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01-26-2012AF&PA Statement on the USDA’s Release of the New Forest Planning Rule

01-18-2012AF&PA Statement on EPA Letter to Sen. Wyden Regarding the District Court Decision to Vacate Stay of Boiler MACT Rules

01-10-2012AF&PA Statement on the District Court Decision to Vacate Stay of Boiler MACT Rules

12-20-2011AF&PA Statement on Inclusion of Boiler MACT Language in the Payroll Tax Package

12-17-2011AF&PA Statement on Congress Not Including Boiler MACT in the Middle-Class Relief & Job Creation Act

12-02-2011AF&PA Statement on EPA’s Release of Revised Boiler MACT, Incinerator, and Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials Rules

12-01-20112012 American Forest & Paper Association Recycling Awards Call for Entries

12-01-2011AF&PA Names Kerns as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

11-18-2011Donna Harman Letter to the Editor Answering the Washington Post Story Asking “Do Federal Regulations Really Kill Jobs?”

11-16-2011AF&PA and NPTA Announce Paper 2012 to be Held March 25-27

11-15-2011The American Forest & Paper Association Celebrates Another Year of Forest Products Industry Recycling Success

11-02-2011AF&PA Statement on Bipartisan Group of Senators’ Introduction of Postal Service Reform Legislation

10-17-2011AF&PA Statement on EPA Initiation of Rulemaking on NHSM

10-13-2011AF&PA Applauds Bi-Partisan House Approval of EPA Regulatory Relief Act

10-13-2011AF&PA Applauds Congressional Passage of Free Trade Agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama

10-06-2011AF&PA Applauds President’s Submittal of Pending FTAs

09-28-2011AF&PA Statement on Denial of EPA’s Motion to Dismiss Stay Challenge

09-21-2011AF&PA Commends Committee Approval of Bi-Partisan Legislation on Boiler MACT

09-21-2011Bi-Partisan Boiler MACT Legislation in House and Senate Continues to Gain Support

09-13-2011AF&PA Applauds Bi-Partisan House Subcommittee Approval of H.R. 2250

09-08-2011Rock-Tenn CEO Highlights Job Impact of Boiler MACT Rules in Testimony Before House Subcommittee on Energy and Power

09-07-2011New Study: Implementing EPA’s Final Boiler MACT Regulations Puts More Than 20,000 Primary Pulp and Paper Jobs At Risk, And Billions in Wages and Taxes

09-02-2011AF&PA Statement on President Obama’s Decision to Withdraw the Draft Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards

08-05-2011AF&PA President and CEO Harman Statement on July Unemployment Report

08-03-2011American Forest & Paper Association endorses senate resolution to promote recycling across the country

07-20-2011AF&PA Applauds Introduction of Bipartisan Senate Legislation for Achievable Boiler MACT Rules

07-14-2011AF&PA Statement on Introduction of New Forest Roads Protection Legislation

07-12-2011AF&PA Statement on EPA’s Guidance Concept Paper for the Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials Rule

06-28-2011AF&PA Board of Directors Passes Resolution Commemorating 2011 as the International Year of Forests

06-24-2011AF&PA Statement on EPA’s Timeline for Reconsideration of Boiler and Incinerator Rules

06-22-2011Forest Products Industry Leaders Visit Capitol Hill, Urging Congress to Protect Jobs from Unaffordable Regulations, and to Keep American Businesses Competitive

06-22-2011AF&PA Statement on New Legislation for Achievable Boiler MACT Rules

05-18-2011AF&PA Statement on Coalition Request for EPA to Stay Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials Rule

05-16-2011AF&PA Statement on EPA Decision to Stay Boiler MACT and CISWI Rules

05-09-2011AF&PA Petitions EPA to Reconsider Boiler MACT Rules

04-27-2011AF&PA Statement on Broad Coalition Request for EPA to Stay Boiler MACT and CISWI Rules

04-25-2011AF&PA Community Recycling Award Presented to Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency

