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- One Casualty of the Palm Oil Industry: An Orangutan Mother, Shot 74 Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/29/world/asia/orangutan-indonesia-palm-oil.html 74 comments
- 30 % the number of food products that use environmentally destructive palm-oil branded as “vegetable oil.” This is legal under UK law. http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/?p=91 3 comments reddit.com
- India's May palm oil imports surge to 7-month high despite Indonesia's ban-dealers https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/indias-may-palm-oil-imports-surge-7-month-high-despite-indonesias-ban-dealers-2022-06-06/?taid=629dcdcf7385bc0001a4b433 3 comments worldnews
- Indonesia is clearing less forest for palm oil, but it’s still not sustainable, activists say https://news.mongabay.com/2022/01/indonesia-is-clearing-less-forest-for-palm-oil-but-its-still-not-sustainable/ 2 comments worldnews
- Indonesian court refuses to reinstate permits for palm oil companies to exploit ancestral lands https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/12/7/indonesian-court-delivers-victory-for-indigenous-rights-in-papua 594 comments worldnews
- Nestlé and Kellogg’s linked to shocking palm oil abuse in Papua New Guinea https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/10/08/nestle-kellogg-s-linked-to-shocking-palm-oil-abuses-in-papua-new-guinea 28 comments environment
- Major supplier for Nestle and Pepsi breaks its 'no deforestation' pledge to provide these companies with palm oil from orangutan habitat, report shows https://news.mongabay.com/2021/06/deforestation-of-orangutan-habitat-feeds-global-palm-oil-demand-report-leuser-royal-golden-eagle/ 975 comments worldnews
- A million hectares of Papuan rainforest licensed for cutting mostly for palm oil plantations, as deforestation spreads from Indonesia's main provinces https://news.mongabay.com/2021/03/papua-forest-licensed-for-clearing-future-deforestation-report/ 36 comments worldnews
- Child labor in palm oil industry tied to Girl Scout cookies https://wtop.com/world/2020/12/child-labor-in-palm-oil-industry-tied-to-girl-scout-cookies/ 23 comments worldnews
- Child labor in palm oil industry tied to Girl Scout cookies https://apnews.com/article/only-on-ap-indonesia-forests-immigration-financial-markets-83b01f2789e9489569960da63b2741c4 8 comments nottheonion
- Child labor in palm oil industry tied to Girl Scout cookies https://apnews.com/article/palm-oil-forests-indonesia-scouts-83b01f2789e9489569960da63b2741c4 7 comments worldnews
- Rape, abuses in palm oil fields linked to top beauty brands https://apnews.com/article/plants-health-indonesia-trees-sumatra-2a209d60c42bf0e8fcc6f8ea6daa11c7 3 comments politics
- India asks importers to buy palm oil from Indonesia, not Malaysia: Report https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/india-asks-importers-to-buy-palm-oil-from-indonesia-not-malaysia-report-120010800845_1.html 3 comments india
- Palm oil chief arrested on suspicion of paying to have activists killed https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/palm-oil-chief-arrested-on-suspicion-of-paying-to-have-activists-killed-20191111-p539i7.html 15 comments worldnews
- Malaysia hopes to pay for military equipment with palm oil https://reuters.com/article/malaysia-defence/malaysia-hopes-to-pay-for-military-equipment-with-palm-oil-idinkcn1vg12s?il=0 5 comments nottheonion
- Three elephants were poisoned to death near a palm oil plantation in Malaysia, officials said Friday, in the latest case of the endangered creatures being killed near human settlements https://www.france24.com/en/20190607-three-elephants-found-poisoned-malaysia 16 comments worldnews
- Norway bans biofuel from palm oil to fight deforestation - The entire European Union has agreed to ban palm oil’s use in motor fuels from 2021. If the other countries follow suit, we may have a chance of seeing a greener earth. https://www.cleantechexpress.com/2019/05/norway-bans-biofuel-from-palm-oil-to.html 22 comments europe
- EU risks 'trade war' with Malaysia over palm oil: Malaysian PM. Dr Mahathir, 93, said the EU's increasingly hostile attitude towards palm oil, a commodity used in everything from chocolate spread to lipstick, was an attempt to protect alternatives that Europe produced itself, like rapeseed oil https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/eu-risks-trade-war-with-malaysia-over-palm-oil-pm-mahathir-mohamad 30 comments worldnews
- Malaysia threatens to ditch EU fighter jet deal over palm oil curbs https://www.euractiv.com/section/defence-and-security/news/malaysia-threatens-to-ditch-eu-fighter-jet-deal-over-palm-oil-curbs/ 15 comments europe
- The European Commission has concluded that palm oil cultivation results in excessive deforestation and its use in transport fuel should be phased out. https://www.forbes.com/sites/davekeating/2019/03/14/eu-labels-biofuel-from-palm-oil-as-unsustainable-bans-subsidies/#3f035d749c9d 339 comments worldnews
- A British supermarket chain said on Friday their Christmas advert has been banned for being too political because it shows palm oil manufacturers terrorizing orangutans. https://www.businessinsider.com/icelands-christmas-advert-banned-orangutans-terrorized-for-palm-oil-2018-11 252 comments worldnews
- Indonesia halts new palm oil plantation development https://m.phys.org/news/2018-09-indonesia-halts-palm-oil-plantation.html 5 comments worldnews
- Endangered monkeys and apes could face new risks if Africa becomes a big player in the palm oil industry. Most areas suitable for growing the oil crop are key habitats for primates, a study suggests. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45146581 26 comments worldnews
