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Find Out About Illegal Fireworks
2014-06-04 21:19:20| PortlandOnline
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Greenpeace accuses palm oil company & Cameroon govt illegal logging
2014-05-28 17:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Greenpeace has just accused one of the world's most controversial oil palm companies, Herakles Farms, of colluding with top government officials to sell off illegally logged timber to China. According to a new report from the environmental group, a stealth agreement between Cameroon's Minister of Forestry, Ngole Philip Ngwese, and Herkales Farms-through a shell company-could torpedo the country's agreement with the EU for better timber management. "This was a deliberate attempt to hide an illegal...
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Malaysian palm oil giant loses PNG case, plantations declared illegal
2014-05-24 09:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Papua New Guinea's National Court has declared two leases held by Malaysia-based Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad (KLK) null and void, and ordered the government to cancel the licenses to convert nearly 40,000 hectares of rainforest and community forest for oil palm plantations, reports the Rainforest Action Network (RAN). The case gained widespread attention after last year's Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) conference when members from affected communities met with KLK. That meeting failed...
Greenpeace reveals illegal Amazon logging activities
2014-05-17 11:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Greenpeace has revealed the findings of an investigation on timber sourced from the Brazilian Amazon, exposing illegal activities covered up with fake documents and paperwork. Around two-thirds of illegally sourced timber is exported to Europe and the US. According to the organisation, up to 78% of the timber sourced in the Brazilian state of Par is estimated to be illegal, meaning that loggers and sawmills use holes in the system to cover illegal activities with fake paperwork, scams and false...
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Oil Giant Citgo Gets Slap On Wrist for 10 Years of Illegal Operations
2014-05-16 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A foreign oil company convicted of polluting a Texas community`s air with dangerous chemicals has gotten off easy in a criminal case that could undercut the prosecution of environmental crimes in the U.S. The case revolves around Venezuelan-owned Citgo Petroleums decade-long violation of the federal Clean Air Act at its refinery in Corpus Christi. In 2007, the Citgo refinery became the first to be criminally convicted of violating the Clean Air Act by a U.S. jury. The refinery had spent a decade...
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