WASHINGTON, June 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States Congress approved landmark legislation last night to address the global illegal logging crisis. The U.S. becomes the first country in the world to prohibit the import, sale or trade of illegally harvested wood and wood products.

WASHINGTON, May 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States Congress today passed landmark legislation to address the global illegal logging crisis. The U.S. is the first country in the world to prohibit the import of illegally-harvested wood and wood products.

To: POLITICAL EDITORS Contact: Alexander von Bismarck of Environmental Investigation Agency, +1-202-483-6621 or +1-301-706-3375, saschavonbismarck@eia- international.org Environmental Investigation Agency commends U.S. leadership on issue WASHINGTON,May 14/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The U.S.

To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Alexander von Bismarck of the Environmental Investigation Agency, +1-202-483-6621, saschavonbismarck@eia- international.org WASHINGTON, April 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- International wood trader, Danny Chien, and his company, Shanghai-based Style Craft Furniture Co., Ltd., were indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in New Jersey for smuggling baby cribs made of a wood called ramin into the United States.

To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS Contact: Jennifer Ferguson-Mitchell, Environmental Investigation Agency, +1-508-237-9556, jennifer@chanlercommunications.com WASHINGTON, Nov.