AF&PA Commends Administration Efforts to Streamline Regulatory Processes, Ensure Regulations Do More Good than Harm

Following President Donald Trump’s remarks on America’s environmental leadership, American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) President and CEO Donna Harman issued a statement applauding the Administration’s efforts to reform and improve various regulations that eliminate unnecessary red tape while still protecting the environment.

“From his first days in office, President Trump demonstrated support for U.S. manufacturing by directing his Administration to expedite permits for modernizing or constructing efficient and globally competitive manufacturing facilities and to reduce unwarranted regulatory burdens. We strongly support the continuation of these efforts, including regulatory certainty for our industry’s sustainable use of bioenergy and systemic regulatory reforms to ensure government regulation does more good than harm. Moreover, the pulp and paper industry has made consistent voluntary progress in improving our energy efficiency by more than 10 percent and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 20 percent since 2005 and has achieved a record 68.1 percent paper recovery for recycling. We applaud sustainable regulation that promotes both economic and environmental progress for our nation.”
https://afandpa.org/media/news/2019/07/08/af-pa-commends-administration-efforts-to-streamline-regulatory-processes-ensure-regulations-do-more-good-than-harm

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