Archive for March 19th, 2010
Nestle says it drops palm oil supplier after Greenpeace report
Greenhouse Neutral Foundation Comment:- Although on the surface this statement from Nestle following the report of its palm oil consumption by Greenpeace is a positive outcome, (See Here) it begs the question if the statement made by Reuters below, that Sinar Mas is Indonesia’s biggest palm oil producer and the second biggest in the world, [...]
Posted: March 19th, 2010 under General, Nature.
Tags: activism, Palm Oil, Rainforest destruction, species extinction
Comments: 2
Greenpeace reveal that Nestlé are driving rainforest destruction pushing orangutans to brink of extinction
GREENPEACE STATEMENT – Nestlé, maker of Kit Kat, uses palm oil from companies that are trashing Indonesian rainforests, threatening the livelihoods of local people and pushing orang-utans towards extinction. We all deserve to have a break – but having one shouldn’t involve taking a bite out of Indonesia’s precious rainforests. We’re asking Nestlé to give [...]
Posted: March 19th, 2010 under Action Needed, General.
Tags: activism, industry, Palm Oil, species extinction
Comments: 2
Methane May Be Building Under Antarctic Ice
BALTIMORE — Microbes living under ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland could be churning out large quantities of the greenhouse gas methane, a new study suggests. In recent years scientists have learned that liquid water lurks under much of Antarctica’s massive ice sheet, and so, they say, the potential microbial habitat in this watery world [...]
Posted: March 19th, 2010 under Climate Change, General, Nature, Tipping Points.
Tags: Antarctica, catastrophic climate change, Climate Change, global warming, greenland, icesheet loss, methane, methane clathrates, Tipping Points
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Reflecting on the roots of our activism.
In recent days with the harsh reality brought home once more that activism and change costs money, I have reflected on past actions against the odds. Donate a dollar or two to the FIGHTING FUND to keep our VOICE ALIVE. Where we started and why we did. We will over the coming weeks and months [...]
Posted: March 19th, 2010 under Action Needed, Foundation News, General.
Tags: Foundation, Pacific Gaia, plastic pollution, plastics
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