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Speak out against slavery
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Over the past months, I’ve been working on a report documenting the practices of Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad (KLK), one of the most notorious producers of Conflict Palm Oil on the planet. I knew when I started that KLK’s practices were devastating, but nothing could have prepared me for what RAN has uncovered.
The sheer magnitude of the abuse that KLK has engaged in—from destruction of pristine tropical forest in Indonesia, to attempted land grabs from Indigenous communities in remote areas of the island of Papua New Guinea, to outright slavery and child labor—was shocking.
The expanse of this egregious behavior is breathtaking. And unfortunately, due to the murky world of palm oil traders and suppliers, KLK is able to continue to operate with absolute impunity while major traders like Cargill continue to purchase the palm oil it produces to sell to food manufacturers in the United States and around the world.
As long as Cargill continues to purchase Conflict Palm Oil, no questions asked, from reprehensible companies like KLK, KLK and its peers have absolutely no motivation to change. Why stop using child labor or stealing land when nobody is holding them accountable?
This has to change, and it will with your help.
Cargill needs to implement a responsible palm oil sourcing policy that blacklists any company that produces Conflict Palm Oil and engages in horrific human rights abuses immediately. Time is running out. Cargill is lagging behind other traders that have realized that business as usual is no longer tenable.
Please send your message to Cargill’s new CEO. It’s crucial that Cargill hears from you.
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Robin Averbeck
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Restore Our National Parks
Our national parks have seen several years of cuts and declining funds. President Obama recently introduced the Centennial Initiative to restore national parks, but it needs Congressional support.
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Tell Congress: Restore Our National Parks
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If you eat chicken … by Phyllis McKelvey via Change.org
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I have 44 years of experience working in the poultry industry including as a chicken inspector. I saw meat covered in feces and worse come through my plant every day. Because of trained government inspectors like myself, this meat was kept from ever reaching anyone’s plate. Now, the USDA is about to make a decision that could stop government inspectors like me, leaving regulation of the chicken industry to the private companies themselves. This could allow for unsanitary chickens to be accidentally approved by rushed workers without important safety oversight. As a mother, grandmother, and retired chicken inspector, I can’t sit back and watch. I started a petition on Change.org asking the USDA to keep contaminants off of chicken by rejecting the poultry industry’s demands for fewer regulations. Click here now to sign. USDA inspectors are crucial to ensuring safe chicken meat, and the poultry industry wants to reduce the amount of time they’re given to inspect chicken to a fraction of a second. I know from experience that not being able to inspect the full carcass means dangerously contaminated birds are often approved by rushed inspectors. Earlier this year, a concerned mom started a petition on Change.org asking the USDA to stop using low-grade meat product in school lunches, and she won. I know that if enough people sign my petition, the USDA won’t bow to the chicken industry’s dangerous requests — it’s important to act now, because they could make a decision soon. Thank you for your support. Phyllis McKelvey P.S. Notice anything different? We just rolled out a redesigned website — we hope you like it! We’re proud to be the world’s largest petition platform, empowering you (and 20 million other people!) to make the change you want to see. Click here to read more about who we are, and here to read about how we keep our tools completely free for people like you. |
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Stand up to ALEC
Access to affordable healthcare should be every American’s right. That’s what Healthcare Reform is for. Unfortunately, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is using “pay-to-play” politics to kill reform and its benefits.
Again and again, ALEC has demonstrated its obsession with putting corporate profits before American lives. It’s now lobbying lawmakers to repeal the ACA and replace it with laws that enrich drug companies at our expense.
Tell your state legislators to stop ALEC’s anti-healthcare attacks!
http://Action.StandUpToAlec.org
Lawmakers ought to serve the voters that elected them, not out-of-state interests and corporations. We need to stop ALEC from stealing our voices and stand up for the future of our country.
Let your state legislators know that the time is now to fight for Americans’ access to affordable healthcare.
http://Action.StandUpToAlec.org
Thanks for all that you do.
–Marisol
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