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Palm oil firms ditch 'no deforestation' pact in Indonesia
2016-07-02 06:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Major palm oil producers and traders, including Wilmar and Cargill ditched a "no deforestation" private agreement in Indonesia, saying the government's recent efforts to strengthen its certification standards were sufficient. Indonesia, the world's biggest producer and exporter of palm oil, moved in April to prohibit the use of new land to boost production. The country, home to the world's third-largest tropical forests, has been criticized by green activists and other Southeast Asian nations...
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ExxonMobil confirms significant oil discovery offshore Guyana
2016-07-01 12:56:03| Green Car Congress
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EPT Clean Oil - Membrane Patch Colourimetry (MPC) ASTM D7843
2016-07-01 11:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
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Deals this week: Chevron, Vermilion Energy, Marathon Oil
2016-07-01 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. is disposing its non-operated interest in a joint venture (JV) in the Hugoton, Greenwood and Bradshaw gas areas in Kansas, US. The assets occupy more than 16,000 gross acres across 28 counties.
The group that was supposed to make palm oil sustainable just disappeared
2016-06-30 23:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The skyrocketing global demand for palm oil is devastating forests in Southeast Asia, and now a group that was created to stop the destruction has been cut down, too - razed by political forces that opposed the push to end deforestation. But all is not as dark as it might look. Palm oil is everywhere: its in most processed foods, not to mention shampoos, soaps, and cosmetics. The Indonesia Palm Oil Pledge, or IPOP, was created at the 2014 United Nations Climate Summit as a means to allow sustainable-minded...
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