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Archer Daniels Midland to demand suppliers stop chopping down forests
2015-04-01 01:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: While deforestation for soy production in the Brazilian Amazon has slowed since the establishment of a deforestation moratorium in 2006, clearing for soy has increased sharply in recent years in the Bolivian Amazon; Paraguay's Chaco, a dry forest ecosystem; and Brazil's cerrado, a savanna woodland. Photo by Rhett A. Butler. Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland (NYSE:ADM) will establish a zero deforestation policy for its global commodity supply chains, potentially forcing its soy, palm oil,...
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Agribusiness giant tells suppliers to stop cutting down forests
2015-03-31 21:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Today, the state of New York announced that, after negotiations with the global agribusiness conglomerate Archer Daniels Midland, ADM will adopt a no-deforestation policy for soy and palm oil. This is really freaking good news, and it comes at a critical time. There is some evidence that, after years of progress, deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is increasing again. Meanwhile, people have been cutting down the forests just outside the Brazilian Amazon - in Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, and in...
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Australia: Worlds Worst Climate Villain Showed How Stop Global Warming
2015-03-31 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: There was a somewhat surprising announcement this week from a country with one of the world`s worst climate reputations: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott`s office declared that his government is committed to signing on to the next major international climate accord, set to be hammered out in Paris later this year. In a statement, the PM`s office said that "a strong and effective global agreement, that addresses carbon leakage and delivers environmental benefit, is in Australias national...
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Stop the Selfie Stick Scourge
2015-03-30 22:03:29| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
Tourist attractions and tragedies are becoming overrun with a plague of 'selfie sticks.' Here's why they're popular, and why they need to be stopped.
Stop drinking soda, for (your own) good
2015-03-28 04:47:24| Beverages - Topix.net
While food accounts for a large portion of the added sugar in our diet, many experts recommend cutting back on sugary beverages to reduce daily intake. In the following slides, we compare the amount of sugar found in some of America's top-selling beverages -- according to Beverage Industry magazine's 2013 State of the Industry Report -- to the sugar found in common sugary snacks.
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