Brown proposes lumber tax, liability reductions

Source: Redding.com

Gov. Jerry Brown tucked provisions into his budget that would limit payouts in wildfire liability cases, potentially saving timber companies and other major California landowners hundreds of millions of dollars as fed ...
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Source: Missoulian

CLINTON – Remember back in the early ’90s, when this town gained a flash of fame because it shared its name with the new president? The mountain pine beetle epidemic worrying Montana’s timber industry has literally ...
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It’s plain simple really

Source: The Star Malaysia

THIS week, a timber conglomerate announced during its annual general meeting that it is expecting its labour costs to drastically increase once the national minimum wage policy is implemented. What is encouraging is al ...
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Planned Strategy Needed to Boost J&K Tourism: Omar

Source: Outlook India

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said a well planned strategy was required to boost tourism without compromising with the conservation of environment. "Various modules are available t ...
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Winter chill between greens and timber workers as firewood debate heats up

Source: The Age

Redgum firewood wholesaler Daryl Fagan trucks 90 per cent of his firewood to Melbourne, selling to about 50 retail woodyards or garden stores. Photo: Craig Abraham KEVIN Swan works amid the redgum trees up near the Murray River. He' ...
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Georgia-Pacific Responds to Solicitor General's Opinion in "Forest Roads" Case

Source: PR Newswire

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. told the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday that the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reached the wrong decision in the much discussed "forest roads" case: Georgia ...
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U.S. attorney's office assails Calif. Gov. Brown's wildfire-liability plan

Source: Miami Herald

Gov. Jerry Brown tucked provisions into his budget that would limit payouts in wildfire liability cases, potentially saving timber companies and other major California landowners hundreds of millions of dollars as federal prosecutors ...
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Gov. Jerry Brown seeks to cap wildfire liabilities in California

Source: Los Angeles Times

A California Forestry Department firefighter battles a past blaze in Northern California. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press / May 24, 2012) SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown wants to limit the amount of money government agencies can recoup for b ...
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Timber giant expects minimum wage to have repercussions

Source: The Star Malaysia

SIBU: Timber conglomerate Ta Ann Holdings Berhad is expecting its labour cost to drastically increase once the national minimum wage policy is implemented. Group managing director and CEO Datuk Wong Kuo Hea, ...
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