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  1. ⁨⁨Aufruf für den #3Oktober!

    Klar, diese #Menschenkette ist nicht mehr, aber auch nicht weniger als ein symbolischer Akt für unsere #Zukunft.

    Zeigt, dass wir in der #Gesellschaft viele sind, die nicht hinnehmen, dass alles Liebens- & Lebenswerte in #Natur und auf diesem #Planet in der #Klimakrise verdorrt – wortwörtlich: #EsBrennt! – und durch fossile Auspuffe oder Kamine gejagt wird.🔥

    Wir fordern: #Grundgesetz einhalten! Auch in #BadenWürttemberg. @RegierungBW & @GrueneES
    , die Duldung der #Solvay-Schweinerei & #SF6-Emissionen ist pures #Greenwashing und torpediert #Klimaschutz in der #Landespolitik!

    #VorfahrtFürDieBasis #Gruene #Stuttgart #Kirchheim #Biodiesel #Verkehrswende #BaWü #LetzteGeneration #Journalismus #Waldbrand #BaWü #Umwelt #Gesundheit #Fediverse #Mastodon

  2. Der Quellwasserbetrieb von Anglo American – #Kupfer, #Nachhaltigkeit und Risiko im Hochland #Bergbau #Moquegua #Greenwashing
    Der Quellwasserbetrieb in #Peru sichert im Projekt Quellaveco die Wasserversorgung für die Kupferförderung unter strengen Umweltauflagen. Dieses Erfolgsprodukt treibt den Kurs der #AngloAmerican Aktien. Im Mittelpunkt steht ein technisches System aus Brunnen, Sammelbecken und Leitungen, das #Wasser aus der Umgebung erfasst und aufbereitet.
    ad-hoc-news.de/boerse/news/ueb

  3. RE: mastodon.social/@Ruhrnalist/11

    Was könnten wir alles erreichen, wenn wir eine @Bundesregierung hätten, die die Lenkungswirkung von Preissteuerung regulär auch jenseits von eratischen "Krisen"-Entwicklungen nutzen würde, um ihre #Klimaschutz-Ziele zu erreichen? Also mit ordentlicher Bepreisung von #fossilfuels über #ETS und hohe #Kerosinsteuer, Einbeziehung von Luftverkehr nicht nur über #greenwashing wie #corsia, extra-Abgaben für #Kurzfstreckenflüge, u.v.a.???
    #Flyless #dontfly #Klimakiller #Fliegen #Staygrounded #AmBodenBleiben #Unter1000machichsnicht

  4. #handsoff2025 Protest today!!!!! Join up with others to say #HandsOff our democracy and fight for your freedom!!!! Find Your LOCAL PROTEST HERE; mobilize.us/handsoff/

    #UnplugTrump #PuckFutin #democracy #freedom #freespeech #life_liberty_happiness #betheblizzard #theavalancheofjustice #capitalism #CapitalismIsADeathCult #CapitalismKills #SurveillanceCapitalism #deforestation #DrillBabyDrill #deforestation #DefundDeforestation #DefundExtinction #progressive #TransRights #FreeSpeechTv #america #americans #americana #defiance #truth #TruthToPower #truth2power #protest #protests #theflagisforthepeople #eagle #pollution #corporations #corporations_are_not_your_friends #NoisePollution #ClimatePollution #thereisnoplanetb #fiftyfiftyone #VoteWithYourWallet #boycott #boycottusa #UnplugTrump #ElonMusk #elonmuskisanazi #gofuck_elonmusk #PutinIsAWarCriminal #PutinWarCriminal #putin #enviroment #enviromental #TheEnviromentExcuse #FreeMedicareForAll #peace #PeaceNow #PeaceTalks #PeaceLink #PrayForUkraine #fascism #NoFascism #fascismo #fascisme #Ukraine #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #_ukraine #Russia #russian #russiaToday #climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #greed #CapitalistGreed #PharmaGreed #FearandGreedIndex #bigpharma #peaceonearth #tariffs #tarrif #Tariff #slavery #minimumwage #minimumwageraiseplz #Aristocrat #RunawayAristocrat #aristocrat #HumanRights #HumanRightsDay #media4humanrights #portugal4humanrights #usa #usa2025 #ușa #northcarolina #northcarolina1stcongressionaldistrict #northcarolina8thdistrict #northcarolina1st #DonaldTrump #UkraineIsOurFriend #trump #trumptariffs #newyork #rejectproject2025 #project2025 #project_2025 #project2025cansuckit #2025project #2025reads #election2025 #revision2025 #eatthe1percent #EatTheRich #EatTheRichs #eatREADsleep #bird #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #birding #wildlife #nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLovers #NatureArtist #WildlifePhotography #WildlifeWednesday #WildlifeMurals #mouse #reptiles #MarineReptiles #SquamateReptiles #reptile #ReptileWorld #ReptileLovers #ReptileDatabase #boycott #Boycott4Wildlife #boycott4widlife #BoycottGold4Yanomami #boycott4palestine #ChildLabor #freespeech #freespeech4all #freespeech2 #tree #trees #tree_magic #TreeTime #déforestation #DefundDeforestation #amphibians #amphibian #AmphibiansOfInstagram #instagram #_instagram #facebook #FacebookFeed #FacebookFeed #twitter #TwitterMigration #twitter2 #Hippie #beachHippie #beach #BeachTown #BeachTravel #BeachCamping #google #degoogle #GooglePixel #GooglePlay #GoogleGo #yahoo #exclude_applenews_and_yahoo #degoogling #degooglenow #diversity #BioDiversity #DiversityEquityInclusion #DiversityMatters #censorship #Queer #QueerRights #QueerInkSquad #QueerWriters #NeuroDivergent #NeurodivergentWellbeing #NeurodivergentMood #NeurodivergentThinking #autism #AutismSpectrumDisorder #AutismPride #neurospicy #neurotypical #disabled #DisabledArtist #DisabledMastodon #lgbtq #lgbtqia #LGBTQIA2S #lgbtq_plus #lgbtqAlly #StraightAlly #lgbtqia2 #lgbtqia2a #straight #gardener #GardenJoy #forest #ForestTrails #ForestWhitaker #forest_deepness #forest #foresttherapy #therapy #leaf #leafLitter #sexuality #gender #GenderEquality #GenderPayGap #GenderVerbot #dirt #cloudflare #FascistGOP #gop #native #NativeAmerican #NativeAmericans #NativeBirds #insectpopulationdecline #insect #insects #InsectID #bug #bug2038 #black #peopleofcolor #eatlocal #macdonalds #camp #camping #ElderAbuse #elder #old #OldBuildings #conservation #OceanConservation #science #ScienceMastodon #OpenScience #OpenSource #mastodon #mastodonsocial #MastodonTips #lake #LakeErie #LakeCity #river #HudsonRiver #RiverSoul #river_plate #prairie #PrairieLife #pinetree #oldgrowthtree #ocean #OceanBeach #OceanHealth #flowers #WildFlowers #DailyFlowers #sky #SkyTonight #skype #discord #FuckDiscord #DiscordServer #DisneyboundingDiscord #ubuntu #UbuntuLinux #linux #linuxmint #linux_gaming #linuxgaming #GreenwashingKills #GreenWashing #furry #FurryArtist #furryart #furryfandom #totoabafish #VaquitaCPR #vaquita #fish #fishing #FishArt #FishCrow #MarineMammal #NativeMammal #mammal #StopPrimateShipments #primate #animalrights #NaturesRights #transrightsarehumanrights #TransRightsAreHumanRights #transrightsreadathon #transrights #lesbian #LesbianVisibilityWeek #LesbianArt #SydneyGayandLesbianMardiGras #gay #gayMAN #GayPride #GayMastodon #intersex #IntersexRights #IntersexAwareness #TransAndIntersexPrideDublin #asexual #AsexualPride #pride #asexuality #BoycottExxon #verizon

