The EU Parliament recently voted on numerous initiatives that will have a significant impact on the sawmill and timber industry in the years to come. In Strasbourg in mid-September, several texts concerning forests and wood were on the program of the parliamentary debate.  After having notably adopted a position on the future "zero deforestation, zero forest degradation" regulation, the European Parliament considered the revision of the directive on renewable energies. By 418 votes for, 109 against and 111 abstentions, MEPs voted to increase the share of renewable energies in the EU's overall energy consumption to 45 ...