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Ancient Orinoco #Crocodiles 🐊😻live in #Venezuela 🇻🇪 #Colombia 🇨🇴. They are critically endangered from #river #pollution from #gold mining, #palmoil 🌴 #meat 🥩 #deforestation. Support them! #BoycottGold #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife
http://palmoildetectives.com/2021/03/18/orinoco-crocodile-crocodylus-intermedius/
Orinoco Crocodile Crocodylus intermedius
The majestic Orinoco Crocodile, one of the largest crocodylian species globally, resides in the northern part of South America, particularly in Colombia, Venezuela and Bolivia. They inhabit diverse…Palm Oil Detectives
Almost 4 #StarLink satellites fall back to Earth every day and they rain out aluminum oxide into the stratosphere which destroys the ozone layer. These microsatellites are more and mire problematic with every article I read.
#Musk
#pollution
#NightSky
#satellites
Starlink satellite rain threatens the atmosphere - Space and Astronomy
At least 4 come back a day and they burn, releasing metals (ANSA)Ground News
The delicate and tiny Louisiade Wooly #Bat 🦇🖤with trumpet-like 👂🎺ears is #endangered in #PapuaNewGuinea 🇵🇬 from #palmoil and #pesticide #pollution. Help save this forgotten species when you #BoycottPalmOil 🌴💀🔥🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect
Louisiade Woolly Bat Kerivoula agnella
Louisiade Woolly Bat Kerivoula agnell IUCN Red List Status: Endangered Location: The Louisiade Woolly Bat is endemic to Papua New Guinea, specifically to the islands of the Louisiade Archipelago, i…Palm Oil Detectives
Forest Rainbowfish Melanotaenia sylvatica
The Forest Rainbowfish is a radiant freshwater species found only in the remote streams of Papua New Guinea’s Upper Lakekamu Basin. With their shimmering, iridescent scales, these fish bring flashe…Palm Oil Detectives
How does Indonesia’s palm oil industry fuel the climate crisis?
Booming global demand for the vegetable oil is spurring deforestation in Indonesia. Indonesia accounts for more than half of the global palm oil supply, the world’s most widely used vegetable oil t…Palm Oil Detectives
The delicate and tiny Louisiade Wooly #Bat 🦇🖤with trumpet-like 👂🎺ears is #endangered in #PapuaNewGuinea 🇵🇬 from #palmoil and #pesticide #pollution. Help save this forgotten species when you #BoycottPalmOil 🌴💀🔥🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife
http://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/31/louisiade-woolly-bat-kerivoula-agnella/
Louisiade Woolly Bat Kerivoula agnella
Louisiade Woolly Bat Kerivoula agnell IUCN Red List Status: Endangered Location: The Louisiade Woolly Bat is endemic to Papua New Guinea, specifically to the islands of the Louisiade Archipelago, i…Palm Oil Detectives
Here's a stunning #rainbow #fish 🐠🐟🌈 in #PapuaNewGuinea's forest #rivers 🇵🇬. Forest Rainbowfish are #endangered due to #river #pollution as a result of #palmoil plantations. Help them survive and #BoycottPalmOil 🌴☠️⛔️#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect
http://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/31/forest-rainbowfish-melanotaenia-sylvatica/
Forest Rainbowfish Melanotaenia sylvatica
Forest Rainbowfish Melanotaenia sylvatica IUCN Red List Status: Endangered Location: The Forest Rainbowfish is endemic to the Upper Lakekamu Basin in south-eastern Papua New Guinea, at elevations b…Palm Oil Detectives
Orinoco Crocodile Crocodylus intermedius
The majestic Orinoco Crocodile, one of the largest crocodylian species globally, resides in the northern part of South America, particularly in Colombia and Venezuela. They inhabit diverse environm…Palm Oil Detectives
Milky Storks are wetlands-dwelling #birds of #Indonesia #Malaysia 🦢🪶🩷 They're #endangered by #deforestation #pollution and #agriculture. Boycott the brands destroying their home #BoycottPalmOil 🌴🤮🩸🔥☠️⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife
http://palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/25/milky-stork-mycteria-cinerea/
Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea
The Milky Stork is a striking wading bird native to Southeast Asia’s coastal mangroves and wetlands. Recognisable by their predominantly white plumage and contrasting black flight feathers, they pl…Palm Oil Detectives
https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8Pk
Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris
Intelligent and social Irrawaddy dolphins, also known as the Mahakam River dolphins or Ayeyarwady river dolphins have endearing faces. Only 90 to 300 are estimated to be left living in the wild. Th…Palm Oil Detectives
Indonesian mother imprisoned for protesting palm oil factory next to school
Gustina Salim Rambe appeared quietly distraught as a court on Indonesia’s main western island of Sumatra sentenced her to more than five months in prison for speaking out against the environmental damage caused by a nearby palm oil mill.Philip Jacobson (Conservation news)
Endearing and sweet-faced Irrawaddy #Dolphins face serious threats from #palmoil #pollution, fishing bycatch, tourism in S.E #Asia. Just 90-300 remain alive in the wild. Fight for them and be #vegan, #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife 💙🐬
http://palmoildetectives.com/2024/09/15/irrawaddy-dolphin-orcaella-brevirostris/
Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris
Intelligent and social Irrawaddy dolphins, also known as the Mahakam River dolphins or Ayeyarwady river dolphins have endearing faces. Only 90 to 300 are estimated to be left living in the wild. Th…Palm Oil Detectives
Insect decline in the Anthropocene: Death by a thousand cuts
Although conservation efforts have historically focused attention on protecting rare, charismatic, and endangered species, the “insect apocalypse” presents a different challenge. In addition to the…Palm Oil Detectives
New report by Thomson Reuters shows just how devastating ramping up #palmoil production in #Indonesia would be for global #climatechange 🔥🌱 #animal and #plant extinction and air #pollution. Take action when you shop and #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife
How does Indonesia’s palm oil industry fuel the climate crisis?