  5. 🧦♻️ Ich bin schon länger auf der Suche nach nachhaltigen Socken. Da dachte ich, dass diese Socken es wären, doch ich habe meine Zweifel, da mir da eher #Greenwashing in den Sinn kommt.

    Kennt ihr nachhaltige Socken? Ich brauche welche…

    youtube.com/shorts/qakeVo8wPG0

    #Nachhaltigkeit #SlowFashion #Kompostierbar #RoicaV550 #Textilindustrie #EcoFashion #Umweltbewusst #Plastikfrei #FairFashion #SockenCheck

  6. #Studie: #Seedbombs sind schlecht für die Umwelt - #Mogelpackung Seedbomb!
    Für ihre Studie „Schmetterlingswiese, #Bienenschmaus und #Hummelmagnet#Insektenrettung aus der #Samentüte“ nahmen die Autoren Corinne Buch und Dr. Armin Jagel des Bochumer #Botanischen Vereins e. V. die kleinen Tütchen genauer unter die Lupe. Für ihre Untersuchungen fotografierten die Autoren die Samen der #Saatgutmischungen. Anschließend säten, bestimmten und dokumentierten sie fotografisch die sich daraus entwickelnden Keimlinge und #Pflanzen. Das Ergebnis der Studie ist ernüchternd und alarmierend zugleich. So hat das Aussäen weitreichende, aber leider nicht die beabsichtigten Folgen. #greenwashing
    #Beewashing #Wildbienen #Honigbienen #Bienen #Hummel
    #Garten #Balkonien #Balkon #Stadtgrün #blumen #Wildpflanzen #Wildblumen #biodiversität #natürlich #Natur #frühling #sommer #Sähen #Wiese #Wildblumenwiese #bienenweide

    myhomebook.de/service/seedbomb

  7. Blog: Voices of #Decolonization

    #FirstNations chiefs shouldn’t be duped by the ‘#nuclear-is-green' deception

    by William Eric Altvater, February 6, 2025

    "Some First Nation Chiefs are victims of shenanigans, not unlike the swindle behind the purchase of Manhattan. The federal government needs the support of #Indigenous peoples to expand nuclear power generation capacity in #Canada.

    "For millennia, the cornerstones of the Indigenous people that inhabit Turtle Island, now known as North America, held all that is essential to life, in reverence. Every decision considered the next 7 generations. These cornerstones are crumbling.

    "Newcomers, armed with the #Colonizing tool, 'The #DoctrineOfDiscovery' and their mentality of superiority, invaded the land of those they called 'Savages,' almost totally exterminating #Skicinuwok, People of The Earth.

    "Determined to bestow Christianity and civility to this wild untamed population, old growth forests were cut, rivers and streams were dammed to power sawmills, roads and railroads were built, bridges erected. All to create an infrastructure for #capitalism, a system to make a #profit, that morphed into #greed, a word of foreign root. This unbridled desire for progress has ruined what was once called Paradise.

    "Now most water is not fit to drink, clean air is scarce, #deforestation is rampant, #biodiversity loss out of control, plants genetically modified, food manufactured with unpronounceable chemicals, caged fish starved of oxygen while being fed chicken feathers and pig parts, cancer cases in the millions, the list goes on.

    "As the population increased over this continent the available sources for power generation have not been able to satisfy the insatiable desires of the 'bigger, better, faster, more is never enough' mentality. Some have finally acknowledged the fact that #FossilFuels are not the golden egg they were once deemed to be.

