Before I started doing environmental work, I'd assumed that biofuel use would have a positive effect on the climate. It turns out the truth about biofuels is much more complex than I'd originally thought. Not every biofuel on the market today has a positive impact on the environment, and some actually pose a major threat.
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When they were just eleven years old, Michigan Girl Scouts Madison Vorva and Rhiannon Tomtishen discovered an alarming fact while completing research for their Girl Scout Bronze Awards: most Girl Scout cookies are packed with palm oil, an ingredient that causes the destruction of irreplaceable rainforests and threatens the survival of humankind’s closest relative, orangutans.
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Last week, over 40 Minnesota residents made a citizens’ arrest of Cargill, Inc. in front of the company's downtown Minneapolis office at the Grain E
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This report documents systemic failures in agribusiness giant Cargill's supply chain.
A case study on Higaturu, one of Cargill’s three oil palm plantations in Papua New Guinea.
A case study on Duta Palma Nusantara, one of Indonesia’s top ten oil palm producers, whose dirty operations are threatening the country's rich rainforests.
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