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[News] UK Falling Behind EU on Environmental Regulation, Warns New IEEP UK Report - IEEP UK
The Institute for European Environmental Policy UK (IEEP UK) has today published its 2025 State of Play report on regulatory divergence in environmental policy since the UKβs departure from the EU.IEEP UK
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Can lab-grown oils offer a sustainable alternative to ingredients linked to deforestation?
Traditional palm and cocoa butter supply chains can take months. SMEYβs lab-grown oils cut that down to only 30 days.Indrabati Lahiri (Euronews.com)
Violence for Palm Oil Against Peasant Communities in Honduras Meets Resistance
In the AguΓ‘n Valley of northern Honduras, peasant communities reclaiming ancestral lands face increasing violence and intimidation from armed groups linked to organised crime. The Dinant Corporatioβ¦Palm Oil Detectives
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Despite the virtue-signalling of the palm oil certification body the RSPO, Mondelezβs so-called βsustainableβ palm oil is linked to 37.000ha of palm oil deforestation since 2016 (β¦Palm Oil Detectives
Palm Oil Is Ruining Kalangala Uganda β Locals Paying the Price
A catastrophic storm in #Ugandaβs Kalangala district left nearly 1,000 households homeless. The real culprit? Rampant #deforestation for #palmoil. Once rich in native forests that buffered storms, β¦Palm Oil Detectives
Research: Certifying Palm Oil as βSustainableβ Is No Panacea
Newly published research from the University of Michigan reveals that despite the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification system being influential, its effectiveness in reducing defβ¦Palm Oil Detectives
Palm Oil Workers Expose Industry Practices Resembling Colonialism
Palm Oil Workers Expose Industry Practices Resembling Colonialism | A coalition of palm oil workers in Indonesia has unveiled industry practices that mirror colonial exploitation, including land grβ¦Palm Oil Detectives
Guatemala: Water Law Urgently Needed
Widespread lack of access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation puts the health and other rights of millions of Guatemalans, especially Indigenous people and women, at risk.Human Rights Watch
Research: Palm Oil Plantations Threaten Indigenous Waterways
Research: Palm Oil Plantations Threaten Indigenous Waterways | A study by the University of Massachusetts Amherst reveals that the expansion of oil palm plantations in West Papuaβs Kais River waterβ¦Palm Oil Detectives
Socfinβs Destructive Empire: Palm Oil Deforestation and Human Rights Abuses in West Africa
A six-month investigation reveals Socfinβs exploitation of rubber and palm oil in Ghana and Nigeria, leading to deforestation, landgrabbing and human rights abuses. SOCFIN is a palm oil compaβ¦Palm Oil Detectives
Cambodia: Mother Nature Activists in Prison One Year
Five Cambodian environmental activists who have completed one year of their six to eight-year prison terms on baseless charges should be immediately and unconditionally released.Human Rights Watch
Violence for Palm Oil Against Peasant Communities in Honduras Meets Resistance
In the AguΓ‘n Valley of northern Honduras, peasant communities reclaiming ancestral lands face increasing violence and intimidation from armed groups linked to organised crime. The Dinant Corporatioβ¦Palm Oil Detectives
Trump moves to open protected Arctic lands in Alaska to oil drilling
The Trump administration has proposed reopening vast sections of Alaskaβs National Petroleum Reserve to oil development, including long-protected areas around Teshekpuk Lake.Yereth Rosen reports for Alaska Beacon.EHN Curators (EHN)
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Increasing Support for the McDonald's Boycott - Info Petite Nation
Introduction In recent months, the fast-food giant McDonaldβs has faced mounting pressure from various activist groups and concernedInfo Petite Nation - Breaking News & Local Updates
Hundreds of transgender people and allies showed up at Westminster to lobby their member of parliament, in what has been a history making day of action for trans rights.
Meanwhile In the UK The Battle Over Trans-Rights Continues
#OurModernTimes #HumanRights #UK #Trans-Rights #Law #Westminster
Hundreds of people turn up to lobby MPs about trans rights: βThis is only the beginningβ
Hundreds of people showed up at Westminster to lobby their MP in what could be a "record breaking" day of action for trans rights.Sophie Perry (PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news)
'The #EU has corroborated UN allegations that #Israel was guilty of "indiscriminate attacks ... starvation ... torture ... [and] #apartheid" against #Palestinians in a leaked "review".'
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#EUpol #Palestine #Gaza #oPt #HumanRights @palestine @israel
Full text of EU report on Israeli crimes in Gaza
Full text: The EU has corroborated UN allegations that Israel was guilty of "indiscriminate attacks ... starvation ... torture ... [and] apartheid" against Palestinians in a leaked "review".Andrew Rettman (EUobserver)
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The maker of Oreos is not taking its human rights responsibilities seriously - The Understory - Rainforest Action Network
Rising authoritarianism is eroding basic democratic principles and human rights around the world, and corporations aren't doing enough about it.Rainforest Action Network
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Malaysia: Wood Products Tainted by Abuse, Deforestation
Malaysiaβs Sarawak state has failed to protect an Indigenous community from a timber company that logged without the communityβs consent and seeks to remove them from their land.Human Rights Watch
Latest comic on "solving" the problem of fascism by insulting the very people trying to fight it.
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PalmWatch: A Tool to Hold Palm Oil Greenwashers to Account
A groundbreaking open-source tool by the University of Chicago called PalmWatch, shines a light on the darkest parts of the palm oil industry. PalmWatch is a free web-based tool that reveals links β¦Palm Oil Detectives