    "So-called '#GreenEnergy' is required to slow the blind drive to extinction of man; man, who is considered by some to be the most intelligent creature to ever roam Earth. Unfortunately, the lure of riches and the corruption of self-serving purposes have led man to stray from practices that nurture everything required to sustain life on this tiny blue marble floating through the universe.

    "#NuclearPower is now being touted as being 'Green.' It is not. Big money corporations are lobbying legislators to convince them and the public that it is. They are also lobbying to convince the public that they should foot the bill in the form of taxes and rate hikes, for a process that pollutes from the day it starts. Water is life. As soon as #uranium is mined from the earth it begins to contaminate the water in surrounding aquifers.

    "When the uranium is processed sufficiently, it is used as fuel for reactors where it generates heat while delivering electricity, not just for essential needs, but also for many things once considered luxuries. This fission generated heat is then dumped into nearby waters where it kills thousands, if not millions of small beings that form the basis of life itself.

    "After this radioactive fuel is depleted, it is stored in various containers where it will stay radioactive for eons. Indigenous #Grandmothers have labelled it 'Forever Dangerous.'

    "The power generated during the fission process benefits only those who exist today as the process occurs, not those born tomorrow or next week or next month. All the #RadioactiveWaste and the inherent danger it creates is left to future generations, kicking the can down the road.

    "What better place to dump this waste than in an area with a population that has witnessed Newcomers enrich themselves for hundreds of years? Yes, what better place than a population that has been targeted for assimilation, suffered theft of lands, witnessed the taking of naturally bestowed rights? A population that has been subjected to racial Indian Act legislation essentially stripping away all that sustained this population for thousands of years.

    "Yes, let us give the Indians some more shiny beads and trinkets so that they willingly agree to care for our radioactive garbage. How do we do this? Let’s talk to the Chief and Council. Let’s wine and dine them. Let’s give them some money, take them to dinner, buy some drinks and make them feel all festive and most of all make them think we are looking out for their best interests. Some Chiefs have taken the bait.

    "Egregious as it may be, this is exactly what is happening in some Indigenous communities contrary to the will of the majority. Elected Chiefs are continuing the deception as they are blinded and professing the 'Nuclear is Green' mantra. They have lost connection with the Spirit of Ancestors and traditional values. They need to have a serious introspection and realize that looking forward, we need only look back at what has sustained us to this point in time. We need not do any more than that."

    Eric lives in #PeskotomuhkatiNation territory in Maine and stands shoulder to shoulder with his Peskotomuhkati relations in #NewBrunswick in the struggle to achieve Canadian Government recognition.

    wabanakireach.org/first_nation
    #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #UraniumMining #UraniumMilling #LeaveItInTheGround #Greenwashing #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #NuclearIsNotGreen #CanadaPol #NuclearWaste #NuclearIndustry #TEPCOLies #HoltecLies #NuclearColonialism

  8. Still reeling from #PFAS spill, #BrunswickMaine residents push back on plans for #sludge treatment plant

    by AnnMarie Hilton, Tue, January 28, 2025

    "Brunswick resident Sandra Carslick said she and her neighbors have been living in a 'bad dream' for the five months since 1,600 gallons of toxic foam spilled so-called forever chemicals at the already contaminated former Naval Air Station nearby.

    "At a Brunswick Town Council meeting on Monday night, Carslick said that bad dream could soon become residents’ 'worst nightmare,' if the town reopens a processing site for chemical-laden [#Biosolids] sludge from sewer treatment plants across Maine, and potentially beyond.

    "The residents were responding to plans from Delaware-based #ViridiEnergy to update and expand #BrunswickLanding’s anaerobic digester, which converts sewage sludge — also referred to as #biosolids — into renewable natural gas and byproducts that get sent to landfills.

    "During Monday’s presentation to the town council, company representatives explained how the facility would work and what local residents could expect. Several councilors said they would like to see additional data before deciding, but some already expressed concerns that the project isn’t right for Brunswick, particularly at this time. Members of the public also spoke for more than an hour, overwhelmingly concerned about the project and its potential to bring more #HarmfulChemicals into the area.
    "The town is still dealing with the accidental discharge last summer of #firefighting foam containing #perfluoroalkyl and #polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as #PFAS, at a hangar at #BrunswickExecutiveAirport, which is also situated at Brunswick Landing.

    "The spill has prompted environmental and public health concerns over the PFAS, which have been linked to serious long-term health problems including #cancer, weakened #immune systems, developmental issues, and more. Since it started surveying and reviewing the material in the late 1980s, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [#EPA] has found more than 700 chemicals in sewage sludge, including PFAS.

    "Chet Benham, a senior advisor and one of the founders of Viridi, tried to address those concerns during the meeting, telling residents the facility will operate according to all state and local requirements. He said there are protocols to prevent spills of the sludge that will move through the closed-loop facility.

    "'We feel really, really good about it,' Benham said. 'We wouldn’t be standing here before you if we didn’t.' [Typical #Greenwashing #Bullshit]

    "According to Viridi’s plan, the facility would take in about 85,000 tons of biosolids per year, which would be processed into renewable natural gas that would feed into Maine Natural Gas. About 10,000 tons of solid material byproduct would be sent from the plant to the #JuniperRidgeLandfill in Old Town. Over the course of the discussion, it came to light that Viridi would also likely bring in sludge from outside of Maine in order to run their facility at full capacity."

    Read more:
    news.yahoo.com/news/still-reel
    #WaterIsLife #PenobscotRiver #PenobscotNation #AndroscogginRiver #CascoBay

  9. 🔴 Alarma per #terrorismefossil: #Repsol, el principal grup contaminant de matriu espanyola, amenaça de reprendre les seves accions terroristes contra el clima a #Líbia aliat amb altres cèl·lules actives d'#Equinor #TotalEnergies i altres fanàtics del #greenwashing eleconomista.es/energia/notici

  10. The #PerigordAtlantique Petrofuture map... #Bordeaux when the ice caps melt.

    Each of the 11 #Petrofuture France series is a comment on #greenwashing, nostalgia, and propaganda--showing the coastlines when the ice caps melt, layered on top of the vintage gas station map.

