Raising a ruckus about agrofuels at the Chicago Board of Trade 7

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   mleonard Posted 10:09 am
   11 Oct 2007

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   -Matt

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   Karen Lee Orr Posted 12:13 pm
   11 Oct 2007

   Don't let agrobusiness destroy the rainforestThe Rainforest Action Network's new Rainforest Agribusiness Campaign is letting ADM, Bunge and Cargill know that destroying the world's rainforests for profit won't fly.
   Tell the CEOs of these companies that agrobusiness as usual must end.  You can send a message to the CEOs here ~
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   GreyFlcn Posted 12:14 pm
   11 Oct 2007

   While I agree with the messageWhile I agree with the message. There's more influencial ways they could deliver it.
   
   http://youtube.com/watch?v=RBqFAJmonRU
   Kind of disappointing actually.

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   Tom Philpott Posted 12:56 pm
   11 Oct 2007

   Not sure i agree, greyThey made the front page of the Trib, didn't they?
   
   Victual Reality

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   Biodiversivist Posted 1:42 am
   12 Oct 2007

   Man, that took ballsWe need more of this. Every gallon of vegetable oil diverted from the food chain to a car has to be made up somewhere and the only land left to plow sits under a biodiverse carbon sink.
   
   In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world

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   GreyFlcn Posted 5:32 am
   13 Oct 2007

   PerhapsNot sure I agree, grey
   
   They made the front page of the Trib, didn't they?
   
   But the problem is getting them to be taken seriously.
   I don't believe this serves that purpose.
   The FOCUS should be on changing the oppinions of large "environmental lobbying groups".
   
   And our public and private leaders.
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   I think this is similar to that Patreus ad, where the story was more about the audacity of what they did, rather than the substance behind it.

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   GreyFlcn Posted 5:41 am
   13 Oct 2007

   FranklyYou aren't going to shame shameless companies.
   
   That tactic just doesn't work.
   If shame was their approach, they'd do far better to shame NRDC or GreenPeace for their support of biofuels.
   Highly public organizations that actually care whether or not they are perceived as "green".

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