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lo_fi_ho t1_ituhee2 wrote

Terrible. I hope the ones responsible will be brought to justice.

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DudleysCar t1_itumoac wrote

The people with the power to stop it are the ones enabling it.

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KER1S t1_itui3b3 wrote

Keep hoping then sadly.

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Thorned_Rose t1_itwf1km wrote

Rather than hoping, stop buying products with palm oil. Stop demanding and they'll stop supplying.

I really wish people would get more proactive about consumption and purchases rather than continuing the behaviour and bemoaning how dad it is or how fucked we are. We don't need to be screwed, you just have to actually start doing.

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justdoubleclick t1_ituktmg wrote

They are mostly palm oil billionaires with publicly listed palm oil companies…

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Tehbeefer t1_itvntpo wrote

IIRC palm oil became more popular as countries banned partially hydrogenated soybean oil, which was a major source of dietary trans fats, which contributes to cardiovascular disease, i.e. the #1 cause of death outside of Africa.

Not saying that doesn't mean one of the most biodiverse regions in the world has been getting logged super heavily.

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