    #ClimateChange #SeaRise

  11. Federal Judge #DianeHumetewa, #Hopi, is First to Halt Interior Sec. #DebHaaland's #Lithium Drilling Permits in #Native #Ceremonial Places

    By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Sept. 18, 2024

    "Federal Judge Diane Humetewa, Hopi, is the first federal judge to halt the lithium permits being given out by Interior Sec. Deb Haaland. Humetewa granted a temporary restraining order halting an Australian company's lithium drilling at #Hualapai's Sacred Spring.

    "Now, U.S. District Judge Humetewa will rule on whether to make it permanent. Humetewa is the first to ask attorneys to submit arguments concerning the federal laws that protect historic and archaeological sites and the environment.

    "Judge Humetewa gave lawyers on both sides until next Tuesday to summarize their arguments and more specifically respond to questions she asked about the government’s compliance with the #NationalHistoricPreservationAct and the #NationalEnvironmentalPolicyAct.

    "#Biden's Justice Dept attorneys joined the drillers in court to argue for the drilling to proceed. And the #NavajoTransitionalEnergyCompany, a tribal enterprise in Farmington, NM, plans to do the drilling. CEO #VernLund has joined the board of the Australian-owned company #Hawkstone / #ArizonaLithium of Perth, Australia.

    "In a separate case, the #TohonoOodham and #SanCarlosApache have filed a lawsuit against Interior Sec. Haaland for the bulldozers now destroying ancient village sites, #burial places and #MedicineGrounds in southern #Arizona. A Tucson federal judge refused to halt the destruction by the #SunZia Transmission Lines, for a wind energy project that plans to take electricity from New Mexico to California. The wind energy company, #PattenEnergy, is owned by the #CanadianPensionFund.

    "The lithium drilling continues at the #Paiute Massacre Site in northern Nevada by the Canadian-owned #LithiumAmericas / #LithiumNevada. #Paiute and #Shoshone elderly and mothers have been charged in a court case for defending the grounds where their ancestors remain. #Haaland said she supports the #LithiumMining.

    "#ApacheStronghold filed a case before the U.S. #SupremeCourt [#SCOTUS] this week, to halt the planned destruction of their ceremonial place, #OakFlat in Arizona, targeted for a massive copper mine by Australia's #RioTinto and #BHP, and pushed by the Biden administration. Rio Tinto already blew up 46,000 years of sacred #Aboriginal teachings in caves in #Australia. Rio Tinto was forced to admit widespread sexual attacks in its mines, with the highest number in Australia and #SouthAfrica."

    Source:
    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09

    #DefendTheSacred #ReaderSupportedNews #NoMiningWithoutConsent #NoLithiumMining #EnvironmentalRacism #environment #Greenwashing #EVs #WaterIsLife #NoLithiumMiningWithoutConsent #HumanRights #WaterIsLife #HumanRightsDefenders #IndigenousActivists #CorporateColonialism #SaveOakFlat
    #CulturalGenocide #EnvironmentalRacism #ExtractiveMining

  12. Terrifying Tale of Halloween: Palm Oil Ecocide in Your Treats!

    This #Halloween, as you revel in terrifying tales and creepy costumes, remember that the most terrifying tale of all isn’t enjoyable folklore—it’s the horrifying truth about palm oil. This ingredient causes #deforestation, #ecocide, #humanrights abuses and #indigenous land-grabbing. The production of #palmoil casts a dark shadow over our planet, as it can only be grown on destroyed tropical rainforests. So-called “sustainable” palm oil used by the world’s biggest food brands like Nestle, Mondelez, Hersheys, Ferrero and Mars is a complete greenwashing lie. So don’t buy any of it! All palm oil threatens the very existence of wildlife, polluting our air and water, accelerates climate change, and tramples on the rights of indigenous communities worldwide. This Halloween, take action and use your wallet as a weapon. 🌍🌳🦍 #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

    https://youtu.be/Hccw9zCh9pw

    What is #Halloween’s most terrifying tale? #Palmoil #greenwashing 🧐💰🤑👿 #ecocide contained in your favourite #chocolate ☠️🌴🪔☠️ and #candy! Take action for #wildlife when you #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2023/10/18/halloweens-most-terrifying-tale-palm-oil-greenwashing-and-ecocide-in-your-treats/

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    DYK so-called “sustainable” #palmoil is a #greenwashing lie that still causes #deforestation?🤯 Learn how to #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife this #Halloween 🎃👻🪦 Instead enjoy #palmoilfree and #vegan treats and #candy @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2023/10/18/halloweens-most-terrifying-tale-palm-oil-greenwashing-and-ecocide-in-your-treats/

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    Palm oil is commonly used in Halloween candies and treats for one reason only – it is cheap to manufacture.

    The production of palm oil has severe environmental and social impacts. Deforestation and ecocide caused by palm oil production threatens wildlife habitats, contributes to air pollution and water pollution, is strongly linked to climate change, and infringes on the rights of indigenous peoples all over the tropical world.

    A 2019 World Health Organisation (WHO) report into the palm oil industry and RSPO finds extensive greenwashing of palm oil deforestation and the murder of endangered animals (i.e. biodiversity loss)

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    Although proponents of palm oil claim that it helps farmers to earn a living wage, a 2021 report by Chain Reaction Research found that the world’s biggest brands earn the lion’s share of profit from palm oil, 66% or more of gross profit flows back to the world’s biggest FMCG companies such as Nestle, Unilever, Hersheys and Colgate-Palmolive. In contrast, almost 0% of profit flows back to farmers themselves.

