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Reject and Protect
A Major Anti-Keystone Protest, And Other Important Climate Stories
This year’s Earth Day coincides with the start of a week-long protest against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline that promise a “bold and creative” instance of civil disobedience. The Cowboy and Indian Alliance (CIA), a group of ranchers, farmers and indigenous leaders from along the pipeline route, will ride into Washington, DC and host an encampment on the National Mall, culminating Saturday in a 5,000-person ceremonial walk by the Capitol. The protest is called “Reject and Protect.”
Just last week, the State Department announced that it is delaying its decision on whether to construct the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. And while many pipeline supporters claim there are good reasons to think it was a politically motivated choice, according to Climate Progress, there are also “actual complications standing in the way of the pipeline’s imminent approval or rejection.”
In honor of Earth Day, here are some other top climate stories:
- Let’s Rename Earth Day. Affection for our planet is misdirected and unrequited. We need to focus on saving ourselves.
- The New Abolitionism. Averting planetary disaster will mean forcing fossil fuel companies to give up at least $10 trillion in wealth, writes Chris Hayes.
- Because Of Tar Sands, Energy Is Now Canada’s Biggest Greenhouse Gas Source. The Canadian tar sands are the key ingredient for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Canada is unlikely to achieve its 2020 climate pollution reduction goal, while the U.S. is on track to meet the same reduction target.
- Two Degrees: How The World Failed On Climate Change. By 2009, the world agreed that it shouldn’t let average global temperatures rise more than 2°C above those before the dawn of industrialization. Now, that goal looks increasingly delusional.
- Not a Single Republican Has Mentioned Earth Day in Congress Since 2010. Two reporters mine the Congressional Record for partisanship on environmental matters.
- Four Years After The BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, The Gulf Of Mexico Is Still Suffering. The spill has led to increased erosion off the Louisiana coast and has destroyed existing habitats for nesting birds.
- Keystone Pipeline May Be Big, But This Is Bigger. The Keystone pipeline would significantly boost climate pollution. But soon-to-be-proposed E.P.A. rules to limit climate pollution from power plants and heavy trucks, and treaty talks to get other nations to do the same, also have the potential to determine President Obama’s environmental legacy.
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Pepsico and Deforestation
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PepsiCo is the largest globally distributed snack food company in the world. PepsiCo products such as Cheetos, Doritos, and Lay’s potato chips are sold in over 200 countries in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Africa. If we can change PepsiCo, it will have a ripple effect on the global palm oil industry. Note: If action link doesn’t work in your browser, use this instead. When we launched our Snack Food 20 campaign over a year ago, PepsiCo was one of the companies that RAN called on to clean up its palm oil supply chain. In the year since, its peers like Mars, Kellogg’s, Unilever, and General Mills have made new commitments to cut Conflict Palm Oil. Meanwhile, PepsiCo has lagged behind and is now the largest and most influential of the companies yet to adopt a policy to eliminate deforestation and human rights violations from its products. PepsiCo’s irresponsible practice of allowing large-scale deforestation in pursuit of a few extra pennies has huge impacts. With a whopping 457,200 metric tons of palm oil used every year, PepsiCo is one of the largest consumers of Conflict Palm Oil in the snack food sector. That’s why we at RAN have pushed hard for the company to adopt a global palm oil procurement policy — and we’re not alone. PepsiCo’s culpability in forest destruction has also made it a target for Showtime’s new series with Harrison Ford, “Years of Living Dangerously.” Last night the show’s deforestation episode showcased the devastation caused by Conflict Palm Oil and other exploitation, helping to bring this issue to millions of viewers. Now the YEARS project is calling on PepsiCo CEO Ms. Indra Nooyi to answer questions about PepsiCo’s role in deforestation. With this kind of exposure, it’s time for us to raise our voice together and make sure that PepsiCo hears from every one of us. Now is the time, so please add your name here to join RAN, Years of Living Dangerously, and thousands of people around the world demanding change at PepsiCo. We are on the verge of a tipping point – both within the palm oil sector, and for the planet as a whole. It’s time to take action. Together, we can send the message that PepsiCo must end forest destruction and eliminate Conflict Palm Oil.
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With massive reach and absolutely no attention to where its palm oil is sourced from, PepsiCo is driving breakneck deforestation around the globe to supply the world with chips, cookies, and granola bars.
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