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New Company “EcoGen” Threatens Southern Forests and Climate

Danna Smith

Date Icon January 17, 2013

Progress Energy and Florida Power Embrace EcoGen’s Plans to Generate Electricity from Non-native Eucalyptus Plantations in the Southern US Burning wood to generate electricity as…

KFC Releases New Sustainable Packaging Policy

Amanda Rodriguez

Date Icon December 13, 2012

After two years of pressure from Dogwood Alliance and our partners, KFC and its parent company, Yum! Brands, released a new sustainable packaging policy in…

Dogwood Executive Director Appointed to FSC Board

Amanda Rodriguez

Date Icon December 13, 2012

Dogwood Alliance’s Executive Director, Danna Smith, has been elected to the Environmental Chamber of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Board of Directors. The Forest Stewardship…

A Legacy of Forest Stewardship

Amanda Rodriguez

Date Icon December 13, 2012

Dogwood supporter Leila von Stein comes from a family with a very unique tie to Southern forests. In 1892, her great-grandfather, Captain Seaton Grantland, created…

KFC’s Packaging Policy Increases Protection for Southern Forests

Scot Quaranda

Date Icon December 6, 2012

Exciting news! In late October, KFC released a new sustainable packaging policy that we can get behind. We’ve been studying the implications of the policy…

Celebrating the Vibrant Life of Sid Cullipher

Danna Smith

Date Icon November 15, 2012

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]”The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” – Carl Jung Sid…

New Report Discredits UK Energy Company Claims That Pellets Come from Wood Waste

Scot Quaranda

Date Icon November 14, 2012

New Report Discredits Energy Company Claims that Wood Pellets Burned in UK Power Plants are Made from Wood Waste  Evidence Emerges that Wood Pellets Imported…

Tour of Destruction: Following the Trail of the Newest Threat to Southern Forests

Scot Quaranda

Date Icon October 11, 2012

For the last couple years now, we’ve been tracking a new threat to our forests – bioenergy.  Utility companies have been devising schemes to burn…

European Utilities Launch “Green Energy” Bomb Aimed at Southern Forests

Danna Smith

Date Icon October 9, 2012

At a time when scientific evidence is mounting that burning trees for electricity will actually result in increased carbon emissions when compared to coal over…

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