palm oil
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We need to talk about palm oil
We eat it, clean our homes and bodies with it and even fuel our cars with it. But our insatiable demand for palm oil is wreaking havoc on the planet — and our climate.
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The group that was supposed to make palm oil sustainable just disappeared
Environmentalists pushed companies to sign up for the Indonesia Palm Oil Pledge — but now it’s gone.
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The Norwegians just made a huge move in palm oil divestment
A big pension fund just divested from a massive conglomerate because a sub-subsidiary was cutting down rainforests.
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Starbucks food: May contain deforestation palm oil
Activists are demanding Starbucks take meaningful action on its palm oil policies.
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The U.N. surprises everyone with a breakthrough deal to slow deforestation
It’s not often that happy, unexpected news emerges from climate negotiations, but that’s exactly what happened at a recent meeting in Germany.
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48 hours that changed the future of rainforests
Inside the high-stakes negotiations with the world's largest palm oil corporation.
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This amazing interactive map is actually saving trees
This is how you use the creepy power of the internet to do some real good.
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Yes, candy is evil, but denying yourself on Halloween will only make you healthy and boring
A Gristory of candy love and hate.
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Europe says its own biofuels policies increase food costs 50%, drive deforestation
Two new studies that came out in Europe during the last couple of days show that biofuel mandates are causing consumers far more pocketbook pain – and contributing more to deforestation and climate pollution – than even previous studies suggested. The European Union’s own Joint Research Center found that Europe’s biofuels mandates are dramatically driving […]