WHY THE HOME DEPOT?
Every year The Home Depot buys approximately $50 million in wood products (largely trim and moldings) from the Chilean interests that are proposing five dams, which will destroy rivers and native forests in Patagonia. The transmission lines associated with this project would run more than 1,500 miles to carry electricity to Chile’s industrial centers, creating the world’s longest clearcut through globally rare temperate rainforest. In November 2003 The Home Depot signed a specific, written agreement with its Chilean suppliers and environmental organizations to protect Chile’s native forests. In addition, the company has an explicit environmental policy to help their customers become “better environmentally conscious shoppers.” “Despite The Home Depot’s claim that it works to protect Chilean forests, these proposed dams and transmission lines would require clearcutting and flooding of ecosystems found nowhere else on the planet,” said Aviva Imhof, Campaigns Director at International Riv
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