    The Problems with Palm Oil

    Palm Oil Detectives is a website that gathers together evidence from dozens of different sources in order to clearly show the elaborate and widespread greenwashing of so-called “sustainable” palm oil. Take a look at the 10 forms of “sustainable” palm oil greenwashing to see how this works, using a network of zoos and fake NGOs in order to push the narrative of “sustainable” palm oil to consumers.

    Research: Certifying Palm Oil as “Sustainable” Is No Panacea

    University of Michigan research reveals that RSPO certification is associated with deforestation and human rights abuses in Guatemala. Boycott palm oil! The…

    Certification Schemes Fail to Stop Palm Oil Deforestation

    71 rights groups warn that certification schemes like RSPO and FSC fail to stop deforestation and abuses. Learn why they are called…

    RSPO member SIAT leaves Nigerian farmers without food. Leases their illegally taken land for €1.23 Euros per hectare, per year

    A 5-month investigation by Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi and Kevin Woke of Sahara Reporters reveals how RSPO member SIAT Nigeria Limited is involved in…

    Greenwashing Tactic 9: Partnerships, Sponsorships and Research Funding

    Greenwashing Tactic 9. Corporations use NGOs, Zoo partnerships, sponsorships, and research funding to give an industry or brand a ‘green image.

    This website also provides evidence in the form of many research papers and reports from many non-profits (those organisations not partnered with the palm oil supply chain). These reports expose the immense corruption, ecocide and greenwashing in the palm oil industry along with its human rights abuses, violence, land-grabbing and animal cruelty – all associated with RSPO members supposedly using “sustainable” palm oil.

    Greenwashing: Manufacturing consumer demand for palm oil

    Since its inception two decades ago, the global certification for palm oil the RSPO continues to promote “sustainable” palm oil. Yet not one of its supply chain members has actually eradicated deforestation or human rights abuses from their palm oil supply chains. This constant promotion of the palm oil industry in spite of evidence of its ongoing failures is clear evidence of the RSPO’s greenwashing.

    Palm Oil Free Brands to Boycott

    The global demand for palm oil contributes significantly to deforestation, particularly in countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil, Colombia, Nigeria and Uganda. These regions are rich in biodiversity, and the loss of their rainforests impacts numerous species non-human beings of all shapes and sizes. This includes not only the poster child for palm oil ecocide – the three orangutan species, but also rare and endangered plants and animal species.

    From the smallest insect to the most magnificent elephant, to exquisite and vibrantly coloured birds – all are under threat by palm oil’s relentless growth across all tropical regions of the world. Indigenous peoples with their unique cultures, customs and languages are also endangered by palm oil expansion as well.

    The #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife movement starts with you

    If this terrifying tale of palm oil has alarmed you, the good news is – there are actions you can take.

    One powerful and effective way to help rare animals, plants and indigenous peoples is to use your wallet as a weapon and boycott palm oil. By learning how to identify palm oil in products and choosing products that are palm oil free, you can contribute to reducing demand for this destructive commodity.

    A great place to start is by searching for palm oil-free alternatives on this website and also by promoting the #Boycottpalmoil and #Boycott4Wildlife on movement on social media.

    Remember, every purchase you make has an impact. This Halloween, support the wildlife you love and use your wallet as a weapon.

    Download your free Halloween infographic here

    Learn how to boycott palm oil this Halloween in America, the UK and Australia

    The reality of these chocolate and confectionery brands is the spookiest story you will ever hear this Halloween Learn how to boycott with handy lists for the US, Uk and Australia. Discover the spookiest story of #Halloween 🎃👻💀: “sustainable” #palmoil is not sustainable! Major brands continue to buy #palmoil infused with #ecocide. Make sure you…

    by Palm Oil DetectivesOctober 26, 2022April 22, 2025

    #Boycott4wildlife #BoycottPalmOil #candy #chocolate #confectionery #consumerBoycott #consumerRights #Danone #deforestation #ecocide #ethicalConsumerism #greenwashing #Halloween #Hersheys #HumanRights #indigenous #Mars #Mondelez #Nestle #PalmOil #palmOilDeforestation #palmoil #palmoilfree #treats #vegan #wildlife
  13. Mit naturnahen #Wäldern, #Reduktion der #Bewirtschaftung und #Wiederaufforstung lässt sich ein klein wenig mehr #Kohlenstoff speichern - im Verhältnis zu den gigantischen jährlichen Emissionen. Es wäre ein wertvoller Beitrag, doch die Lösung liegt weiterhin bei einem Stopp der Treibhasgas-Emissionen.

    Gleichzeitig ein erneuter Beweis, dass "Kompensationsmaßnahmen" für dauerhafte Emissionen #Greenwashing sind. Unseren Wahnsinn kann man nicht kompensieren.

    #Klimaschutz

    tagesspiegel.de/wissen/weniger

  14. Edit: Ik werd er terecht door @klimaat030 op gewezen dat Eneco c.s. hier een stukken mooier plaatje schetsen dan de werkelijkheid. Knap staaltje #greenwashing dus.

