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September 11, 2009 - New York Times | This week lawyers for ForestEthics, a nonprofit group dedicated to protecting forests, filed administrative complaints with the Federal Trade Commission and the Internal Revenue Service challenging the credibility of the rival label, known as the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, or S.F.I. The complaints, which challenge S.F.I.’s nonprofit status, accuse the certification program of lax standards and deceptive marketing intended to obscure the standards and t… Continue

September 11, 2009 - MediaFreak | Once again, Barnes & Noble is giving special promotional space to magazines that use recycled paper. And once again, the month-long promotion is as much a shout-out to those titles with environmentally friendly practices (Natural Home, Mother Jones and The American Prospect are among the 10 featured this year) as it is a slap at their bigger brethren that don't. Click… Continue

Audience Development | The ecological and cost savings benefits of smarter, more efficient circulation and distribution practices add up over time. Here’s a look at how these areas fit into the overall sustainability equation and potential areas of leverage for smaller publishers. Click here to read full article.