widespread Forest Loss in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain.”  Press Release.  Dogwood Alliance, 7/18/2001.

“Pacific Lumber Blessed by Timber Industry Greenwashing Program.”  Press Release.  Environmental Protection Information Center, et al.  6/29/2001

“…Greenwashing Extended to Companies Logging Endangered Species Habitats.”  Press Release.  American Lands Alliance, 11/29/1999

Advertisements About SFI

Can Plum Creek Be Trusted to Protect Maine's Woods? View "Plum Creek-Trust?" ad on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBNb5NiOivA, Advertisement. 1/2/2007.

“SFI = Same Old Forest Industry….” Advertisement.  New York Times, 5/20/05.  

“Does this Forest Meet Your Standards?….” Advertisement.  Environmental Design & Construction Magazine, Jan/Feb 2005.

Editorials

“…Sustainable Forestry or Misleading Marketing?  Forest Certification Systems Still Not Created Equal.”  www.igreenbuild.com, 5/5/2005. 

“Green Certified Wood Becoming More Popular and Feasible.”  Editorial.  Portland Press Herald, 11/11/2004.

“North Carolina’s Forests must be protected.”  Guest Editorial.  Fayetteville Observer, 4/3/2005.

“Beware Phony Green Labels on Wood Products.” Guest Commentary.  The Roanoke Times, 10/17/2004.

“Willamette Sale May be Bad News for Forest Health.”  Guest Editorial.  The Oregonian, 1/28/2002.

Press Releases on FSC

“MEC and Domtar Cooperation Gives Way to Environmentally Sound Option for Large Consumers….” Press Release.  MEC and Domtar, 2/14/2006.

“New Study Demonstrates Benefits of Sustainable Forestry Certification.”  Press Release.  Environmental News Network; Rainforest Alliance, 7/20/2005.

“…Forest Workers and First Nations Say FSC is the Only Credible…,” Press Release.  Pulp Paper & Woodworkers of Canada, Union of BC Indian Chiefs, et al, 4/1/2004

Stories on the SFI

“Sustainable Forestry…With a Chainsaw?”  E-Magazine.com, 5/2005.

“Certifiably Insane?  Wood-Labeling Program Less Green Than It Appears.”  Grist, 2/23/2004.  

"’Don't Buy SFI’ Campaign Runs Full-Size Ad in the New York Times.”  Certification Watch, 5/2004.

Stories on Demonstrations at AF&PA Meeting.  NY Public Radio WBAI (99.5 FM) and Spanish radio Univision/WADO (1280 AM radio), 3/23/2004 and 3/24/2004.  

Story on Scientist Letter to SFB.  Nashville Public Radio (WLPN), 3/31/2005 and 4/1/2005.  

Interview with Mike Blackman About Scientist Letter to SFB.  WPTF-AM radio, 3/31/2005.  

“State to Get 'Green Certification' for Timber; Environmentalists Skeptical.”  Associated Press and Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 9/28/2004.

“Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Draws Criticism from Environmental Groups.”  In Focus Newsletter, Metafore, 9/27/2004.

“Environmental Groups Renew Criticism of SFI.”  Forest Certification Watch Weekly Highlights, 9/24/2004.

“Industry-Backed Sustainable Forest Certification Attacked.”  The Oregonian, 11/12/1999. 

Stories on SFI Companies

“Weyerhaeuser Dispute Highlights Sustainability Certification Troubles.”  Inside Green Business, 5/3/2006.

“Green Ribbons Tied on Old Trees Boise Cascade Plans to Cut.”  Environmental News Service, 9/14/2005.

“Weyerhaeuser Loses Appeal in Alder Case—Firm Raised Price to Kill Off Rival.”  Seattle Post-Intelligencer/Associated Press, 6/1/2005.

“Timber Firms' Sell-Off Worries Groups.”  Washington Post, 3/21/2006

Story on Sale of International Paper Forestlands.  Maine Public Radio, 11/9/2004.

“Conservation Company’s Plan.” Wall Street Journal, 10/24/2004.

“Homes for Sale: Wooded Lots, Great Views, Logging Optional.”  Wall Street Journal, 6/16/2004.

“Behind the ‘Green’ Certification:  Maine’s Public Forest Management Has Many Problems.”  Maine Times, 4/4/2002.

“Weyerhaeuser Will Acquire Willamette,” The Oregonian, 1/22/2002

“Willamette’s SFI Certification Draws Yawns From Some Groups.”  Portland Business Journal, 11/12/1999.

Stories on FSC and Market Developments

“Earth-Friendly Materials Go Mainstream.”  The New York Times, 1/5/2006.

“Greening Your Catalog: Why It's Good for Your Business Source.”  GreenBiz.com, 1/2006.

“Certified Wood, Paper Products Might Help All of us Breathe a Little Easier.” Flint Journal, 7/7/05.

“Potlatch CEO Calls Forest Certification a Boon for Company Shareholders.”  GreenBiz.com, 5/5/2005.

Stories on SFI and Green Building

“Care About Forests? Don't Use The Green Globes Building Rating Tool.”  Healthy Building News, 3/24/2006.  www.healthybuilding.net.

“…Architect Raphael Sperry…:  What Environmental Offense Has Infuriated You the Most?"  Grist, 7/25/2005.