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Environment posts

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  28th January 2013

  EUTR – Friend or Foe?

  Por:David Venables in Environment

  As I sit down to write this first blog of the New year there are only 48 days to go. I am not referring to the end of the world - that has been and gone!

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  2nd November 2012

  The U.S. building industry: is it too easy to be green?

  Por:Mike Snow in Environment, Comment

  I was so pleased to see this article about LEED on USA Today.  The article by Thomas Frank lays out a clear criticism of LEED that certification doesn’t necessarily result in lower environmental impact.  This echoes our...

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  6th June 2012

  The lessons of LCA

  Por:David Venables in Environment

  LCA teaches us that we can't be complacent - wood's environmental claims must be based on solid science

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  16th April 2012

  How myths are made

  Por:Rupert Oliver in Environment

  A poorly drafted CNN news article drawing on weak research by the World Bank demonstrates how misinformation about illegal logging is being created.

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  12th April 2012

  Bamboo "hailed as the 21st century timber" - they must be joking

  Por:Rupert Oliver in Environment

  According to the April issue of the BBC magazine bamboo is being "hailed as the 21st century timber" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17568088) Bamboo may be a relatively benign product environmentally, but wood’s...

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