June 4, 2026
This article was originally published in DC Journal on June 1, 2026, and is republished here with permission. By Elizabeth S. Underwood, Ph.D. Director, Environmental Paper Network North America A simple regulatory change at the Securities and Exchange Commission could eliminate hundreds of millions of pages of paper waste each year while improving how investors […]
Read MoreMay 27, 2026
What a Case in Corrientes reveals about industrial tree plantations Paper is everywhere. It wraps our food, fills our offices, and packages our online purchases. When we think of paper, we picture books and notepads, not single use packaging and waste. And we don’t see the vast industrial plantation landscape that feeds the global pulp […]
Read MoreMay 25, 2026
How voluntary commitments are used — and abused It is now official: after more than a decade of presenting itself as a deforestation-free company, the pulp and paper giant Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL) has effectively abandoned its own sustainability policy. APRIL’s Sustainable Forest Management Policy (SFMP 2.0) emerged in response to years of […]
Read MoreMay 15, 2026
An open letter signed by 78 environmental organisations has today been sent to 108 companies that operate or are planning to invest in data centres in the UK, urging them to refrain from partnering with Drax Group. The groups that have signed the letter are based in the UK and in countries supplying wood pellets to Drax, […]
Read MoreApril 30, 2026
Greetings! Recently I had the opportunity to visit Guyana, a country proud that their lands are 87% forested, including a section of the Amazon. My visit was funded by a cultural and educational grant from Partners of the Americas, an NGO that facilitates exchanges throughout South America, Latin America, and North America. During my exchange to […]
Read MoreApril 30, 2026
EPN’s Biomass Action Network has sent a letter to the UN outlining the negative impacts of technologies linked to large-scale biomass energy, including: Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), biomass co-firing, biomass-based e-fuels, industrial charcoal for “green” steel and biochar for carbon dioxide removal (CDR). It was signed by 51 organisations from around the […]
Read MoreApril 30, 2026
Escalating Violence in Rural Conflicts in Brazil In 2025, there have been fewer conflicts, if you count them. However, violence is rising, including land disputes. In short, this is the conclusion of the report released last week by Brazil’s Pastoral Land Commission. The report paints a troubling picture of rural life in 2025. While […]
Read MoreApril 24, 2026
In today’s global economy, sustainability sells. Corporations proudly promote “deforestation-free” commitments, and consumers increasingly expect ethical sourcing behind their everyday products. What happens when those claims don’t match reality? A recent investigation by The Gecko Project exposes a troubling pattern: major corporations may be maintaining clean reputations on paper while quietly benefiting from environmental destruction […]
Read MoreApril 21, 2026
This briefing documents the subsidies flowing to the pulp and paper sector, their social and ecological impacts in Finland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, and offers a credible alternative vision for where that funding should go. It finds that although the pulp and paper industry is dominated by a few giant conglomerates, it has an outsized and […]
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