    Zie: *Eneco op vingers getikt: bedrijf mag niet beweren dat warmtepomp Overvecht 10.000 huizen zal verwarmen*

    📰 archive.is/U000I

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    Hier word ik nu blij van. Dat vanaf eind 2023 mijn lichamelijke afvalstoffen (indirect) als een warme douche terugkeren. 💩 🚿

    *Warmte uit rioolwater: wordt in Utrecht Overvecht gewerkt aan de verwarmingsmethode van de toekomst?*

    "… De #warmtepomp maakt onderdeel uit van een #aquathermie-installatie. Daarin wordt gebruik gemaakt van #warmte (of kou) die al in het water aanwezig is. Warmte uit het water wordt opgeslagen en opgewaardeerd met een warmtepomp die werkt op elektriciteit. Nu wordt water alleen door #gas verwarmd. Nadat de warmtepomp het water op juiste temperatuur heeft gebracht, wordt het op het warmtenet van in dit geval #Eneco gezet, een paar kilometer verderop. Daarvoor moeten er wel honderden meters aan buizen onder de grond aangelegd worden.
    De bedoeling van de pomp is om een groot gedeelte van #Utrecht en #Nieuwegein te voorzien van …"

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    #klimaat #klimaatcrisis #energiecrisis #energie #Overvecht #StichtseRijnlanden #riool #riolering

  15. 10 reasons why ecolabels & commodity certification will never be a solution for importing tropical deforestation

    In 2022, 71 environmental and #humanrights groups from around the world wrote to the EU Commission to warn that certification schemes and ecolabels were not sufficient to prevent human rights abuses and deforestation from entering the European Union. Although fast forward to 2025 and lobbyists have again watered down the #EUDR and #CSDDD, what the future holds is anybody’s guess!

    In the UK, industry lobbyists including Ferrero and serial greenwashing outfit Orangutan Land Trust watered down the UK’s commitment to not importing deforestation into the UK. The new trade deal with #Malaysia paves the way for mass importation of palm oil ecocide.

    #RSPO and #FSC have been shown for decades to be ineffective and corrupt. They have failed in preventing #corruption, human rights abuses, illegal #landgrabbing, #violence, #deforestation, #ecocide and species #extinction.

    So here are 10 reasons why the world should not rely on weak and ineffective certification schemes like MSC, RSPO and FSC to enforce their own zero deforestation mandate. Originally published by GRAIN

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    #Ecolabels eg. #RSPO #FSC do not prevent #deforestation. They have failed for decades and instead are only weak #greenwashing tools! Help rainforests, rainforest animals and rainforest peoples. #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🩸🚜🤮🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/06/18/10-reasons-why-ecolabels-commodity-certification-are-not-a-solution-to-stop-the-eu-importing-tropical-deforestation/

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    @EU_Commission should not trust #ecolabels: e.g. @RSPOtweets @FSC_IC to prevent #deforestation. Decades of failure to stop #humanrights abuses #deforestation shows their deep systemic weaknesses #Boycottpalmoil 🌴☠️🧐🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2022/06/18/10-reasons-why-ecolabels-commodity-certification-are-not-a-solution-to-stop-the-eu-importing-tropical-deforestation/

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    • 1. Certification is not designed to achieve the main objective of the regulation – preventing deforestation and other harms
    • 2. Certification does not provide the information needed to comply with the EU regulation
    • 3. Certification does not provide guarantees for the legality of the product
    • 4. Certification does not identify or prevent harms. Audit teams lack time and expertise
    • 5. Certification bodies and their auditors are not independent from the company they certify
    • 6. Prevention of environmental and social harm cannot be outsourced.
    • 7. Certification cannot guarantee Free, Prior and Informed Consent or prevent land grabbing of indigenous land
    • 8. Certification provides opportunities for greenwashing and increases vested interests in and corporate power over natural resources.
    • 9. Certification promotes the expansion of industrial agriculture and thereby prevents the transition needed to halt deforestation
    • 10. Certification directs resources towards a million-dollar certification industry
    • Signatories: 71 environmental and human rights NGOs
    Signatories: 71 environmental and human rights NGOs

    Considering the shortcomings of certification schemes that the European Commission itself has documented, we are deeply troubled by the current arguments coming from industry players advocating for a stronger role for certification in the regulation, including a way for companies to use these systems as proof of compliance with binding EU rules. Below are ten reasons why this should not happen.

    1. Certification is not designed to achieve the main objective of the regulation – preventing deforestation and other harms

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    The EC’s own Commission Staff Working Document Impact Assessment (hereafter EC Impact Assessment) concludes that “the consensus is that [voluntary certification] schemes on their own have not been able to provide the changes needed to prevent deforestation”. This is the position defended by the European Parliament and by most NGOs. Certification schemes do not have a deforestation standard, or the standard does not meet the deforestation definition as proposed in the anti-deforestation regulation. For example, because companies are allowed to clear forests to establish plantations and remediate or compensate with conservation elsewhere.

    1. Certification is not designed to achieve the main objective of the regulation – preventing deforestation and other harms

    Numerous studies conducted by WWF, FSCWatch, and Greenpeace and academic studies on Indonesia, have additionally concluded that certification on its own has not helped companies meet their commitments to exclude deforestation from their supply chains.

    This led some actors such as WWF to lose faith in certification scheme Roundtable of Responsible Soy (RTRS), not only due to limited uptake, but more specifically, because in biomes where soy is produced, zero-deforestation commitments have so far failed to reduce deforestation. In support of this finding, the Dutch supermarket industry representative (CBL) stated that RTRS “has not appeared to be sufficient to halt [deforestation and conversion] developments and accelerate the transition to a sustainable soy chain”.

    “Certification (or verification) schemes may, in some cases, contribute to achieving compliance with the due diligence requirement, however the use of certification does not automatically imply compliance with due diligence obligations. There is abundant literature on certification schemes shortcomings in terms of governance, transparency, clarity of standards, and reliability of monitoring systems”.

    2. Certification does not provide the information needed to comply with the EU regulation

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    It does not create transparency of the supply chain or provide information on the geographical origin

    As indicated in Article 8 of the Proposal, “because deforestation is linked to land-use change, monitoring requires a precise link between the commodity or product placed on or exported from the EU market and the plot of land where it was grown or raised.” Most certification schemes, however, require only a minimal level of traceability and transparency.

