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Once You Lop, You Just Can't Stop
Food companies damaging climate through deforestation, says new report |
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08 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 9:12 AM on 08 Nov 2007 The makers of such familiar products as Pringles, KitKat, and Philadelphia cream cheese are contributing to deforestation and climate change, says a new report from Greenpeace. Companies like Unilever, Kraft, and Nestle use palm oil from Indonesia in their products. And guess what happens in Indonesia when the palm-oil peddlers come calling? Virgin forests ar ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, business, climate, deforestation, food, greenhouse-gas emissions, Indonesia (all these topics) |
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