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Full Green Grades 2009 Report Card:

Companies active in the multi-billion dollar office supply sector were graded on their environmental paper practices, and while FedEx Office and Office Depot shored up their brands with impressive ‘green’ grades, companies like PaperlinX and Amazon.com came up short on critical environmental factors, earning less than a ‘D’ grade in each of the report card’s six categories.
 

This is the full report card where you can see how each company faired overall and in each individual category.

Since early this year, some paper companies have been unexpectedly exploiting a tax loophole to claim an “alternative fuel” tax credit of 50 cents/gallon for burning a sludge called “black liquor,” a byproduct of the chemical, or kraft, pulping process.

Background on Billion Dollar Black Liquor Loophole

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A newly discovered tax loophole in a 2005 federal transportation bill is costing taxpayers billions of dollars, increasing consumption of fossil fuel and threatening to strike a catastrophic blow to the recycled paper collection and manufacturing industries.

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Dogwood Alliance Statement on Domini Resolution: IP & Global Warming

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Dogwood Alliance Statement on Domini Resolution: IP & Global Warming

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Power4Georgians EMC Members

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Power4Georgians EMC Members

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Power4Georgians EMC Members

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Power4Georgians EMC Members

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Power4Georgians EMC Members

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Member EMCs of Power4Georgians responsible for the proposed coal fired power plant in the Ogeechee Watershed.

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May 10, 2008

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Power4Georgians EMC Members

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Member EMCs of Power4Georgians responsible for the proposed coal fired power plant in the Ogeechee Watershed.

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May 10, 2008

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Power4Georgians EMC Members

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Member EMCs of Power4Georgians responsible for the proposed coal fired power plant in the Ogeechee Watershed.

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May 10, 2008

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Power4Georgians EMC Members

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Member EMCs of Power4Georgians responsible for the proposed coal fired power plant in the Ogeechee Watershed.

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May 10, 2008

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Power4Georgians EMC Members

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TC Logging - OCRK Complaint

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Citizens Complaint on the Site

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3/13/2008

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Map of Proposed Coal Plant

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Biofuels and Southern Forests

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The growing threat of biofuels in the Southern U.S.

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Feb 2008

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Southeastern Swamplands & Paper Packaging Report

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A report detailing the biological diversity of the Southeastern coast and the devastating impact of decades of destruction of the forests by the paper companies for paper packaging.

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February 5, 2008

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Southeastern Swamplands & Paper Packaging Report

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A report detailing the biological diversity of the Southeastern coast and the devastating impact of decades of destruction of the forests by the paper companies for paper packaging.

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February 5, 2008