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Calling Out Conflict Palm Oil Laggards One By One
2014-05-14 04:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rainforest Action Network: PepsiCo is the largest globally distributed snack food company in the world. But the company has yet to take steps to address its Conflict Palm Oil problem and break the link between the products you buy and rainforest destruction. So hundreds of people in dozens of cities around the world will join next Tuesdays Global Day of Action to Cut Conflict Palm Oil and demand change from PepsiCo. But other snack food companies are also refusing to deal with their Conflict Palm Oil problem and they...
Local Electrical Company Powers Big Music Festival in Palm Beach
2014-05-07 16:30:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance
The Palm Beach Post profiled a local electrician's family business, which has provided the power for Sunfest for 27 years. Content Classification: Curated read more
Indonesian Villagers Driven from Villages in Palm Oil Land Theft
2014-05-07 09:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Spiegel: Palm oil can be found in many of the products we consume each day. Much of it comes from Indonesia, where brutal methods are deployed against locals. One of the main suppliers says it is cleaning up its act, but has it really changed? Two months ago, soldiers abducted day laborer Titus, hit him with the butts of their rifles, whipped him and then let him wipe off the blood. It was only later that he found out the reason for his torture. A sign had been placed in his village, Bungku, stating, "This...
Palm oil plan unlikely to help communities in Indonesian New Guinea
2014-05-05 20:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Plans to rapidly expand palm oil production in Indonesian New Guinea are unlikely to boost livelihoods for local communities since most investors are outsiders and the bulk of workers will be migrants, argues a paper published in Environment, Development and Sustainability. The study, authored by Krystof Obidzinski, Ahmad Dermawan and Adi Hadianto, assessed the economics of a government-led push to increase oil palm plantations in the eastern-most part of Indonesia. They found that while initiatives...
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Why is Palm Oil So Bad?
2014-05-02 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Consumer knowledge on the destructiveness of palm oil production--found in everything from ice cream and crackers to detergents and cosmetics, is rising. Increased awareness is sorely needed, as more and more forests are cleared to make way for palm oil plantations.> There are a lot of questions around the use of palm oil. The Rainforest Action Network, which has been working on this issue for some time, has an excellent factsheet on palm oil, which is briefly excerpted here: What is Palm Oil?...
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