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Florida Republican Party chair Christian Ziegler accused of rape
This also involved his Wife, Bridget Ziegler a co-founder of Moms for Liberty, a far-right group that identifies as a parental rights advocate and tries to elect right-wing candidates to school boards. The group opposes references to race or LGBTQ identity in the classroom, and has called for books on gender or sexuality to be removed from school libraries.
A woman told the Sarasota Police that she and Christian and Bridget Ziegler have been involved in a three-year-long three-way sexual relationship. And that the Rape took place at her home when she and Bridget were there alone together
Another Hypocritical Right Wing Christian Exposed As A Hypocrite
#News #RepublicanCrimes #RepublicanImmorality #RepublicanHypocrisy
Florida Republican Party chair Christian Ziegler accused of rape
The Florida Democratic Party issued a statement calling on Christian Ziegler to step down as state Republican Party chair.Aaron Navarro (CBS News)
Robert De Niro tells Gotham Awards his speech was edited without his knowledge
Apple Censored his Speech evidently they don't want to offend their Republican Masters...
#News #Apple #GothamAwards #Censorship #DeNiro #BBC #TakeBackTechnology #TakeBackArt #EndRepublicanMeddling
Robert De Niro tells Gotham Awards his speech was edited without his knowledge
The actor says the speech he was reading was edited, removing critical comments about Donald Trump.By Ian Youngs (BBC News)
#News: #RSPO member and #palmoil co. First Resources uses an array of shadow companies to disguise that they have the highest rate of #deforestation in SE Asia finds a new Gecko Project and @icij report.
"Sustainable" palm oil is a #greenwashing lie! Make sure you always #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife https://thegeckoproject.org/articles/chasing-shadows/
Chasing Shadows
Extensive evidence suggests corporation selling "sustainable" palm oil hid control of companies destroying rainforestthegeckoproject.org
The FDA proposes banning a food additive that's been used for a century
This sounds like a good thing to Ban
#Food #FoodAdditives #ThroidToxicity #News #FDA #NPR #BVO
Nutritional psychiatry professor Felice Jacka: ‘The global food system is the leading cause of early death’
The Australian scientist on the links between ultra-processed foods and decreased brain health, and the effect of government policy and industry resistanceGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Videogaaaames. And news!
#Videogames #News #Comedy
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Stories on: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Squardron 42, QuickPoints, the Annapurna Interactive Deluxe Limited Edition Collection, and Final Fantasy 7 Rebir...YouTube
#Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife
Cooking oil has a deforestation problem. A startup says it has a solution.
To grow oil crops, particularly palm and soybeans, farming corporations are cutting down carbon-rich forests, threatening climate goals and biodiversity.Max Graham (Grist)
Locus Ingredients targets sustainable palm oil alternatives
As a 100% biobased biosurfactant ingredient provider, Locus Ingredients is gearing up to make a big splash in the beauty and personal care space by targeting the massive market for surfactants.cosmeticsdesign.com
‘Without water, there is no life’: Drought in Brazil’s Amazon is sharpening fears for the future
The extreme drought sweeping across Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is already impacting hundreds of thousands of people and killing local wildlife.EDMAR BARROS (AP News)
Report: Half of plantations in Indonesia’s palm oil heartland are illegal
JAKARTA — Nearly half of oil palm plantations in Indonesia’s Riau province, the heartland of the commodity’s production, is illegal, according to a new report.hayat (Conservation news)
Fishing ban extension raises hopes for iconic Amazon pink river dolphin
The measure became even more relevant in October following the detection of more than 100 dead dolphins in an Amazon lake — experts suspect that the deaths are directly linked to the extreme drought affecting the region.alexandredesanti (Conservation news)
Southeast Asia haze returns as peatland fires fan global warming fears
Peatland fires in Indonesia's Sumatra and Kalimantan have generated toxic smog that has drifted to parts of neighboring Malaysia and Singapore.Clement Tan (CNBC)
Indonesian police slammed after protester demanding rightful land is shot dead
BALIKPAPAN, East Kalimantan — Activists have slammed the Indonesian police for rights violations after officers reportedly shot dead a villager and injured at least two others during a protest against an oil palm plantation company in Borneo.hayat (Conservation news)
#Humanrights defenders and journalists face defamation charges, threats and harassment. #Boycottpalmoil #PapuanLivesMatter #PapuaNewGuinea #PapuaMerdeka Story via CIVICUS Monitor https://monitor.civicus.org/explore/indonesia-crackdown-on-activists-expression-and-protests-including-in-papua-as-government-seeks-human-rights-council-membership/
Locus Ingredients targets sustainable palm oil alternatives
As a 100% biobased biosurfactant ingredient provider, Locus Ingredients is gearing up to make a big splash in the beauty and personal care space by targeting the massive market for surfactants.cosmeticsdesign.com
Haze hits Singapore as hot spots in Sumatra increase
Singapore’s air quality fell into the unhealthy range yesterday, official readings showed, as increased forest fires from neighbouring Indonesia brought...Reuters/Singapore (Gulf Times)
Community in Ecuador punished for trying to stop alleged palm oil pollution
This is the first in a two-part series. Read Part Two. San Javier de Cachaví is a small village of some 120 families in Ecuador near the Colombian border.Morgan Erickson-Davis (Conservation news)
#Boycottpalmoil https://themessenger.com/news/protesters-against-procter-and-gamble-shut-down-major-bridge-in-cincinnati-at-rush-hour
Protesters Against Procter and Gamble Shut Down Major Bridge in Cincinnati at Rush Hour
This move comes a week before a shareholders’ meetingMadeline Fitzgerald (The Messenger)
Ach Mist, das war's dann wohl mit meinen Statistiken zu #Mastodon als Trafficquelle für @heiseonline:
Hab gerade bemerkt, dass die schönen neuen Vorschaukarten den URL-Parameter abschneiden, über den wir überhaupt erfahren, dass Besuche von hier kommen. Je mehr Instanzen diese neue Vorschau nun anzeigen, desto mehr Einstiege werden darüber kommen und für uns nicht mehr erkennbar.
