NOW magazine, Toronto’s weekly rag since 1981 chock full of vibrant local issues, personalities and entertainment to-dos, recently posted their “Highs of 2006.” The struggle in Grassy Narrows made the list at #6 for the longest-running anti-logging campaign in Canadian history. Kudos to the people of Grassy Narrows for their continued fight to bring justice [...]
Continue reading...By Brant Olson, January 3 2007
The crap hit the fan on logging industry greenwash over the holidays and we’re tickled pink they got caught red-handed. Friends of RAN filed challenges in two states last month against environmental claims made by Weyerhaeuser and Plum Creek Timber under the industry-based Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI). The two complaints show how loggers used the [...]
Continue reading...By Annie Sartor, January 2 2007
Before the holiday season, RAN activists in Seattle delivered 500 gifts containing a dvd about the struggle in Grassy Narrows and information about RAN’s old growth campaign to Quadrant homeowners in the Puget Sound region. The action was designed to educate homeowners about Weyerhaeuser’s destructive and disrespectful logging practices – Quadrant homes are currently built [...]
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By Japhet, January 5 2007
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