04-19-2011AF&PA School Recycling Award Presented to Purdy High School

04-14-2011AF&PA statement to the House Energy and Commerce Committee concerning the regulation of coal combustion residuals (CCRs) under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

04-08-2011AF&PA Statement on Senate Introduction of the Safe & Efficient Transportation Act

04-07-2011AF&PA Member to Highlight Need for Coordinated, Cost-Effective and Consistent Regulatory Environment in Testimony before House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee

04-07-2011AF&PA Statement on U.S.- Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement

04-01-2011AF&PA Statement on the USDA Green Building Strategy

03-29-2011AF&PA Announces Continuing Commitment to Sustainability through Better Practices, Better Planet 2020 Sustainability Goals Most Extensive and Quantifiable of Any Manufacturing Industry in the U.S.

03-28-2011AF&PA Recycling Award Winners Demonstrate Value of Education and Innovation, Helping the Nation Maintain Record Paper Recovery Rate.

03-15-2011AF&PA President and CEO Donna Harman blog in National Journal titled: Cumulative Burden Stifles Growth

03-09-2011AF&PA President and CEO Donna Harman Testimony before the House Oversight Subcommittee regarding the Cumulative Regulatory Burden on the U.S. Forest Products Industry.

03-09-2011Donna Harman Excerpts of Written Testimony Submitted Before the House Oversight Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs

03-08-2011AF&PA Statement on the Energy Tax Prevention Act (H.R. 910)

03-08-2011Donna Harman to Testify Before the House Oversight Subcommittee

02-28-2011Donna Harman interview with E&E TV on Boiler MACT regulation

02-23-2011AF&PA Calls for Additional Changes to the Just-Released Boiler MACT Rules

02-18-2011AF&PA Statement on Introduction of the Safety & Efficient Transportation Act

02-16-2011Harman Statement on Freshman Members of Congress’ Letter to EPA on Boiler MACT Rule

02-10-2011AF&PA Statement on Issuance of the Proposed Forest Planning Rule by the USDA Forest Service

02-10-2011AF&PA Elects New Board Chairman and Officers

01-28-2011AF&PA Statement on 13 Freshman Senators Jointly Signing Letter to Urge EPA to Protect Jobs and the Environment

01-26-2011AF&PA Statement on President Obama’s State of the Union Address

01-24-2011AF&PA Releases Community Recycling Survey Results

01-21-2011AF&PA Applauds EPA Decision to Reconsider Boiler MACT Rules

01-20-2011AF&PA Statement on D.C. Court Decision to Grant a One Month Extension on Boiler MACT Rule

01-12-2011AF&PA Applauds EPA’s Important First Step to Reaffirm the Carbon Neutrality of Biomass Energy Produced by the Forest Products Industry

12-09-20102011 AF&PA Recycling Awards Contest Underway

12-08-2010NACAA'S Critique of Estimated Job Losses from Boiler MACT Only Highlights the Need for Commerce to Release Its Own Analysis

12-07-2010AF&PA Statement on EPA Request for Extension To Re-propose Boiler MACT Rule

11-16-201050 Industry Associations Sign Joint Letter Expressing Concerns of Proposed Boiler MACT Rule

11-01-2010Paperboard Packaging Alliance Announces Winners of 2010 Student Design Challenge at Pack Expo

10-25-2010AF&PA Statement on the International Trade Commission's Finding of Threat of Injury from Imports of Certain Coated Paper from China and Indonesia

10-25-2010AF&PA Applauds USDA Biomass Crop Assistance Program Rule for Preserving Jobs, Generating Environmental Benefits

10-25-2010MWV, Finch Paper Win Environmental & Energy Achievement Award for Leadership in Sustainability

10-22-2010Finch Paper LLC Wins Environmental & Energy Achievement Award for Highly Effective Energy Efficiency Initiative

10-22-2010MWV Wins Environmental & Energy Achievement Award for Reduced Waste Discharge, Improved Energy Efficiency

09-30-2010American Forest & Paper Association Applauds Postal Regulatory Commission Decision to Reject Excessive Rate Hike Request from U.S. Postal Service

