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A hedge fund manager has downgraded Lumber Liquidators' stock over the company's alleged links to illegal logging in the Russian Far East Read more at http://news.mongabay.com/2013/1202-lumber-liquidators-stock-illegal-logging.html#0g9VRO8vX0tA1BP8.99

U.S. federal authorities recently executed search warrants at two Virginia facilities belonging to Lumber Liquidators Holdings, the largest specialty retailer of hardwood flooring in the United States.

The Portland, Oregon, city council yesterday passed a law banning the demolition of homes build on or before 1916. The law requires old homes to instead be deconstructed, allowing builders to salvage and reuse lumber and other materials. The city expects the new deconstruction policy will divert 8 million pounds (4,000 tons) of materials for reuse annually.

Lowe's, Lumber Liquidators, and Menards are also phasing out PVC rife with lead, cadmium and phthalates.