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Beef Central
American forestry industry identity Bruce Vincent senses that society is ready for a new vision about the environment, and approaches to its management. Society is tired of hearing about what's wrong with the environment, and instead is ready to start hearing about what's possible, the third-generation logger from Montana told a Beef 2015 seminar audience recently.
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Ottawa Citizen
Resolute Forest Products is hoping to wipe its way to profits by entering the paper towel and bathroom tissue business as it continues to seek ways to offset decreasing demand for newsprint and commercial paper. The Montreal-based company said it is making its largest investment since it exited bankruptcy protection five years ago by spending $270 million at its pulp mill in Calhoun, Tennessee.
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Houzz
Composite timber can be a low-maintenance and sustainable alternative to wood in home landscaping projects. It has been manufactured to be stain and blemish resistant — without needing an annual sealant — and comes in a wide range of colors and textures. Composite timber made with recycled content gives new life to plastic waste that otherwise might end up in landfills.
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Hoosier Ag Today
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that incentives will resume this summer for farmers, ranchers and forest landowners interested in growing and harvesting biomass for renewable energy. The support comes through the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP), which was reauthorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. BCAP provides financial assistance to establish and maintain new crops of energy biomass or who harvest and deliver forest or agricultural residues to a qualifying energy facility.
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The Associated Press via San Francisco Chronicle
Checks totaling $20 million are being sent to 18 timber counties in western Oregon under terms of a federal subsidy renewed by Congress. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced that the money is being distributed to the so-called O&C counties under terms of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act.
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The Middletown Press
Connecticut isn't known a hub of the forestry industry, but the state's forests are contributing its economy at a rate of $3.3 billion annually, according to a new study released by the North East State Foresters Association. The gross annual output of the state's forest products industry is about $2.1 billion and the recreation economy that is related to wooded areas yields another $1.2 billion per year, according to the study.
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Indiana Public Media
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to release updated standards on how much ethanol must be blended into gasoline. Indiana has 14 ethanol plants that generate over $6.1 billion in economic output every year and supports around 25,000 jobs. That economic activity is supported by the Renewable Fuel Standards initiated in 2005 that mandates billions of gallons of ethanol be mixed into gasoline over several years.
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Mongabay
Indonesia's newly merged Environment and Forestry Ministry completed a major step in its restructuring last week with the inauguration of 13 director-generals, with important implications for President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's agendas on climate change, land reform and more.
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ABC Australia
The revised Renewable Energy Target (RET) currently before Parliament would provide a market for otherwise unsaleable timber, according to a document from Victoria's state-owned forestry business, VicForests, obtained by the ABC.
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