By Kevin McCauley
Clark & Weinstock is repping Asia Pulp & Paper, which has been fending off charges that it illegally dumped its coated paper products in the U.S. That tussle is with the Dept. of Commerce and International Trade Commission.
Former Congressman Vin Weber, ex-Newt Gingrich advisor Ed Kutler, and former chief of staff to Rep. Vic Fazio (D-Calif.), Sandra Stuart, form the AP&P team.
Shanghai-based AP&P, which also works with GolinHarris, is a top target of environmental group Greenpeace, which charges that its logging practices are leading to the deforestation of Indonesia.
Greenpeace has released a critical report of AP&P activities that was based on leaked corporate documents. AP&P, last month, issued an independent audit of the Greenpeace study that claimed it was "highly misleading and indefensible."
Greenpeace today said Indonesia barred its Rainbow Warrior flagship from its waters. Campaigners on the ship wanted to highlight the dangers of deforestation in Indonesia, which is the world’s No. 3 emitter of global warming gas.
Indonesia’s government banned the ship due to a "lack of clarity over its planned activities", according to Agence France Presse.
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