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The LBM Daily Newsletter: March 19, 2010.
THE DAILY BUZZ
 
Weyerhaeuser Joins Climate Action Partnership
 
After the defection of major member companies Caterpillar Inc and oil companies BP and ConocoPhillips last month, the U.S. Climate Action Partnership group welcomed the addition this week of Weyerhaeuser Co. The partnership is a group of companies and moderate green groups pushing for a climate bill.

Weyerhaeuser CEO Dan Fulton commented on the ability of trees to store carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas.

"Whether we can make full use of this potential depends on legislative guidelines currently being debated in Washington, D.C.," Fulton stated this week.

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