09-28-201041 Senators Express Their Concern Over EPA Rule That Will Cost Jobs

09-22-2010AF&PA Statement Regarding Department of Commerce Decision to Reaffirm Antidumping and Countervailing Duties Against Imports of Certain Coated Paper from China and Indonesia

09-15-2010Statement by the American Forest & Paper Association on CIBO Economic Impact Study

08-31-2010New Study Shows EPA’s Proposed Boiler MACT Rule Would Destroy Tens of Thousands of Jobs

08-18-2010PAPER2011 To Bring Industry Together in Chicago

08-17-2010Statement by the American Forest and Paper Association on Ninth Circuit Court Ruling Requiring Forest Roads NPDES Permits

08-09-2010Statement by the American Forest and Paper Association on Legislation to Clarify Regulation of Pesticides Introduced in the Senate

08-05-2010More Than 100 Members of Congress Weigh In Against EPA Rule That Will Cost Jobs

07-28-2010AF&PA Names Executive Directors for Strategic Communications, Recovered Fiber

07-28-2010AF&PA Announces Two New Government Affairs Directors

07-13-2010New Research: U.S. can Preserve Jobs and Expand Renewable Energy by Targeting Wood Residuals, Planting Trees

07-02-20102010 Sustainability Report: Forest Products Industry Increases Recycling And Reduces Environmental Footprint While Contributing To Nation’s Economic Recovery

06-30-2010AF&PA Comments on Study of Subsidies to China’s Paper Industry

06-28-2010AF&PA Applauds Passage of Bill To Create Nationwide Standard For Composite Wood Panels

06-15-2010AF&PA and AWC Appeal to EPA for Changes to Boiler MACT Proposed Rule

05-28-2010New York Times: Paper or Plastic?”

05-28-2010AF&PA Applauds Extension of Section 45 Tax Credit in House

05-26-2010U.S. Farmers, Timber Producers Call for an End to Tropical Deforestation

05-26-2010AF&PA is Founding Member of New Global Initiative to Combat Illegal Logging

05-14-2010EPA’S Tailoring Rule Undermines Renewable Energy From Biomass, Harms Rural Communities and Puts American Jobs at Risk

05-12-2010AMMA: Kerry-Lieberman Bill Invests More in U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness, but Changes Needed in Key Areas

05-11-2010Agenda 2020 Technology Alliance Unveils 2010 Forest Products Industry Technology Roadmap

05-10-2010U.S. Industrial Sector Stands Alone in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

04-30-2010Without Greater Flexibility To Achieve Goals, New EPA Clean Air Regulations Could Cost Tens of Thousands of U.S. Manufacturing Jobs

04-26-20102010 AF&PA School Recycling Award Presented to the Parkway School District

04-22-20102010 AF&PA Business Leadership Recycling Award Presented to Continental Airlines

04-13-20102010 AF&PA Community Recycling Award Presented to Virginia Beach, Virginia

04-09-2010AF&PA Expresses Concern with BCAP Matching Payment Component, Supports Supply Component of Program

03-22-201050TH Annual Survey of Paper, Paperboard and Pulp Capacity

03-22-2010AF&PA Announces Increase in Paper Recovery to a Record 63.4 Percent, Industry Meets Goal Ahead of Schedule

03-12-2010Efforts Successful In Keeping Pulp And Paper Products Off Brazil’s Tariff Retaliation

03-03-2010Commerce Finds Coated Paper Imports from China and Indonesia are Being Subsidized

02-24-2010AF&PA Urges Senate to Extend Expired Tax Credits

02-22-2010Paper2010 to Include Industry and Customer Discussions with Live Feedback from Attendees

