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Since the widely publicized Lumber Liquidators case, CARB has levied fines against 15 companies, mostly importers, for violations of its regulations. While EPA and CARB formaldehyde emission limits are the same, other compliance provisions differ.

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Committed industry partners - and OSU friends - provide financial support to undergraduates studying renewable materials at Oregon State University. Experts from Columbia Forest Products, Murphy Company, Roseburg Forest Products, and others are on hand to work with students.

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OSU: Friends of Renewable Materials scholarship

Due to a shortage of workers and high wages in Vietnam, some U.S. furniture makers are scouting factories in Cambodia and Bangladesh. The leadership of one such company, Haverty Furniture, believes that wood furniture manufacturing "is not coming back to the United States." Asian manufacturers source much of the wood they use from the U.S. Appalachian region.

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By an 89 to 10 vote, the U.S. Senate approved the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) on January 16. The bill now goes to President Trump for his signature before going into effect.

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CNBC: Senate passes new North American trade deal, sending it to Trump