palm oil
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6 things you should never put in your mouth [SLIDESHOW]
We enjoy our food, even odd food like kale chips. And we are neither snobby nor necessarily squeamish, but when we find “food” that, on the surface or under the ingredient list, makes us cringe, it is our duty to share. You are welcome. Duck, duck, gross Photo: Dindin Lagdameo Balut is a fertilized duck (or chicken) […]
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Are Girl Scout cookies killing orangutans?
Yet another reason to feel bad about waking up in a pile of crumbs.Photo: Josh KenzerIt’s Girl Scout cookie season, but Michigan scouts Rhiannon Tomtishen and Madison Vorva are finding other ways to support the organization’s mission of “building girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place” than selling those […]
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Possible breakthrough: Indonesian palm oil giant pledges zero deforestation
Oil palm concession in Indonesia. Photo: Hayden Potential good news for orangutans, tigers, and the climate: Indonesian palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), a subsidiary of all-round planet pulper Sinar Mas (palm oil, illegal logging, coal) is promising not to destroy forests and ultra carbon-rich peatlands for palm oil. Photo: Rhett A. Butler, MongaBayHere’s the […]
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Ask Umbra on avoiding candles connected to carcinogens and deforestation
Are the candles you're using at home contributing to indoor air pollution? Or might they contain palm oil connected to mass deforestation?
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Top five forest stories of 2010
In the context of an overall bleak 2010 for the planet, forests offer a bright point for some celebration.
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Indonesia’s billion-dollar climate experiment
Can rich nations pay Indonesia, a corruption-riddled government, to protect its rainforests?
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The politics of palm oil
Revlon’s eyeliners. Nabisco’s Oreo cookies. Caress’ Tahitian Renewal Silkening Exfoliating Pomegranate Seeds & Tahitian Palm Oil Body Wash. These are a few of the hundreds of everyday products containing palm oil — products that Walmart announced last week it would soon require to prove used only sustainably sourced palm oil. Meanwhile, the World Bank stopped […]
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Ask Umbra’s Book Club: Time to take action
Dearest readers, Photo: GreenpeaceThanks so much for all your foodie insights this week related to Anna Lappé’s Diet for a Hot Planet (if you missed the live chat with her, catch the replay). One more big question to tackle today. Let’s brainstorm some ideas about how to put the pressure on agribusiness offenders. In the […]
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What’s in your food that’s destroying orangutans?
Photo: Wikimedia Commons.Have you bought soap in the past week? How about lipstick? Cheerios? Soy milk? Today, a new report reveals that the nation’s largest private agribusiness company — Minneapolis-based Cargill — is a major culprit behind rainforest destruction. It turns out that Cargill, who both owns their own palm oil plantations and buys and […]