Georgia-Pacific Policy
Materials for November 16, 2010's historic announcement from Dogwood Alliance, NRDC, and Georgia-Pacific about protection of 90M acres of natural forests and over 600,000 acres of endangered forests in the Southern US.
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Green Grades 2009
Full Green Grades 2009 Report Card:
Companies active in the multi-billion dollar office supply sector were graded on their environmental paper practices, and while FedEx Office and Office Depot shored up their brands with impressive ‘green’ grades, companies like PaperlinX and Amazon.com came up short on critical environmental factors, earning less than a ‘D’ grade in each of the report card’s six categories.
This is the full report card where you can see how each company faired overall and in each individual category.
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Close Tax Loophole for Paper Companies
Since early this year, some paper companies have been unexpectedly exploiting a tax loophole to claim an “alternative fuel” tax credit of 50 cents/gallon for burning a sludge called “black liquor,” a byproduct of the chemical, or kraft, pulping process.
Black Liquor Boondoggle
Background on Billion Dollar Black Liquor Loophole
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A newly discovered tax loophole in a 2005 federal transportation bill is costing taxpayers billions of dollars, increasing consumption of fossil fuel and threatening to strike a catastrophic blow to the recycled paper collection and manufacturing industries.
Dogwood Alliance Statement on Domini Resolution: IP & Global Warming
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Dogwood Alliance Statement on Domini Resolution: IP & Global Warming