    2. Certification does not provide the information needed to comply with the EU regulation

    As indicated in the EC’s Study On Certification And Verification Schemes In The Forest Sector, schemes make use of Chain of Custody (CoC) models, but very few apply a traceability system, making it difficult to track the claims of certification, from the forest to the end buyer. One of the most common CoC models used is Mass Balance. This model allows uncertified and untraceable supplies to be physically mixed with certified supplies and end up in EU supply chains. For the most part, certification schemes do not include the systematic ability to verify transactions of volumes, species, and qualities between entities, thus leaving the systems vulnerable to manipulation and fraud.

    3. Certification does not provide guarantees for the legality of the product

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    Certification schemes do not have the authority to confirm or enforce compliance with national laws precisely because they are voluntary.

    Article 3 in the proposed anti-deforestation regulation states that products
    are prohibited on the European market if they are not “produced in accordance with the relevant legislation of the country of production”.

    3. Certification does not provide guarantees for the legality of the product

    However, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), for example, has explicitly stated its standards are voluntary and “do not extend to enforcing or confirming the legal standing of a company’s use of land (which is a mandate only held by the national authority)”.

    4. Certification does not identify or prevent harms. Audit teams lack time and expertise

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    According to the EC “labour, environmental and human rights laws will need to be taken into account when assessing compliance” and identifying harms. However, multiple reports by Friends of the Earth Netherlands, the Environmental Investigation Agency, and ECCHR, reveal that auditing firms responsible for checking compliance are fundamentally failing to identify and mitigate unsustainable practices within certification schemes due to lack of time and lack of expertise. Proper audits on social and human rights issues require extensive consultation to gain full community perspectives on land use, conflicts, or environmental harm. Certification Body (CB) procedures do not allow for this (due to financial resources).

    RSPO’s own analysis reads that “the credibility of the RSPO certification scheme has been consistently undermined by documentation of poor practice, and concerns of the extent to which the Assurance System is being implemented”.

    Oppressed and stretched NGO groups and communities in the global South spend time and resources on these consultation processes. They face backlash for speaking out during consultations without any guarantee that their input is included in the certification assessment. The EU should not become complicit in exploitation of rightsholders and stakeholders in their monitoring role.

    5. Certification bodies and their auditors are not independent from the company they certify

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    The lack of independent audits, considered to be key in ensuring the robustness of certification, was highlighted in the EC Impact Assessment as a key weakness of private certification schemes.

    If clients (businesses) hire, supervise, and pay audit firms, they are exposed to a structural risk of conflict of interest, which may lead to a lower level of control.

    Previous studies by Friends of the Earth, IUCN, RAN, and Environmental Investigation Agency have shown that, for example in the palm oil industry, when auditors and certification companies are directly hired by an audited company, independence is inhibited and the risk of violations increases.

    5. Certification bodies and their auditors are not independent from the company they certify

    Also, auditor dependence on company services such as transport and accommodation is problematic. The EC adds to this that these systems are sensitive to fraud given that certified companies may easily mislead their auditors even if the audit is conducted with the greatest care and according to all procedures.

    “For example, a company may be selling products containing a volume of “certified” timber material that exceeds the volume of certified raw material that they are buying.”

    6. Prevention of environmental and social harm cannot be outsourced, particularly because certification bodies are not liable for harms in the plantations they certify

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    The EU anti-deforestation regulation requires that operators shall exercise due diligence prior to placing relevant commodities on the Union market. Private certification may, in some cases, facilitate compliance with this requirement.

    However, as reiterated by German human rights law firm ECCHR the control of compliance is outsourced to private certification bodies, in an unregulated audit and certification market, where CBs are not liable for potential harm.

    This leads to inability to distinguish unreliable audits from reliable ones and to competition without rules, setting in motion a ‘race to the bottom’. Certification initiatives have increasingly received complaints for lack of proper due diligence.

    For instance, the UK OECD National Contact Point has recently found that Bonsucro breached the Guidelines in relation to due diligence and leverage when reaccepting MPG-T as a member, and the Netherlands NCP handled a complaint about ING’s due diligence policies and practices regarding palm oil.

    6. Prevention of environmental and social harm cannot be outsourced, particularly because certification bodies are not liable for harms in the plantations they certify

    The OECD guidelines confirm that certification is not a proxy for due diligence, as well as various governments. As echoed by the EC Impact Assessment, “maintaining operators’ responsibility for correctly implementing due diligence obligations when they use certification, aims at ensuring that authorities remain empowered to monitor and sanction incompliant behaviour, as the reliability of those [certification] systems has repeatedly been challenged by evidence on the ground.”

    7. Certification cannot guarantee Free, Prior and Informed Consent or prevent land grabbing of indigenous land

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    Indigenous Peoples and local communities have a recognised role in preserving the lands they own and manage, but insecure land tenure is a major driver of deforestation and forest degradation.

    Certification bodies commit to investigating whether lands are subject to customary rights of indigenous peoples and whether land transfers have been developed with Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC).

    However, assessing whether land user rights and consultation rights were respected needs to consider the historical context, a multi-actor perspective and deep understanding of local conflicts. Considering the apparent low level of knowledge of auditors on human rights and legal issues, assessing prior land use and conflicts is an impossible task for a team of international auditors with limited time.

    7. Certification cannot guarantee Free, Prior and Informed Consent or prevent land grabbing of indigenous land

    In Malaysia communities are often not consulted before the issuance of the logging licences. MTCS certified concessions encroach on indigenous territories while the judiciary recognised indigenous customary land rights are a form of property rights protected by the Federal Constitution.

    Additionally, certification schemes failed on numerous occasions to address complaints by communities whose land was taken by palm oil companies, including the case of oil palm giant Sime Darby in Indonesia and Socfin in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Certification will not lead to redress or resolution of problems linked to EU operators.

