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Palm Oil

How Green is Your Palm Oil?

Robyn Griggs Lawrence | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Forest Destruction, Rainforest, Climate Change, Fertilizers, Organic-Certification, Palm Oil, Deforestation, Processed Foods, Organic Palm Oil, Natural Home, Natural Home Magazine, Sustainability, Green News
Robyn Griggs Lawrence

Used in everything from cookies to lipstick, palm oil is now common ingredient in many everyday items. Unfortunately, its popularity has led to extensive destruction of tropical rainforests.

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Palm Oil Protesters Beaten In Indonesia, Greenpeace Says (SLIDESHOW)

AFP | Posted 04.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Indonesia, Activism, Protests, Slideshow, Protesters Beaten, Palm Oil, Greenpeace, Green News

According to AFP, Greenpeace is claiming that some of its activists in Indonesia were beaten as police broke up a protest this week: Greenpeace act...

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The Problem With Palm Oil

Michael Brune | Posted 01.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Human Rights, Rain Forests, Orangutans, Environment, Climate Change, Rainforests, Palm Oil, Deforestation, Hsbc, Matt Mckinney, Indonesia, Palm Oil Production, Malaysia, Agribusiness, HSBC Rainforests, Green News
Michael Brune

The ubiquity of palm oil in the United States and Europe is driving out the subsistence agriculture that people in Indonesia and Malaysia depend on for food.

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Why Twinkies Destroy Rainforests and Cook the Planet

Michael Brune | Posted 09.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Fast Food, Sustainable Food, Environment, Food, Climate Change, Rainforests, Indigenous Rights, Palm Oil, Deforestation, Girl Scout Cookies, Green News
Michael Brune

Can we have our cake and our forests too? Palm oil is nearly everywhere -- it's used to produce everything from Cheez-Its, Oreos and Mrs. Fields cookies to Pop Tarts, Cool Whip and Ivory Soap.

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Why do Oragutans Care About Global Warming?

Todd Carmichael | Posted 09.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Orangutans, Environment, Borneo, Palm Oil, Global Warming, Birute Gladikas, Global Climate Change, Green News
Todd Carmichael

In short, the very events that are driving the Orangutan to extinction are the same that threaten our planet's climate.

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