Georgia Pacific NewsNews on Georgia Pacific continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Potlatch approves $2.7 million lawsuit settlement- April 26, 2008 "Although we vigorously deny any wrongdoing ... we tentatively settled the claims of the direct purchaser class, solely in order to avoid the further expense and burden of the ongoing litigation" Potlatch Corp. has settled its share of a federal class-action lawsuit for $2.7 million over its role in the alleged price-fixing of oriented strand board, a plywood-type product used as floor and roof decking. via Seattle Post-Intelligencerhttp://www.topix.net/com/gp/2008/04/potlatch-approves-2-7-million-lawsuit-settlement?fromr... NWTF Makes Arbor Day a Year-Round Conservation Effort- April 25, 2008 "It will take many years to develop enough genetic lines to begin restoring chestnuts across the Eastern half of the country." EDGEFIELD, S.C. &8212 Each year, conservation-minded Americans celebrate National Arbor Day by joining forces on the last Friday in April to plant an estimated 18 million tree seedlings. via Turkey Callhttp://www.topix.net/com/gp/2008/04/nwtf-makes-arbor-day-a-year-round-conservation-effort?... Coal-fired power plant getting closer to reality in Southwest Georgia- April 22, 2008 "The majority of them move somewhere else, there's really nothing for them to do" Plans have been in the works for about six years to build a coal-fired power plant on about 2,000 acres of land next door to the Georgia Pacific containerboard mill in Cedar Springs, Ga. via Jackson County Floridanhttp://www.topix.net/com/gp/2008/04/coal-fired-power-plant-getting-closer-to-reality-in-so... Clayton defends closed meeting- April 17, 2008 "The Open Meetings Act exists to give the public knowledge on situations just like the one that is taking place with the Clayton County school board" The Clayton County school board broke the law when it met behind closed doors for two hours Monday night with accreditation officials, an attorney for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said. via Atlanta Journal-Constitutionhttp://www.topix.net/com/gp/2008/04/clayton-defends-closed-meeting?fromrss=1 If walls could speak, they'd say 'innovation'- April 15, 2008 "We would have had to have waited until the roof was installed." After such a snowy winter, the Bay Adelaide Centre, now being constructed in downtown Toronto, ought to be at least a month behind schedule. via Globeinvestor.comhttp://www.topix.net/com/gp/2008/04/if-walls-could-speak-theyd-say-innovation?fromrss=1 In The Trenches: Litigators form new partnership- April 14, 2008 "I'm more reserved and cautious, and Bill is probably a little more forward" William J. Atkins and James A. Attwood have opened their own litigation firm, Atkins & Attwood. via Fulton County Daily Reporthttp://www.topix.net/com/gp/2008/04/in-the-trenches-litigators-form-new-partnership?fromrs... |