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Mayor Bloomberg announces the Tropical Hardwood Reduction Plan at a meeting at the United Nations on February 11, 2008. Rainforest Relief and New York Climate Action Group excoriated Mayor Bloomberg's Tropical Hardwood Reduction Plan in a press release issued on April Fools' Day, highlighting the Plan's bait-and-switch. The Nation's only non-profit, independent, consumer publication on the environment, E Magazine is a clearinghouse of information, news & commentary on today's environmental issues. Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the United Nations announcing New York City's plan to address the city's use of tropical hardwoods The city's plan to address the use of tropical hardwoods actually allows for a doubling of use by city agencies in the near term. Years of campaign work by Rainforest Relief and more recently New York Climate Action Group has resulted in a major victory in New York City. Parks began using some recycled plastic lumber in 1998, after Rainforest Relief met with Parks Commissioner Henry Stern but has continued to use mostly tropical hardwoods until December of 2007 Years of campaign work by Rainforest Relief and more recently New York Climate Action Group have resulted in a major victory in New York City. R...