Timber Industry Lobbies Against EPA Air Emissions Regulations

"The Forest Products Industry National Labor Management Committee, a group that says it wants to 'balance economic and environmental concerns' when it comes to managing America's timber, paid Ogilvy PR Worldwide $100,000 during the first-half of this year to make its case in Washington, D.C.," O'Dwyer's PR Daily writes. The group lobbied against EPA regulations on new industrial emissions. "The Committee members include the American Forest & Paper Assn., and forest industry groups in California, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Louisiana and the Rockies. It also counts the International Assn. of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, United Mine Workers, and Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers Assn."