Maine Gov. Paul LePage ordered expansion of green building standards used for state construction to include other forest certification programs besides the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) program. Sami Yassa, a forestry specialist with the Natural Resources Defense Council, said that the move amounted to “forestry-industry efforts to greenwash destructive logging.” The FSC program is administered through the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and requires wood to be harvested in a sustainable way.
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