Booming global demand for the vegetable oil is spurring deforestation in Indonesia. Indonesia accounts for more than half of the global palm oil supply, the world’s most widely used vegetable oil t…Palm Oil Detectives
Endearing and sweet-faced Irrawaddy #Dolphins face serious threats from #palmoil #pollution, fishing bycatch, tourism in S.E #Asia. Just 90-300 remain alive in the wild. Fight for them and be #vegan, #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife 💙🐬 @palmoildetect
http://palmoildetectives.com/2024/09/15/irrawaddy-dolphin-orcaella-brevirostris/
Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris
Intelligent and social Irrawaddy dolphins, also known as the Mahakam River dolphins or Ayeyarwady river dolphins have endearing faces. Only 90 to 300 are estimated to be left living in the wild. Th…Palm Oil Detectives
#Palmoil air #pollution is a global problem. Domestic and international laws could combat it together and provide solutions. #TheAirWeShare Story via @360info_global #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife
Air Pollution from Palm Oil: A Human Rights Issue
Forest-fire haze drifting from Indonesia to neighbouring countries every dry season has eluded efforts to curb it. Land clearing by burning is prohibited in Indonesia and Malaysia. However, penalis…Palm Oil Detectives
New report by Thomson Reuters shows just how devastating ramping up #palmoil production in #Indonesia would be for global #climatechange 🔥🌱 #animal and #plant extinction and air #pollution. Take action when you shop and #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife
How does Indonesia’s palm oil industry fuel the climate crisis?
Booming global demand for the vegetable oil is spurring deforestation in Indonesia. Indonesia accounts for more than half of the global palm oil supply, the world’s most widely used vegetable oil t…Palm Oil Detectives
The Amazon River dolphins, also known as the Boto Dolphins or Amazon Pink River Dolphins are playful, curious and intelligent mammals, the largest river dolphin species in the world. Known for their stunning pink coloured skin they are endangered due to human-related threats like #palmoil, #meat and #soy #deforestation, #gold #mining and #pollution. Help them survive each time you shop and use your wallet as a weapon. Be #vegan, #Boycottpalmoil and #Boycott4Wildlife
Source: Amazon River Dolphin Inia geoffrensis — Palm Oil Detectives | Barbara Crane Navarro
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#BoycottPalmOil #deforestation #gold #meat #mining #palmoil #pollution #soy #vegan
How does Indonesia’s palm oil industry fuel the climate crisis?
Booming global demand for the vegetable oil is spurring deforestation in Indonesia. Indonesia accounts for more than half of the global palm oil supply, the world’s most widely used vegetable oil t…Palm Oil Detectives
Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris
Intelligent and social Irrawaddy dolphins, also known as the Mahakam River dolphins or Ayeyarwady river dolphins have endearing faces. Only 90 to 300 are estimated to be left living in the wild. Th…Palm Oil Detectives
Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris
Intelligent and social Irrawaddy dolphins, also known as the Mahakam River dolphins or Ayeyarwady river dolphins have endearing faces. Only 90 to 300 are estimated to be left living in the wild. Th…Palm Oil Detectives
https://wp.me/pcFhgU-8Pk
Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris
Intelligent and social Irrawaddy dolphins, also known as the Mahakam River dolphins or Ayeyarwady river dolphins have endearing faces. Only 90 to 300 are estimated to be left living in the wild. Th…Palm Oil Detectives
Playful #cetaceans Irrawaddy #Dolphins are threatened by #palmoil #pesticide #pollution in their river homes in #Indonesia #Thailand #Cambodia. Only dozens remain alive! Help them when you shop, be #vegan #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect
http://palmoildetectives.com/2024/09/15/irrawaddy-dolphin-orcaella-brevirostris/
Irrawaddy Dolphin Orcaella brevirostris
Intelligent and social Irrawaddy dolphins, also known as the Mahakam River dolphins or Ayeyarwady river dolphins have endearing faces. Only 90 to 300 are estimated to be left living in the wild. Th…Palm Oil Detectives
Latest comic: The Supreme Court ruling overturning the Chevron doctrine was largely overlooked in the wake of the debate, but possibly even more apocalyptic. In short, the Republican majority gutted the precedent that gave deference to scientists and other experts at setting regulations for air and water pollution and food safety.
