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In fighting deforestation, lets celebrate our victories: but beware the law of unintended consequences
Campaigns to transform the palm oil industry are having clear success on many fronts: Over twenty companies worldwide, including Unilever, Cargill, Wilmar, and Pepsico, have adopted sustainable palm o…
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The Bureau of Coal Leasing & Exports
The U.S may be home to the largest recoverable coal reserves in the world, but if the federal government follows through with plans to extract them at home and send them overseas, it will undermine Pr…
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Passive investing or active destruction: How robo-investing mows down forests for fun and profit
It’s a dynamic moment in the world of palm oil. Where, just a few years ago, not more than a handful of consumer companies showed concern over the overwhelming environmental and social costs of palm…
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Will the Kochs #GiveItBack?
Earlier this month, billionaire siblings Charles and David Koch made it publicly clear that they hate subsidies of all kinds — even the ones they benefit from as oil producers. Although it is re…
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Making sense of DOEs insensible proposals to change LNG export decision-making procedures
July 21, 2014, marked the close of the Department of Energy’s comment period for its proposed changes to liquefied natural gas export decision-making procedures. Along with the Sierra Club and the A…
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Cargill announces new palm oil policy
Cargill, the largest importer of palm oil into the United States, announced today a new palm oil sustainability policy, in response to years of campaigning by civil society groups. This policy adds to…
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Ten things to know before you take a cruise
It is estimated that almost 22 million people will take a cruise in 2014. While the cruise industry has made a commitment to protect the marine ecosystems and the unique communities they visit, there…
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Subsistence farmers and great apes on alert: the African palm oil frontier continues to grow
Earlier this month, Liberian peasant farmer and activist Elder Chio Johnson stood frustrated before the locked iron gates enclosing the regional offices of two big palm oil companies, Equatorial Palm…
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To drill or not to drill? Obama’s offshore drilling dilemma
Take action: Click here to tell President Obama to keep fossil fuels in the ground! The Obama administration has an environmental identity crisis. On the one hand, it has pledged to reduce domestic gr…
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Nuclear nonsense in House energy bill
Last week, the House passed the FY15 Energy and Water Appropriations Act, which funds the Department of Energy’s nuclear weapons and power programs. In response, the Office of Management and Budget…