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Greenpeace: EU buildings use illegal wood.(Quirks in the News)

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| May 13, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 United Press International. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

BRUSSELS, May 13 (UPI) -- Greenpeace said Thursday banned Indonesian wood is being used to renovate the European Union's offices in Brussels.

The environmental group said the wood for two EU buildings comes from companies known to trade "in timber from Indonesia's threatened rain forests," the BBC reported.

Nearly 90 percent of all Indonesia's logging is illegal, Greenpeace said.

An EU spokesman said the use of environmentally sound wood for Berlaymont and the nearby Economic and Social Committee building was "written into the contract."…

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