02-11-2010AF&PA Statement on Senate HIRE Act

02-03-2010AF&PA Statement on Release of Long-Awaited BCAP Regulations

01-20-2010Announcing Paper2010 Open Registration

12-17-2009AF&PA: Rockefeller Rail Reform Bill a Welcome Step Forward

12-15-2009The Oregonian: Measuring success on climate accords, by Donna Harman

12-14-2009AF&PA Unveils New Workplace and Community Recycling Guides

12-10-2009AF&PA Applauds Committee Passage of Klobuchar & Crapo Bill to Create Nationwide Standard for Composite Wood Panels

12-09-2009New AWC Coalition to Launch on January 1

12-09-2009AF&PA Applauds Efforts to Improve the Health of our National Forests

12-08-2009EPA’S Endangerment Finding is the Wrong Way to Regulate Carbon Emissions

12-02-2009AF&PA Kicks-off 2010 Recycling Awards Contest

11-30-2009AF&PA Welcomes Four New Members

11-13-2009New Coalition For Wood Products Industry is Unveiled

11-05-2009AF&PA Praises Extension and Expansion of Homebuyer Incentive

10-30-2009PAPER2010 To Combine Industry-Wide Issues and Commerce in Premier Event

10-28-2009AF&PA Elects New and Returning Board Members

10-26-2009Presidential Proclamation - National Forest Products Week

10-22-2009AF&PA And Scholastic Unveil New Educational Paper Recycling Materials for Classrooms

10-21-2009AF&PA Announces Government Affairs Director

10-20-2009AF&PA Recognizes 2009 National Forest Products Week

10-07-2009Paperboard Packaging Alliance Announces Winners of 2009 Student Design Challenge at Pack Expo

10-06-2009The Responsible Package Campaign

09-28-2009AF&PA Applauds Passage of FLAME Act to Create Emergency Wildfire Fund

09-22-2009AF&PA Congratulates Temple-Inlands’s Doyle Simons on Being Named RISI’S 2009 North American CEO of the Year

09-14-2009AF&PA Statement on Nomination of Harris Sherman to Serve as USDA Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment

09-11-2009AF&PA Supports Legislation Creating New Nationwide Standards For Composite Wood Panels

08-13-2009ANSI: AF&PA Provides Case Studies on Successful Paper Recycling Programs

08-13-2009Earth911: Case Studies Profile Successful Recycling Programs

08-13-2009Waste Recycling News: Group releases guide for creating recycling programs

08-13-2009Facilities Management News: American Forest & Paper Association highlights paper recycling case studies

08-10-2009GreenBiz.com: Paper Recycling Case Studies Outline Path to Success

08-06-2009AF&PA Case Studies Offer A Roadmap To Successful Recycling

08-04-2009AF&PA Relaunches Website With New Content, Organization

07-17-2009Wood Construction Performs Well in Largest-Ever Earthquake Simulation

07-02-2009National Journal: Blog - House Energy & Climate Bill

06-26-2009AF&PA Statement on Passage of House Energy and Climate Legislation

06-25-2009AF&PA Presents Buckeye Technologies Inc. with 2009 Environmental & Energy Achievement Award

06-12-2009AF&PA Renews Call for a More Robust Housing Stimulus

06-11-2009Dallas Morning News: Texas forest owners want incentives from Congress

06-05-2009AF&PA Statement on Senate Energy Bill

05-28-2009ICFPA Issues New Sustainability Report

05-23-2009AF&PA Statement on the Alternative Fuel Mixture Tax Credit

05-22-2009AF&PA Expresses Serious Concerns With House Energy and Climate Policy Legislation

05-11-2009Greenwire: Some see energy bill helping money grow on trees

05-06-2009WRAL-TV (Channel 5): Wake County Schools Honored for Recycling Program

05-06-20092009 AF&PA Community Recycling Award Presented to Orange County, North Carolina

05-06-20092009 AF&PA School Recycling Award Presented to Wake County, North Carolina

05-06-2009WRAL-TV (Channel 5): Community Recycling Award Presented to Orange County

04-23-2009The Stanford Daily: University Receives Recycling Award

04-23-2009AF&PA Statement on Senate Finance Committee Hearing

04-22-2009A Legacy for Future Earth Days: Protecting America's Recycling Infrastructure from the Economic Downturn

