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There is no chance of achieving global ancient forest protection, climate stabilization and ecological sustainability until RAN and other ancient forest logging apologists follow Friends of the Earth in withdrawing from the Forest Stewardship Council and uniting to work to end ancient forest logging TAKE ACTION!

PRESS/SOCIAL MEDIA RELEASE Major victory for Ecological Internet's campaign to end ancient forest logging as key response to climate and biodiversity crises By Earth's Newsdesk, a project of Ecological Internet Dr.

Here's a video from the Rainforest Action Network on yesterday's protest against Dominion in Wise County, Virginia: In addition, check out the schedule for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network's Wise Energy Tour in Northern Virginia.

The Beginning We woke up at 3:30am, but few of us had slept the night before. You’d think we’d be groggy, but the adrenaline and excitement propelled us into action. By 5:30am two trucks holding steel barrels reading “good jobs, healthy communities: we deserve a clean energy future” and “prosperity without poison” pulled into the rendezvous point.

Press/Social Media Release Rainforest Action Network greenwashes destruction of half of Ontario, Canada's boreal forests; despite lack of any detail regarding vague promised protections, and without scientific findings that doing so is ecologically sufficient By Earth's Newsdesk, a project of Ecological Internet Dr.

Saturated with Controversy Activists want us to know that palm oil is contributing to the destruction of the rain forest. While it’s generally acknowledged that eating beef can contribute to the destruction of rain forests, there is a totally vegan foodstuff that has recently come under fire for also damaging the tropical forests—Oreos.

The palm oil crisis has had another big break. In terms of coverage, at least. Fortune magazine's "Eco-police Find New Target: Oreos," by Marc Gunther, re-alerts the masses that . . . "The link between the supermarket shelf, climate change and shrinking rainforests is palm oil, a controversial

The palm oil crisis has had another big break. In terms of coverage, at least. Fortune magazine's "Eco-police Find New Target: Oreos," by Marc Gunther, re-alerts the masses that . . . "The link between the supermarket shelf, climate change and shrinking rainforests is palm oil, a controversial

Not only is the world flat, it is amazingly interconnected. Who would have thought that Oreos or Cheez-Its could contribute to deforestation and global warming? Today’s Sustainability column at fortune.com and cnnmoney.com looks at palm oil, the commodity that connects hundreds of products on supermarket shelves to the disappearing tropical forests of Malaysia and Indonesia.

I am currently stuck at the car shop, having been towed here this morning. Over my shoulder, the TV is blaring day time game show, Price is Right in between ads for term life policies, diabetes mail order drugs, hemorrhoid medication, and Ex Lax. Clearly, I am the wrong demographic.