Forestweb July Price Indices for Pulp, Packaging, and Printing/Writing Papers Released (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) Forestweb announced July 17, the release of its July Pulp & Paper Price Indices. The closely watched pulp index moved upward 1.85% from June 2007, reaching nearly 10.19% above year-ago July 2006, and 5.65% above January 2007....more...4-Hers' talent in full bloom and on display at fair exhibit (Post-Tribune) Oh, the anticipation. After all that hard work, Friday was a day of reckoning of sorts for some 4-Hers....more... Events for the family (The Philadelphia Inquirer) Breakfast With Betsy Breakfast & trivia with an actress portraying Betsy Ross. Omni Hotel at Independence Park, 401 Chestnut St.; 215-925-0000. $35; $20 children 4-12. 7/21 9-10:30 am....more... Environmental & Energy (Mondaq) The Government published on 24 th May 2007 its revised 20-year waste strategy. Rather than re-writing the previous strategy in its entirety, the new strategy document includes proposals which build on those set out in 2000....more... Rural England needs more houses, too (Guardian Unlimited) England is locked into a sterile debate about house-building. Crudely, it has pitched organisations labelled "countryside campaigners" against those perceived to be threatening a rural idyll, mythical or otherwise....more... Student to attend leaders conference at Johns Hopkins University (Pocono Record) Nathan Roberts, a student at J.T. Lambert Intermediate School in East Stroudsburg, has been selected to attend the 2007 National Junior Leaders Conference at John Hopkins University, sponsored by LeadAmerica....more... Peter Hetherington: Rural England needs more houses, too (Guardian Unlimited) Peter Hetherington: Essential, low-paid workers in the public and service sectors often live in conditions that should shame a civilised country....more... Stand up, speak up: shaping Tory policy (Daily Telegraph) The Tories are launching a website that seeks to enlist public help in writing their next manifesto. David Cameron explains the idea behind the campaign....more... Bag Lady (WBUR Boston) WBUR's Meghna Chakrabarti profiles Janet Martin, a Massachusetts woman who is on a crusade to reduce plastic bags in the waste stream....more... |