04-22-20092009 AF&PA College and University Recycling Award Presented to Stanford University

04-14-2009The Oregonian: The Right Choices for Renewable Energy Standards

04-03-2009RISI: Sustainability and Climate at Paper Week

04-03-2009RISI: US Paper Industry's Renewable Energy Attributes Should be a Benefit

04-03-2009Official Board Markets: Harman Discusses State of Industry

04-03-2009Official Board Markets: AF&PA Survey Shows Paperboard Capacity Decline

04-03-2009Official Board Markets: Paper Recovery Rate Grows in 2008(2)

04-03-2009Official Board Markets: Paper Recovery Rate Grows in 2008

04-03-2009RISI: Economic Downturn, Housing Crisis Double Whammy for US Paper Industry

04-03-2009RISI: Harmon Associates Exec Examines Irregular Heartbeat of US Recovered

04-03-2009Recycling Today: AF&PA Announces Winners for Annual Recycling Award

03-30-2009Resource Recycling: Paper recovery hits new high according to AF&PA survey

03-25-2009Associated Press: Paper Makers Seek Renewable Energy Credit

03-24-2009AF&PA Announces Increase in Paper Recovery, But Cautions About Economy's Future Impact

03-23-200949th Annual Survey of Paper, Paperboard, and Pulp Capacity

03-20-2009AF&PA Names Robert Glowinski Group Vice President for Forestry and Wood Products

03-18-2009AF&PA Calls for Boost to Recycling from Stimulus Funds

03-10-2009AF&PA Applauds House and Senate Effort to Create Emergency Wildfire Fund

03-09-2009National Journal: Cap-and-Trade Policy

03-03-2009Boston Globe: Nature gets makeover in forest lab Innovative technique could help loggers keep greenhouse gases in the trees and soil and out of the atmosphere

02-26-2009AF&PA URGES CONGRESS TO FOSTER COMPETITION, INNOVATION IN GREEN BUILDING

02-12-2009National Journal: Renewable Energy Standard

02-04-2009AF&PA UNVEILS 2009 PAPER WEEK FOCUSED ON SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ECONOMY

01-31-2009AF&PA on ANSI Approval of National Green Building Standard

10-03-2008AF&PA Praises Congress For Passing Economic Stabilization Plan

08-20-2008Industry News: Southern Container Corp Consolidates Corporate Identity

07-26-2008AF&PA Statement on Passage of Economic Recovery Legislation

07-26-2008AF&PA Urges “No” Vote on New Bag Tax

07-25-2008AF&PA Announces Strategic Communications Director

07-25-2008Industry News: RockTenn Makes Moves in Leadership Positions

07-14-2008AF&PA Commends President’s Leadership on Increasing America’s Energy Security

07-11-2008Verso Paper, Flambeau River Papers Honored by AF&PA for Environment and Energy Achievements(2)

07-11-2008Verso Paper, Flambeau River Papers Honored by AF&PA for Environment and Energy Achievements

07-03-2008AF&PA Comments on Federal Court Ruling in Favor of Forest Management

06-26-2008AF&PA Biennial Report Shows Greenhouse Gas Reductions and Other EHS Improvements

06-26-2008AF&PA Commends IRS for Renewable Energy Tax Credit Decision

06-19-2008AF&PA’s VanDersarl Named Head of Government Affairs

06-12-2008Environmental and Industry Groups Join to Commend New U.S. Ban on Illegal Wood Imports

06-11-2008House Subcommittee Votes Against Increasing U.S. Energy Supply

05-22-2008Industry News: SMART Papers begins biomass-powered plant

04-22-2008Industry News: SFI Celebrates Collaboration And Growth In Sustainable Forest Management