#supremecourt #environment #uspol #cartoon #pollution #science #law
Cruise Ship Invasion | Hakai Magazine
Take a typical Alaska cruise and see the damage in its wake. The evidence is clear: the industry needs an overhaul.Hakai Magazine
Amazon River Dolphin Inia geoffrensis — Palm Oil Detectives | Barbara Crane Navarro
The Amazon River dolphins, also known as the Boto Dolphins or Amazon Pink River Dolphins are playful, curious and intelligent mammals, the largest river dolphin species in the world. Known for their stunning pink coloured skin they are endangered due to human-related threats like #palmoil, #meat and #soy #deforestation, #gold #mining and #pollution. Help them survive each time you shop…
Amazon River Dolphin Inia geoffrensis — Palm Oil Detectives | Barbara Crane Navarro
The Amazon River dolphins, also known as the Boto Dolphins or Amazon Pink River Dolphins are playful, curious and intelligent mammals, the largest river dolphin species in the world. Known for thei…Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News
Reading this🧵? Your blood probably contains some amount of toxic #foreverchemicals made by #3m
Enough to spike your risk of cancers & illnesses?
Without a blood test, you have no idea.
Why is their toxin running in your veins?
Well, 3M & #dupont kept the harms secret even as their toxins were incorporated into...everything.
From french fry bags to chairs.
They gaslit their own scientists.
& regularly dumped, creating toxic zones. 1/
https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story
How 3M Execs Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.ProPublica
Air pollution from palm oil deforestation is a human rights issue affecting everyone in Asia
Forest-fire haze drifting from Indonesia to neighbouring countries every dry season has eluded efforts to curb it. Land clearing by burning is prohibited in Indonesia and Malaysia. However, penalis…Palm Oil Detectives
1/ #Billionaire #Ecoterrorism
Kill off, sicken, or weaken, your own citizens & neighbors so long as you can make billions?
The ruling families say, "Fuck, yes!"
Toxic gas putting millions at risk in #MiddleEast
[& in the US, but shhh.🤫 ]
""Very disturbing. Big oil companies (#BP, #Shell, et. al) & states in the Middle East are violating the human rights of millions of people by failing to tackle air pollution from fossil fuels.
"Despite the massive human suffering, Big Oil & #petrostates carry on with business as usual with total impunity & zero accountability."
#climate #pollution #AirPollution #health
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67522413
Toxic gas putting millions at risk in Middle East, BBC finds
The UAE, hosts of the COP28 climate summit, is breaking its own ban on gas flaring, the BBC finds.By Owen Pinnell and Sarah Ibrahim (BBC News)
Happy #Newstodon Friday, a day to celebrate the journalists and publications on the #Fediverse.
This week, we're highlighting @justinmiller's deep investigation into the #pollution, corruption, and waste surrounding Greg Abbott's ever-growing #border-wall,. This is the cover story to the July/August 2023 magazine issue: https://www.texasobserver.org/abbotts-billion-dollar-barrier/
If you enjoy reading #news on Mastodon, remember to support outlets you love with donations & memberships.
#politics #HumanRights #immigration
Abbott's Billion-Dollar Barrier
Texas’ border wall is rearing its head—concerns about wildlife, public thrift, and property rights notwithstanding.Justin Miller (The Texas Observer)
U.S. to send real-time satellite and sensor data to Canada to help detect wildfires
#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe #climate #canada #USA #US
U.S. to send real-time satellite and sensor data to Canada to help detect wildfires
U.S. Department of Defense began sending real-time data to Canadian authorities FridayReuters (The Globe and Mail)
I support this movement. That stuff gets everywhere. And I never even considered the fact that it’s micro-plastic.
I swear…the stuff we humans have wrought upon this planet. 🤦🏽♂️
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-decades-old-crustaceans-coaxed-lake-mud.html
Resurrection #genomics provides molecular and phenotypic evidence of rapid adaptation to #salinization in a keystone aquatic species https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2217276120
They revived decades-old #Daphnia resting eggs from lake sediments. Tanners Lake has suffered significant salt #pollution, stemming from the widespread use of road deicing salts in its watershed.
Decades-old crustaceans coaxed from lake mud give up genetic secrets revealing evolution in action
Human actions are changing the environment at an unprecedented rate. Plant and animal populations must try to keep up with these human-accelerated changes, often by trying to rapidly evolve tolerance to changing conditions.Science X (Phys.org)