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    8. Certification provides opportunities for greenwashing and increases vested interests in and corporate power over natural resources.

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    Critics have argued that improving the image of forest and ecosystem risk commodities stimulates demand. Certification risks enabling destructive businesses to continue operating as usual and expand their practices, thereby increasing the harm.

    “If certification on its own is unable to guarantee that commodity production
    is entirely free of deforestation or human rights abuses, there is little to suggest that using certification as a tool for proving compliance with legal requirements could solve the issues in supply chains and fulfil the legislation’s objectives.

    8. Certification provides opportunities for greenwashing and increases vested interests in and corporate power over natural resources.

    In this context, recognising a particular certification scheme as a proof of compliance removes any incentive to improve the scheme or to replace it with a more reliable alternative, effectively contributing to the institutionalisation of greenwashing.”

    For example, a number of recent logging industry scandals suggest that the Forest Stewardship Council label has at times served merely to “greenwash” or “launder” trafficking in illegal timber, compelling NGOs to demand systemic change. The difference between certified and non-certified plantations in South East Asia was not significant.

    9. Certification promotes the expansion of industrial agriculture and thereby prevents the transition needed to halt deforestation

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    This prevents the transition towards community-based forest management and agro-ecology, with food sovereignty as a leading principle

    There are multiple drivers of deforestation, but the evidence is clear in pointing to industrial agricultural expansion as one of the most important. Ultimately, certification initiatives fail to challenge the ideology underpinning the continuation of industrial commodity crop production, and can instead serve to greenwash
    further agro-commodity expansion.

    Corporations, along with their certifications, continue to seek legitimacy through a ‘feed the world’ narrative.

    9. Certification promotes the expansion of industrial agriculture and thereby prevents the transition needed to halt deforestation

    The “expansion is the only way”argument has long since been discredited by international institutions such as FAO; we produce enough to feed the projected world populations, much of this coming from small-scale peasant producers using a fraction of the resources. Moreover, as smallholders are directly impacted by deforestation and often depend on large operators and are hereby
    forced to expand agricultural land and degrading their direct environment, they are therefore an essential part of the solution.

    10. Certification directs resources towards a million-dollar certification industry

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    While community and smallholder forest and agriculture management are extremely underfunded.

    As explained by the EC Impact Assessment, private certification can be a costly process and resources spent to certify operations and to support the various schemes’ managerial structures could be used for other ends. Considering that smallholders represent a large share of producers in the relevant sectors, they also represent a crucial part of the solution to deforestation.

    The EU should stop financing and promoting improvements in a certification system, benefiting industrial forest and plantation companies, that has been proven to fail.

    It would be a more effective use of public and private resources to pay smallholders adequately for their products and adhere to their calls if they seek technical or financial support.

    10. Certification directs resources towards a million-dollar certification industry

    To conclude, building on these arguments, we foresee that if decision makers give in to the lobby from industry and certification’s role is reconsidered or promoted in the current proposal, the EU anti-deforestation regulation will not deliver, as it will not only lose its potential to provide information needed to comply with the regulation but lose its ability to curb deforestation and forest degradation all together.

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    Signatories: 71 environmental and human rights NGOs

    Signatories: 71 environmental and human rights NGOs

    International

    Global Witness
    ClientEarth
    Environmental Paper Network
    International

    GRAIN
    Global Forest Coalition
    Forest Peoples Programme

    Indonesia

    Friends of the Earth Indonesia; WALHI
    Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakyat
    Yayasan Lembaga Bantuan
    Hukum Indonesia
    Pantau Gambut
    WALHI Papua
    Teraju Foundation
    Lingkar Hijau
    KRuHA
    Lepemawil, Mimika, Papua
    PADI Indonesia

    Cameroon

    Synaparcam
    Centre pour l’Environnement
    et le Développment
    Chile
    Colectivo Vientosur

    Democratic Republic of the Congo

    RIAO-RDC
    Confédération Paysanne du
    Congo-Principal Regroupement Paysan
    Gabon

    Muyissi Environnement

    China

    Snow Alliance
    Blue Dalian
    Green Longjiang
    Scholar Tree Alliance
    Wuhu Ecology Centre

    Malaysia

    SAVE Rivers
    KERUAN
    Sahabat Alam Malaysia

    Liberia

    Sustainable Development Institute

    Nigeria

    ERA; Friends of the Earth Nigeria

    Mexico

    Reentramados para la vida, defendiendo territorio
    Otros Mundos Chiapas

    Philippines

    Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura- UMA

    Sierra Leone

    Green Scenery

    United States

    Friends of the Earth United States
    The Oakland Institute
    The Borneo Project

    Europe

    Bruno Manser Fonds
    Canopée
    Denkhausbremen
    Dublin Friends of the Earth
    Earthsight
    Ecologistas en Acción
    Environmental Investigation
    Agency (EIA)

    Fern
    FIAN Belgium
    Finnish Association for Nature Conservation
    Forum Ökologie & Papier
    Friends of Fertő lake Association
    Friends of the Earth England,
    Wales and Northern Ireland

    Friends of the Earth Europe
    Friends of the Earth Finland
    Greenpeace EU

    GYBN Europe
    HEKS – Swiss Church Aid
    Milieudefensie
    NOAH – Friends of the Earth Denmark
    Pro REGENWALD
    Rainforest Foundation Norway

    ReAct Transnational
    Rettet den Regenwald
    ROBIN WOOD
    Salva la Selva
    Save Estonias Forests (Päästame Eesti Metsad)
    Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group
    Water Justice and Gender
    Working group Food Justice
    ZERO – Associação Sistema
    Terrestre Sustentável

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