04-09-2008AF&PA Statement on Clean Water Restoration Act

04-01-2008Paper Recycling Hits Record High

03-31-200848th Annual Capacity Survey Released

03-15-2008Incoming Port Townsend Paper president looks ahead

03-12-2008AF&PA: New Ozone Rule Unjustified and Costly

03-07-2008AF&PA Calls for Swift Approval of Colombia Trade Agreement

03-06-2008AF&PA Remarks on FLAME Act

03-04-2008Recovered Fiber Markets, Usage to be Discussed at Annual Paper Week

03-04-2008New Director to Head AF&PA Tokyo Office

02-20-2008AF&PA’s Paper Week Pulp & Paper General Session to Address Sustainability in the Marketplace

02-18-2008John Faraci Takes Reins as Chairman of AF&PA

02-13-2008AF&PA Remarks on Economic Growth Legislation Enactment

02-13-2008Industry News: Domtar’s Raymond Royer to Receive Executive Honor Source: PaperAge

02-06-2008Industry News: MeadWestvaco's procurement team looks to improve product stewardship Source: Purchasing.com

01-28-2008AF&PA Remarks on State of the Union Address

01-10-2008White House Veterans to Speak at 131st Annual Paper Week Luncheon

12-21-2007New Study Details Sources of Global Fiber Supply

12-14-2007AF&PA Statement on Senate Farm Bill

12-13-2007AF&PA Hails U.S. – China MOU to Combat Illegal Logging

12-04-2007AF&PA Hails Passage of United States- Peru Trade Agreement

11-19-2007New Study: Landowner/ Conservationist Partnerships Promising

11-16-2007Industry News: Smurfit-Stone Joins World Business Council for Sustainable Development Source: PRNewswire

11-08-2007Donna Harman Statement on U.S.- Peru Free Trade Agreement

11-08-2007AF&PA Commends House Committee Action on Illegal Logging

11-01-2007AF&PA Renews Commitment to Workplace Safety

10-29-2007Industry News: Abitibi-Consolidated and Bowater complete combination to form AbitibiBowater Source: PR Newswire

10-29-2007AF&PA members reduce greenhouse gas emissions Source: Paper 360º

10-08-2007Industry News: Georgia-Pacific Updates Web Site to Click With Customers and Distributors Source: Georgia-Pacific

10-08-2007Industry News: New Officers Take Helm at SFPA Source: Southern Forest Products Association

09-28-2007AF&PA’s Harman Commends Rep. English’s Competitiveness Legislation Modernized Tax Code Increases International Competitiveness

09-25-2007Industry News: Stora Enso to sell Wisconsin paper firm Source: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

09-04-2007Industry News: Atlanta Public Schools and GP Announce Entrepreneurship Program Source: PR Newswire

09-04-2007Jan Poling to Head AF&PA’s Legal Department

08-01-2007AF&PA Commends Senate Action Against Illegal Logging

07-26-2007Packaging Corporation of America Honored for Energy Advancement AF&PA Announces Results of 34th Annual Environmental & Energy Achievement Award

06-25-2007Donna Harman Appointed New AF&PA President and CEO

06-24-2007Industry News: Weyerhaeuser Releases 2006 Sustainability Report Source: Paper Age

06-21-2007AF&PA Selects New Chief Financial Officer

06-21-2007New EPA Rule Ignores Clean Air Progress

06-19-2007International Policy Expert to Head AF&PA’s Beijing Office

06-19-2007AF&PA CEO, Global Forest Leaders Hold Talks in Shanghai

06-16-2007AF&PA Announces Acting President and CEO

05-31-2007Industry News: Minnesota becomes seventh state to formally recognize Green Globes™ Source: Forestweb

05-07-2007Industry News: MeadWestvaco proposal would blend development, conservation Source: The State

05-04-2007AF&PA Announces Executive Director of Forestry Sector

04-30-2007AF&PA Urges Congressional Support of MMS Lease Plan

04-19-2007AF&PA Backs TREE Act of 2007

04-12-2007Industry News: Weyerhaeuser, Chevron in Cellulosic Biofuels Alliance Source: PaperAge

03-30-2007AF&PA Supports Free and Fair Trade

03-09-200747th Annual Survey of Paper, Paperboard, and Pulp Capacity Now Available

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