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How Brands Exploit “Green” Certification
Brands and businesses may be tempted to exploit “green” certifications to garner a larger market share at the expense of integrity.Palm Oil Detectives
L’Oreal
‘Our goal is by 2020 to have none of our products linked to deforestation.’ L’Oreal’s website statement on palm oil This target has been and gone. Still, enormous environmen…Palm Oil Detectives
Palm Oil Is Ruining Kalangala Uganda — Locals Paying the Price
A catastrophic storm in #Uganda’s Kalangala district left nearly 1,000 households homeless. The real culprit? Rampant #deforestation for #palmoil. Once rich in native forests that buffered storms, …Palm Oil Detectives
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Seeing Forest As Merely A Carbon “Commodity”: Dangerous Greenwashing
Commodifying forests as merely an investment for ‘carbon credits’ has many dangerous loopholes that human rights to indigenous peoples, take action!Palm Oil Detectives
L’Oreal
‘Our goal is by 2020 to have none of our products linked to deforestation.’ L’Oreal’s website statement on palm oil This target has been and gone. Still, enormous environmen…Palm Oil Detectives
Palm Oil Threatens Ancient Noken Weaving in West Papua
Colonial palm oil and sugarcane causing the loss of West Papuans’ cultural identity. Land grabs force communities from forests, threatening Noken weavingPalm Oil Detectives
In this in-depth @GRAIN_org report, understand the #landgrabbing #violence and abuses in #palmoil #agribusiness in #SouthAmerica #LatinAmerica. Resist every time you shop #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🧐⛔ #HumanRights #LandRights
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Oil palm in Latin America: monoculture and violence
The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations across #SouthAmerica is causing significant environmental, economic and social problems. This growth is leading to #deforestation, #landgrabbing displace…Palm Oil Detectives
Palm Oil Workers Exposed to Hazardous Pesticides
Palm oil workers in Colombia, Ghana, and Indonesia are regularly exposed to hazardous EU-banned pesticides like Paraquat for palm oil. Take action!Palm Oil Detectives
#milkteaalliance #MilkTeaAllianceUS #democracy #peace #humanrights
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Oreo Maker Linked to Ongoing Deforestation and Human Rights Abuses
Mondelēz International who make Oreos keep sourcing palm oil from suppliers linked to violence and deforestation. Their RSPO certification is pure greenwash!Palm Oil Detectives
UK: Protest Crackdowns Undermine Democracy
UK authorities have severely restricted the right to protest, in contravention of their international human rights obligations, creating an environment in which peaceful dissent is increasingly treated as a criminal act, Human Rights Watch said in a …Human Rights Watch
#News: Shady family ties underlie Fangiono family’s #palmoil empire, peppered with #deforestation, rights abuse in #Indonesia 🌴☠️🧐 Demand change! #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife #HumanRights @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2025/09/…
Palm Oil Is Ruining Kalangala Uganda — Locals Paying the Price
A catastrophic storm in #Uganda’s Kalangala district left nearly 1,000 households homeless. The real culprit? Rampant #deforestation for #palmoil. Once rich in native forests that buffered storms, …Palm Oil Detectives
Latest comic on the ever-expanding meaning of the insult "PC"
#language #war #cartoon #comic #humanrights
UK: Protest Crackdowns Undermine Democracy
UK authorities have severely restricted the right to protest, in contravention of their international human rights obligations, creating an environment in which peaceful dissent is increasingly treated as a criminal act, Human Rights Watch said in a …Human Rights Watch
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How Brands Exploit “Green” Certification
Brands and businesses may be tempted to exploit “green” certifications to garner a larger market share at the expense of integrity.Palm Oil Detectives
L’Oreal
‘Our goal is by 2020 to have none of our products linked to deforestation.’ L’Oreal’s website statement on palm oil This target has been and gone. Still, enormous environmen…Palm Oil Detectives
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Ten of the Most Exciting Ways to Commemorate America’s 250th This Year
This article is from Smithsonian Magazine. Actually some of the suggestions for celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing of The Declaration of Independence could also make great protest events.
~ Community potlucks with people of all ethnic backgrounds.
~ My favorite: historical re-enactments. How about re-enacting everyone signing the Declaration! THAT would be awesome!
UK links to human rights abuses scrutinised
Campaigners speak out on the need to hold UK companies to account for abuses.The Ecologist
The huge danger of commodifying #forests 🌿 🔥 and seeing them as merely an “investment”, denies #indigenous sovereignty, social and economic outcomes of communities and #extinction risks. #humanrights 🌴⛔️ #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-92u?utm_source=ma…
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Seeing Forest As Merely A Carbon “Commodity”: Dangerous Greenwashing
Commodifying forests as merely an investment for ‘carbon credits’ has many dangerous loopholes that human rights to indigenous peoples, take action!Palm Oil Detectives
UK: Protest Crackdowns Undermine Democracy
UK authorities have severely restricted the right to protest, in contravention of their international human rights obligations, creating an environment in which peaceful dissent is increasingly treated as a criminal act, Human Rights Watch said in a …Human Rights Watch
The vanishing pharmacy: How climate change is reshaping traditional medicine
Gyatso Bista remembers the sacks of kutki. As a child learning to become a healer in Nepal’s kingdom of Lo Manthang, Bista would watch as heaps of the bitter-tasting herb, prized for treating fever, coughs and liver problems, arrived on horseback fro…Latoya Abulu (Mongabay)