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How Palm Oil in Everything From Food to Fuel Is Killing Orangutans and Exacerbating Climate Change

December 15, 2020November 21, 2013 by Mike Gaworecki

Palm oil is now one of the leading causes of rainforest destruction worldwide, and the single biggest threat driving orangutans toward extinction; the best estimates place their population at just 60,600, and it’s shrinking quickly

Categories Environment Tags Biofuels, climate change, palm oil, species extinction Leave a comment

‘Follow the Money’: How Rainforest Action Network Is Beating the Corporate Giants

December 15, 2020May 17, 2013 by Tara Lohan

We’ve arrived at a dangerous milestone. For the first time in human history, as Amy Goodman reported this week, "the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has topped 400 parts per million."

Categories Act: Inspiration, Environment Tags climate change, climate change activism, Coal, Industry, palm oil, rainforests 1 Comment

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