AF&PA Appoints Julie Landry As VP Government Affairs
Biomass Basics: Clearing The Air About Paper's GHG Emissions BY KATHI ROWZIE Have you heard that the earth is flat, literally flat? Yes, there are serious organizations making impressive-sound-
The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) an- nounced Julie Landry as Vice President of Government Af- fairs. In this role, Landry will lead the paper and wood prod-
ucts industry’s legislative agenda and drive advocacy efforts before Congress, the White House and state governments. She assumes the role effectively immediately. “We are thrilled Julie will contin- ue her stellar leadership at AF&PA as Vice President of Government Affairs," said AF&PA President and
ing arguments and throwing sci- entific jargon in every direction to disprove what real science and observation have taught us about our planet, but in the end the earth is still round. So it is with the claim that paper manufacturing is “a ma- jor contributor to climate change.” Too many ENGOs and other
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CEO Heidi Brock. "Julie’s vast industry knowledge has been essential to achieving public policy successes, and I am confident she and our exceptional government affairs team will build on these efforts as we champion our indus- try’s contributions to communities across the country.” Landry said she is excited to work with a strong govern- ment affairs team. "Every day, we work to bring together members, strategic alliances, and key stakeholders to ad- vocate for an essential and sustainable paper and wood products industry," she said. "I look forward to continuing our industry’s leadership on sustainability and fact-based public policy alongside my skilled colleagues.” Julie Landry
self-interested parties have invested years trying to refute the findings of global scientific authorities like the Inter- governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that the pa- per industry is largely greenhouse gas neutral. But just like the Flat Earth argument, it takes only a little high school science, sound data and a bit of common sense to sepa- rate the truth from the blizzard of activist rhetoric posing as
climate change “studies.” Biomass In The Forest
In high school science class, we learned about photo- synthesis, the process where trees absorb carbon dioxide
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