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U.S. Banks Financing Rainforest Destruction for Palm Oil Plantations
2013-11-22 15:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A new report names major U.S. and European banks that are financing land grabs in Indonesia for palm oil production--which is harming the rainforest and the lives of the people who live there--and the investors who are profiting from the business. Palm oil producers in Indonesia are clearing tropical rainforests to plant their oil palm trees, obliterating the homes of endangered animals like orangutans, pygmy elephants and Sumatran tigers. The report, released Thursday by Friends of the Earth,...
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Activists to Kellogg: Save tigers, drop palm oil
2013-11-20 14:12:48| Food - Topix.net
Activists are planning a rally at Kellogg Co. headquarters in Battle Creek to urge the cereal giant to stop using palm oil in its products.
Activists urge Kellogg Co. not to use palm oil from rainforests where endangered tige...
2013-11-20 11:53:08| Agriculture - Topix.net
Activists are planning a rally at Kellogg Co. headquarters in Battle Creek to urge the cereal giant to stop using palm oil in its products.
Palm oil workers stage massive protest at sustainability meeting in Indonesia
2013-11-19 20:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Protesters from 10 Indonesian labor unions and four NGOs descended on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RPSO) meetings in Medan last Tuesday, urging the industry body to take serious steps to end what they claim is rampant abuse of workers on RSPO-certified plantations. According to the Indonesian Trade Unions Alliance (SERBUNDO), which organized the demonstration, RSPO standards designed to protect workers have not been enough to prevent low wages, safety problems and even child labor....
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Open House for Five Carat Choice Program Nov.20 at Palm Beach Lakes High
2013-11-17 14:17:41| Biotech - Topix.net
Families for Excellent Schools parent leader Regina Dowdell explains how mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio's opposition to school choice would hurt New York City's poorest children.
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