Wood industry and biomass groups are cautiously lauding the Environmental Protection Agency’s revising of standards to reduce hazardous air pollutant emissions from existing and new boilers and commercial and industrial solid waste incinerators.

Glacial Wood Products, one of the largest custom wood turning manufacturers in North America, announces the launch of a new line of architectural millwork.

U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper, who introduced the Retailers and Entertainers Lacey Implementation and Enforcement Fairness (RELIEF) Act in Congress with Reps. Mary Bono Mack and Marsha Blackburn, is happy to explain why the original Act needs fine tuning.

U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-05) announced legislation to clarify a broad federal law so that musicians, instrument retailers and resellers-among many others- would no longer be subject to penalties for unknowingly possessing illegal woods. U.S. Representatives Mary Bono Mack (CA-45) and Marsha Blackburn (TN-07) joined Cooper as original co-sponsors.

Office furniture producer Watson Furniture, Poulsbo, WA, was named the Top Green Manufacturer in Washington at Seattle Business' Green 50 awards along with three other wood products companies.

Responding to the recent controversy over the Lacey Act and actions taken against Gibson Guitar for alleged violations, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), voiced his continued support for the illegal logging rule.

Saying it helps to combat illegal logging and level the playing field for U.S. wood products manufacturers, a coalition of wood industry and environmental representatives voiced their continued support of the Lacey Act in a teleconference call held on Tuesday.

Websites and phone numbers for advertisers in the September issue of Wood & Wood Products

Woodsourcing.com is a new business network site targeted to the timber and wood products industries.

Furniture executives Bill Benton, Sean Slack and James Martin Jr. have partnered to form Folio 21, a new casegoods importer.