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Nestlé Is Using Palm Oil That Comes From Destroyed Forests
Environment  (tags: major companies, nestle, rainforests, habitat destruction, orangutans, wildlife, homes, destroyed, environment, humans )

Simone
- 3 days ago - greenpeace.org
Nestlé uses palm oil in a wide array of its products - including Kit Kat. Demand for palm oil has been increasing so much that the companies that sell it are leveling rainforests in Indonesia to make way for palm oil plantation.
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1.6 Million Acres in 27 California Counties Set Aside as Frog Habitat
Environment  (tags: habitat, california counties, conservation, homes, frogs, protection )

Simone
- 4 days ago - latimes.com
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday designated 1.6 million acres in California as critical habitat for the endangered red-legged frog, made famous by Mark Twain in his story, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."
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China's Elephants Jostle for a Little Room
Environment  (tags: china elephants, wild elephants, conservation, room, land, homes, environment, villagers, endangeredhumans, wildlife )

Simone
- 7 days ago - latimes.com
The country only has 300 wild elephants left, squashed into a patchwork of ever-smaller spaces. A wildlife park, and programs to help villagers view them more kindly, may help stave off extinction.
8 comments
Top 10 Extreme Eco-Friendly Homes
Environment  (tags: Homes, Environment, Construction, Green )

Sophie
- 116 days ago - constructionmanagementdegrees.org
Eco friendly or green homes have come a long way in just a short time frame. From wind-powered electric turbines to solar panels and geothermal heating systems, these homes are not surprisingly becoming a favored universal trend.
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Fire Moves Toward Acton as Officials Hope for Lower Temperatures [Updated]
Environment  (tags: wildfires, homes, environment, nature, destruction )

Lone
- 202 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Weary firefighters were hoping for slightly cooler weather and more resources today as they battled a fire in the Angeles National Forest that had burned more than 20,000 acres and threatens 10,000 homes.
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Fire Crews Battling to Save Hundreds of Homes as Wildfires Rage in Southern California
Environment  (tags: wildfires, destruction, evacuations, homes )

Lone
- 205 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Fire crews were battling to save hundreds of homes that were threatened by two wildfires burning in dry, explosive brush near La Cañada Flintridge and on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
8 comments
Support Indigenous People Bravely Protesting Peru Government's Give-Away of Their Rainforest Homes ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, rainforest, Peru, give-away, homes, logging, mining, destruction, habitat, humans, wildlife, protection, nature )

Cher
- 297 days ago - change.org
Resource Boom in Peru's Amazon Threatens Indigenous Peoples' Livelihoods and Their Rainforest HomesSupport tens of thousands of indigenous people bravely protesting Peru government's give-away of their rainforest homes to oil, mining and logging
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