Weiß nicht, ob wir das überhaupt beheben können/wollen.
Humpback whales hold lore for Traditional Custodians. But laws don't protect species for their cultural significance
For Australia’s saltwater people, the migration routes of humpback whales represents an important songlineThe Conversation
Can We Have Prosperity Without Growth?
The critique of economic growth, once a fringe position, is gaining widespread attention in the face of the climate crisis, John Cassidy writes.John Cassidy (The New Yorker)
Take Me to Foreverland: Q&A with Italy's New Cocoa-Free Chocolate Maker
Based in Southern Italy, Foreverland is the latest cocoa-free producer making a sustainable alternative to chocolate. Its co-founder Giuseppe D’Alessandro speaks to Green Queen about its Freecao chocolate, what sets it apart from other brands, and suAnay Mridul (Green Queen)
Good #news: A critically endangered Sumatran #rhino, the smallest and hairiest of the five extant rhino species, was born in #Indonesia last week, weighing about 27 kg. There are only 80 LEFT in the world.
Help them to survive and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife every time you shop! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-02/sumatran-rhinoceros-endangered-smallest-hairest-born-indonesia/102926720
Endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, the smallest and hairiest species, born in Indonesian conservation area
Indonesia's government says the rare Sumatran rhinoceros was born last week and stood up 45 minutes after her birth.ABC News
10 years after land grab, local Nigerian farmers continue fight against palm oil producer
One morning in 2013, Ojobe William watched as the blade of a bulldozer destroyed his farm in southeastern Nigeria. Soldiers armed with whips and rifles looked on, alert.Terna Gyuse (Conservation news)
‘Climate villain’: scientists say Rupert Murdoch wielded his media empire to sow confusion and doubt
The tycoon, who is stepping down from News Corp and Fox, has used his outlets to promote denial and delay action, experts sayGraham Readfearn (The Guardian)
Climate Change Is Hurting Our Mental Health. How ‘Climate Cafes' Can Help
Similar to grief circles or other types of peer-support groups, these informal gatherings help people work through the emotional distress of living in a climate emergencyErin Stone (LAist)
How Deep Tech Can Drive Sustainability and Profitability in Manufacturing
Companies are facing more pressure to become more sustainable while remaining profitable — and deep tech can help. Deep tech, which combines physical technologies and digital technologies, is moving out of the lab and into real-world supply chains.Harvard Business Review
Carbon-rich peatlands continue to be cleared and drained in an Indonesian protected wildlife reserve known as the “orangutan capital of the world,” with 26 kilometers (16 miles) of new canals dug so far in 2023, up from 9 km (5.6 mi) in 2022, according to an investigation by the advocacy group Rainforest Action Network (RAN).
by Hans Nicholas Jong
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/deforestation-for-palm-oil-continues-in-indonesias-orangutan-capital/
#News #Conservation #Environment #Indonesia #Deforestation #PalmOil
Deforestation for palm oil continues in Indonesia’s ‘orangutan capital’
JAKARTA — Despite various commitments from global brands and the government to protect Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, home to some of the rarest species on Earth, development of new palm oil plantations and drainage of carbon-rich peatlands continue i…karencoates (Conservation news)
Reasons to Hope: Palm Oil Alternatives Made Without Deforestation
Environmental organisation Milieudefensie have calculated that every second, around 169 trees are cut down in tropical rainforests. So the race is on to find a real solution to stop this!…Palm Oil Detectives
Timber giant Samling withdraws lawsuit against Indigenous forest defenders
Samling bows to intense international pressure, withdrawing defamation suit against Indigenous CSO SAVE Rivers — communities celebrate victory of their #StopTheChop and #StopTheSLAPP campaignswww.bmf.ch
Disrupting palm oil’s dominance? Scientists develop eco-friendly alternative targeting bakery applications
21 Sep 2023 --- A team of scientists in Scotland have discovered what they are hailing as a high-class alternative to the popular yet controversial palm oil which is abundantly used throughout the F&B industry..foodingredientsfirst.com/
The world’s largest – and stinkiest – flower in danger of extinction, scientists say
The 42 known species of the parasitic plant Rafflesia, known as the corpse flower, are endangered due to destruction of forest habitatsPhoebe Weston (The Guardian)
Commentary: As haze season looms, what more can Singapore do to clear the air?
If there is one lesson to draw from the 2015 haze crisis, it is that Singapore can do a lot to prevent a similar episode, says Professor Ang Peng Hwa, co-founder of a haze elimination volunteer group.Ang Peng Hwa (CNA)