Edward Markey actually said...

We know that slash and burn techniques are destroying the Amazon, and now many are saying we should also burn through international forests ...

It has helped to stop illegal trade in timber, wildlife, and other natural resources.

The amendments were needed because the American forest products industry was losing over $1 billion a year to people who cheat.

The Republicans are so committed to the idea that modernization equals higher energy costs that they wrote it directly into the title of tod...