New Executive Order Promotes Unsustainably-Harvested Wood
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. Maine’s Governor, Paul LePage, signed an Executive Order last week permitting the use of unsustainably-harvested wood in the construction of green buildings. LePage’s action undermines the state’s growing green building and sustainable forestry industries, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Previously, Maine required new or expanded state buildings to meet LEED green building standards, the highly regarded and widely supported standards of the…
