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Demonstrators dangle from skyway in protest against Cargill

Protesters against Cargill Inc.'s palm oil operations had good timing Thursday. As they dangled from a downtown Minneapolis skyway, a palm industry consortium had just reprimanded a Cargill palm oil supplier for its environmental practices in Indonesian rain forests.

Demonstrators dangle from skyway in protest against Cargill
Minnesota Star Tribune
Thursday, September 23, 2010

General Mills To Use 100% Sustainable Palm Oil - Eat Your Wheaties Without Destroying the Rainforest

Or tuck into your bowl of Cheerios happily knowing that doing so won't be helping General Mills contribute to killing orangutans and other endangered species, nor trampling on indigenous rights.

General Mills To Use 100% Sustainable Palm Oil - Eat Your Wheaties Without Destroying the Rainforest
Treehugger
Thursday, September 23, 2010

Activists Drop Banner on Grain Exchange Skyway to Call out Cargill

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Contacts: Margaret Swink, 415.720.0080
               Ashley Schaeffer, 707 391 8208 (on the ground in MN)

Free downloadable photos and b-roll available.

General Mills Moves Away From Rainforest Destruction

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Minneapolis, Minn. – America’s favorite food company, General Mills (GIS), is taking a crucial step to protect rainforests today, with the release of a new palm oil policy that limits the company’s exposure to an increasingly controversial commodity. The company’s new policy, along with previous actions to move away from problematic suppliers like Sinar Mas Group, puts them in the front of efforts by the U.S. food sector to address deforestation resulting from palm oil.

Twins vs Rangers Takes A Sudden Swing At Saving Rainforests

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Sunday, September 5, 2010

Minneapolis, Minn. – As the Twins pulled into the eighth inning of their closing home game against the Texas Rangers, the crowd was treated to a few unscheduled advertisements. Instead of Cargill’s usual announcements promoting hot dogs, a large banner, hung by activists from the Rainforest Action Network (RAN), was unfurled from behind home plate, making Cargill’s usual advertisement change to read “Cargill Destroys Rainforests.” Fans started chattering in the stands as the banner was held until stadium officials asked activists to take it down. No one was arrested.

SF Activists Mark Katrina Anniversary with Big Oil protest

After playing dead on top of oil-black plastic sheets outside a Chevron office, protesters marched through downtown San Francisco on Monday to denounce “oil addiction” on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, as the U.S. Gulf Coast recovers from its more recent disaster.

SF Activists Mark Katrina Anniversary with Big Oil protest
Reuters
Monday, August 30, 2010

Banks Make a Shift Toward Greener Lending

Blasting off mountaintops to reach coal in Appalachia or churning out millions of tons of carbon dioxide to extract oil from sand in Alberta are among environmentalists’ biggest industrial irritants. But they are also legal and lucrative.

Banks Make a Shift Toward Greener Lending
New York Times
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

New RAN Executive Director Seeks to Pry Polluters Away From Washington

"I see myself as deepening the work that RAN is already doing well — and really making the link between forests and climate."
—Rebecca Tarbotton

With a childhood spent hiking the wilderness of British Columbia, Rebecca Tarbotton, 37, caught the eco-activism bug early in life.

Though she spent nearly a decade community organizing in far-off India, Tarbotton always felt a "deep desire" to ensure that forests in her native Canada were "maintained in a healthy way," she says.

Now she has a shot.

New RAN Executive Director Seeks to Pry Polluters Away from Washington
Solve Climate
Friday, August 27, 2010

Green group slams Cargill over SMART palm oil

Environmentalists on Friday criticized a decision by agribusiness giant Cargill Inc to continue buying palm oil from Indonesian firm PT Smart Tbk after SMART received a mixed score in a green audit.

Greenpeace has alleged in its reports that SMART -- which is controlled by Indonesia's Widjaja family, owners of the Sinar Mas conglomerate -- cleared forests in Kalimantan without completing the proper paperwork and destroyed carbon-rich peatlands.

Green Group Slams Cargill over SMART palm oil
Reuters
Friday, August 27, 2010

Banks Toughen Lending Rules to Coal, PNC & UBS Still Bucking the Trend

“We’re the greenest bank in the business,” claims Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based PNC bank (PNC:US) on its web site. “We’re a company committed to lighting the path to a greener way of doing business and a greener way of life.”

Banks Toughen Lending Rules to Coal, PNC & UBS Still Bucking the Trend
Solve Climate
Friday, August 27, 2010
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