EPA Rejects Palm Oil: Good News for Indonesian Rainforests
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…
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Can California’s New Law Stop Slave Labor In Palm Oil?
Whether you’re one of the 3,200 companies that do business in California with at least $100 million in worldwide gross receipts, or a consumer that buys products from anywhere other…
From The Field: Borneo’s Tanjung Puting National Park And The High Stakes Of The Palm Oil Crisis
Since joining RAN’s forest program over two years ago, I have read and written about the many dire consequences of industrial scale palm oil plantations in Indonesia: one of the…
RAN Staff Finds Deforestation And Violence For Palm Oil Unchecked By The RSPO
As the 9thAnnual Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) meeting wrapped up on the island of Borneo, the crisis stemming from the uncontrolled expansion of palm oil plantations into rainforests…
The Human Cost Of Palm Oil Expansion
“Before we had a happy life,” Ms. Gaong said she tells her grandchildren. “Now it’s a difficult life. There’s nothing left for them.” The recent story in the New York…
ADM vs. Responsible Palm Oil & Human Rights
Unlike 2008’s showdown, nobody from RAN attended this year’s Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) shareholder meeting to hold CEO Patricia Woertz’ ass to the fire. Nonetheless, ADM did not get away…
Indonesia Palm Oil Association Walks Out On The Roundtable On Sustainable Palm Oil
It’s been a tumultuous few months for cheerleaders of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil-certified “sustainable” palm oil, and now the ground just became even more unstable. In an interesting turn…
Girl Scouts USA Announces Palm Oil Plan for Thin Mints: Greenwash or Game-Changer?
After four years of savvy campaigning by Girl Scout activists Madison Vorva and Rhiannon Tomtishen, Girl Scouts USA (GSUSA) has finally acknowledged its role in rainforest destruction by releasing a…
Palm Oil’s Dirty Secret: The Many Ingredient Names For Palm Oil
Did you see the palm oil infographic we released today? I hope so! If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out. Were you shocked to find out that palm…
Illegal Orangutan Skulls Found On Palm Oil Plantations
An article in yesterday’s Jakarta Post identifies the role of palm oil plantations in the illegal souvenir trade of the skulls of endangered orangutans. Indonesia-based Center for Orangutan Protection (COP)…