- ‘Crop Apartheid’: Malaysia lashes out after EU votes to ban palm oil biofuels https://asiancorrespondent.com/2018/01/crop-apartheid-malaysia-lashes-eu-votes-ban-palm-oil/#huqavas1hidceso2.97 5 comments worldnews
- Effect of oil palm sustainability certification on deforestation and fire in Indonesia http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/12/05/1704728114.abstract.html?etoc 4 comments science
- Addiction to Palm Oil Is Decimating Wildlife & Threatening Food Security - It’s a key ingredient in a range of products—foods, cosmetics, soaps, meds & biofuel. Demand is strong. The backbone of global food security world is smallholder farmer-dominated landscapes, not large-scale farming. https://www.alternet.org/environment/our-addiction-palm-oil-decimating-wildlife-and-threatening-food-security 53 comments worldnews
- A giant python attacked an Indonesian man, nearly severing his arm, before hungry villagers chopped up the reptile and ate it, a police chief said Wednesday. A security guard crossed paths with the giant creature while patrolling an oil palm plantation in a remote district of Sumatra http://www.france24.com/en/20171004-giant-python-attacks-indonesian-man-before-being-eaten 6 comments worldnews
- How Firms Like Pepsi & McDonald’s Are Pushing Indonesia's Endangered Elephants to Extinction - New investigation links biggest brands in world to the conflict palm oil supply chain. These include Nestle, Unilever, Kellogg’s, Mars, Procter & Gamble & many more. http://www.alternet.org/environment/how-pepsico-mcdonalds-nestle-unilever-kelloggs-mars-and-procter-gamble-are-pushing 81 comments worldnews
- A Nebraska-sized chunk of the world’s forests was decimated in 2015 because of wildfire, logging and expanding palm oil plantations, according to a new study. http://www.climatecentral.org/news/mississippi-sized-area-of-forest-disappeared-21641 52 comments worldnews
- Europe’s consumption of products such as beef, soy and palm oil could increase its contribution to global deforestation by more than a quarter by 2030, according to projections from a leaked draft EU analysis. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/30/europes-contribution-to-deforestation-set-to-rise-despite-pledge-to-halt-it 23 comments worldnews
- Spread of cancer is tied to dietary fatty acids, especially palmitic acid (key component in palm oil), and blocking a key receptor can prevent it, Nature study finds https://www.researchgate.net/blog/post/researchers-identify-a-way-to-stop-cancer-from-spreading 17 comments science
- As SE Asia's forests are cleared for palm oil plantations, 42% of the species face a much higher risk of extinction. - "Many of these have alarmingly small ranges that make them extremely vulnerable. We may lose them before we are even able to get enough data to list them as threatened." http://phys.org/news/2016-08-species-southeast-asia-tree-plantations.html 25 comments worldnews
- In Indonesia, Environmentalists See a Disaster in the Making — Near a palm oil plantation, bulldozers & chainsaws can be heard in what is officially “protected forest.” With few areas left for expansion, loggers are denuding the land. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/12/world/asia/in-indonesia-environmentalists-see-a-disaster-in-the-making.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 31 comments worldnews
- Consumer backlash forced chocolate giant Cadbury to drop its unfortunate experiment using palm oil, and go back to the old cocoa butter recipe http://www.3news.co.nz/cadbury-ditches-new-and-improved-chocolate-recipe/tabid/421/articleid/116970/cat/839/default.aspx 70 comments business
- UK businesses will have to show that their products and supply lines are free from illegal deforestation, under government plans. A proposed law would require larger companies operating in the UK to show where commodities such as cocoa, soy, rubber and palm oil originated from. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53891421 96 comments worldnews
- Selfridges becomes first major UK retailer to remove palm oil from all own-brand products: Department store makes 300 items free of the substance - nine months ahead of schedule https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/selfridges-removes-palm-oil-own-brand-products-a8903611.html 202 comments worldnews
- Ongoing Labor Abuse Found in Pepsi’s Indonesian Palm Oil Plantations: 'Workers at several Indonesian palm oil plantations that supply Pepsi and Nestle suffer from a variety of labor abuses, including lower-than-minimum wages, child labor, exposure to pesticides, and union busting' https://www.voanews.com/a/labor-abuse-at-palm-oil-plantations/4148103.html 23 comments worldnews
- A critically endangered Bornean orangutan has been shot dead, hacked to pieces and eaten by workers after straying onto an Indonesian palm oil plantation https://www.yahoo.com/news/indonesian-orangutan-brutally-killed-eaten-095929006.html 219 comments worldnews
- Sumatran Orangutans Being 'Extinguished' by Palm Oil Push: Fires set by landowners leave wild orangutans on brink of annihilation https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/06/29-5 29 comments worldnews
- Malaysia criticises WHO's advice against palm oil during coronavirus; Malaysia criticised the World Health Organisation on Monday for advising adults to avoid palm oil in their diet during the COVID-19 outbreak and use alternatives such as olive oil https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-malaysia-palmoil/malaysia-criticises-whos-advice-against-palm-oil-during-coronavirus-iduskbn22g1em 7 comments worldnews