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BAD BUSINESS IN FINLAND: Biodiesel Breakthrough or Environment Nightmare?
Environment  (tags: habitatdestruction, rainforest destruction, palm oil, energy )

Cal
- 5 days ago - ipsnews.net
As Finnish energy major Neste Oil scales up production of its 'green' diesel NExBTL, environmental activists fear that more land will go under palm oil plantations at the expense of Southeast Asia's threatened rainforests.With the development of NExBTL, N
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SCANDALOUS!! Palm Oil Firms Letting Four-Year-Olds Sign Contracts
Environment  (tags: habitatdestruction, environment, palm oil companies, palm oil, humans, protection, world, habitat, ecosystems, destruction )

Cal
- 27 days ago - theecologist.org
'Chaotic' legislation in Indonesia is allowing palm oil plantation companies looking to produce biofuel to bully local people off their land
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Sizing Up Palm Oil
Environment  (tags: palm oil, environment, ecosystems, habitatdestruction, habitat, nature, protection, wildlife, world, humans )

Cal
- 35 days ago - cms.ran.org
Made from the flesh of fruit from oil palm trees, palm oil stepped into the void when towering oil prices put pressure on companies worldwide to find alternative sources for products from biofuel to shampoo. Demand for the oil surged by an average of 2.2
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Tell Cadbury to Stop Using Rainforest Derived Palm Oils ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, palm oil, rainforest, habitat, protection, nature, wildlife )

Cher
- 107 days ago - change.org
Last week, we received some good news -- thanks to consumer pressure, Cadbury New Zealand has decided to phase palm oil out of its popular chocolate brands. Palm oil is sourced from tropical regions, primarily in Indonesia and Malaysia, where some of
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Human Thirst for Palm Oil Wipes Out Rare Forest Birds
Environment  (tags: palm oil, habitat destruction, forests, wildlife, endangered, conservation )

Simone
- 700 days ago - earthhopenetwork.net
Many more bird species are threatened with extinction than previously feared, according to analyses of satellite images that reveal for the first time the extent of deforestation occurring on the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The island is a
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Activists: Palm Oil Workers Killing Endangered Orangutans
Environment  (tags: wildlife, palm oil, palm oil workers, destroying, killing orangutans )

Simone
- 872 days ago - manilatimes.net
Workers on Indonesian palm oil plantations are deliberately killing endangered orangutans on the island of Borneo to stop them eating their seedlings, activists said on Wednesday. Hardi Baktiantoro, director of the Center for Oran­gutan Protection
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