Even as the results of last month’s election were coming in, world leaders were gathered in Marrakech to take the next steps on strong climate action under the United Nation’s Paris Agreement. One of the aims of the international climate summit was to agree on a process and timeline for implementing the Agreement, which aims to limit global temperature increases and strengthen the ability for countries to respond to the impacts of climate change. Countries agreed to complete this process by 2018, but much hard work remains over the next two years to get the Paris plan over the finish line. And while the United States has been a leader on tackling climate change under the Obama administration, the outcome of last month’s elections has raised serious doubts about continued US commitment to the international efforts. READ MORE
This is breaking information has been revealed thanks to a field investigation conducted by Rainforest Action Network. We have discovered proof that the area known as the Tripa peatland in the Leuser Ecosystem is being systematically destroyed for cheap Conflict Palm Oil.
The video above is actual footage of Conflict Palm Oil excavators tearing down key orangutan habitat. Our investigation found that palm oil fruit produced by PT. Dua Perkasa Lestari, a controversial company that has been driving the destruction and burning of Tripa for years, was sold to a nearby mill that has supplied to palm oil giants Wilmar and Golden-Agri Resources (GAR).
We have already placed into motion a swift action plan targeting these key influential palm oil traders — the CEOs of both Wilmar and GAR — as well as encouraging the government of Indonesia to intervene. Our Palm Oil Action Team is in full swing, but this urgent crisis calls for extra measures — we need need to secure further research, campaign, and coordination funding to snuff out this crisis as soon as possible. We cannot let this critical habitat and carbon storage area be drained, bulldozed, and forever lost due to Conflict Palm Oil. Please make whatever possible tax-deductible donation today to secure the future of the Tripa peatland.
Long Live the Leuser,
Chelsea
Chelsea Matthews
Forest Campaigner
Rainforest Action Network
http://www.ran.org/
Have you noticed that ALL of the #trumpteam answers keep getting muddier, the swamp is definitely getting filled with a whole lot of #trumpteam but is it #familyties,fast furious talk and fancy footwork.
In an interview with the New York Times, Trump appeared to shift his stance on at least three major issues. As for giving control of his businesses to his children, he said he is working on it but doesn’t have to: “The law’s totally on my side; the president can’t have a conflict of interest.”
Chelsea Matthews
working on it but doesn’t have to: “The law’s totally on my side; the president can’t have a conflict of interest.”
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