Hemp, flax and rapeseed - not a sexy sounding trio compared to olive oil's Mediterranean aura - but storecupboard essentials if you want homegrown oil
… Our top three alternatives to olive oil Laura Sevier | 23rd April 2010 Ethical Living Food And Farming Olive Oil Hemp Cooking main-flaxfield-pic.jpg A … - not a sexy sounding trio compared to olive oil's Mediterranean aura - but storecupboard …
When it comes to oils we are spoilt for choice, with more than 130 million tonnes of oil consumed every year, according to the WWF. But with demand set to increase, what sort of impact is our appetite for oil having on the planet? And which is the green choice?
… How green are vegetable and rapeseed oils? Rebecca Campbell | 16th May 2012 Ethical Living Palm Oil Rapeseed Oil Biofuels Food And Farming Soy Soya …
The spread of oil palm plantations has come at the expense of vast swathes of tropical rainforest. But the billion-dollar palm oil industry is now mounting a major PR offensive. Alex Helan reports
… Greenwash and spin: palm oil lobby targets its critics Alex Helan | 8th July 2011 News Palm Oil Rainforest Food And Farming Deforestation Biodiversity Greenwashing oilpalm.jpg Oil from the fruit of oil palm …
With vast areas decimated by industrial farming, the salad days are over for mass-produced olive oil. Laura Sevier looks at the effect its rise in popularity has had on the European landscape, and at some more sustainable brands.
… Laura Sevier | 7th August 2008 News Olive OilOil Industrial Farming Sustainable Farming … salad days are over for mass-produced olive oil. Laura Sevier looks at the effect its rise …
Second advert from palm oil industry lobby group is banned for its sustainability claims
… UK bans Malaysian palm oil advert The Ecologist | 3rd November 2009 News Palm Oil Food And Farming palmoil2.jpg Demand for palm oil is growing as a …
Major UK cereal brand switches to more sustainable sources of palm oil following interview with the Ecologist
… Jordans cereals switches to 'sustainable' palm oil The Ecologist | 11th February 2010 News Food And Farming Palm Oil WWF Natural World jordans.jpg Jordans has … it will use 100 per cent sustainable palm oil by the end of 2010 Major UK cereal brand …
Tesco and Waitrose lagging behind on sustainable sourcing of world's most traded edible oil, found in wide range of everyday products from cakes and cosmetics
… Major retailers ranked on sustainable palm oil The Ecologist | 28th October 2009 News Palm Oil Food And Farming palmoil.jpg The palm oil industry in Indonesia has …
Palm oil is in our food, cleaning products and fuel. But it's destroying rainforest and contributing to climate change. Sustainable certification schemes have been set up, but campaigners increasingly question whether they work
… Palm oil: the hidden ingredient causing an … Martin | 14th March 2012 Ethical Living Palm Oil Home Cleaning Food And Farming Beauty … Friends Of The Earth WWF holding.jpg Palm oil is in our food, cleaning products and …
A fundamental sea-change is required in the global approach to tackling deforestation, and it requires a new focus on engendering institutions of cooperation rather than competition.
… News Deforestation Climate Breakdown Palm Oil Beef P & G Palm Oil Supplier in Kalimantan A fundamental … rather than competition. The ‘boycott palm oil’ approach has become a staple strategy in …
A review of 'Crude Britannia: How Oil Shaped a Nation' by James Marriott and Terry Macalister.
… Britannia A review of 'Crude Britannia: How Oil Shaped a Nation' by James Marriott and … modern existence of which has been shaped by oil. What hope is there for the future? The publication of Crude Britannia: How Oil Shaped a Nation is timely indeed. That …
Indonesia's move to bring in a two-year moratorium on new palm oil plantations to protect its remaining rainforests has seen agribusiness giants like Sime Darby switch expansion plans to Cameroon, Ghana and Liberia
… Palm oil giants target Africa in 'land grab' … ban Tom Levitt | 25th March 2011 News Palm Oil Africa Natural World Energy Food And Farming Indonesia palmoil.jpg Palm oil giant Sime Darby is …
Organic olive oil is the eco-friendly alternative to butter and rapeseed oils
… Green gold: organic olive oil The Ecologist | 21st February 2011 Ethical Living Organic Olive Oil Food And Drink Italy Food And Farming … Green Living olivetreeedit.jpg Organic olive oil is the eco-friendly alternative to butter …
Land victory will allow Borneo’s indian tribes to fight palm oil industries, although use of sustainable palm oil sits at a mere one per cent.
… Sustainable palm oil usage at unsatisfactory levels The Ecologist | 1st July 2009 News Palm Oil Borneo Sustainable Logging Food And … allow Borneo’s indian tribes to fight palm oil industries, although use of sustainable …
Campaigners carrying giant whale demand UK Government rejects ‘marine-wrecking’ Rosebank oil field plans.
… Rosebank oil field 'climate wrecking' Brendan Montague … Government rejects ‘marine-wrecking’ Rosebank oil field plans. Climate campaigners from … reject Equinor’s plans to develop Rosebank oil field yesterday, Sunday 15 January 2023, …
The Oil Machine is a sobering snapshot of the UK's addiction to gas and oil that left me wondering what a just transition would truly look like.
… Yasmin Dahnoun | 24th May 2023 | Comment The Oil Machine Climate Breakdown Editor’s Picks rig_169.jpg The Oil Machine is a sobering snapshot of the UK's addiction to gas and oil that left me wondering what a just …
Palm oil is a key ingredient in everything from cereal, biscuits and margarine to shampoo, lipstick and toothpaste. Unless we curb our desire for it critical forests and wildlife habitat will be gone forever, says Dan Bucknell
… Investigations Elephants holding.jpg Palm oil is a key ingredient in everything from … vast majority of us will be consuming palm oil without even realising it, or realising … to the natural world that this is doing. Palm oil is a key ingredient in everything from …
'BP has woken up to the immediate need to cut carbon emissions this decade.'
… BP to slash oil and gas production August Graham | 5th … Breakdown Carbon Emissions Bp Greenpeace Oil And Gas … this decade.' BP is to cut the amount of oil and gas it produces by 40 percent by the … cut carbon emissions this decade. "Slashing oil and gas production and investing in …
Carbon Tracker: petrochemical industry betting on growth in demand for plastics made from fossil fuels.
… Plastics boom cannot save oil industry Emily Beament | 4th September … | News Climate Breakdown Plastic Pollution Oil Industry Carbon Tracker … plastics will not come to the rescue of the oil industry, as the world moves to tackle …
Western consumers are inadvertently driving the Sumatran elephant to extinction by eating, washing and wearing - in cosmetics - the derivatives of a fruit that is destroying the animal's last remaining forest habitat. Jim Wickens reports
… Palm oil's forgotten victims: Sumatran elephants … Food And Farming News Investigations Palm Oil Forests Deforestation _mg_6727.jpg Western … the Sumatran elephant to extinction, but palm oil expansion, and we are eating it, washing …
'Today, it's us trying to stop the fossil fuel industry from wrecking our children's future. Tomorrow, it should be the government.'
… Protesters join action on BP oil rig Douglas Barrie Lewis McKenzie | 12th … 2019 News Greenpeace Climate Breakdown Bp Big OilOil Rigs Change Makers …
The world burns. But oil exploration continues. It could cost the earth. And local communities are already paying the price.
… 'The largest oil play of the decade' Nicolas Eliades … 24th September 2021 | News Climate Breakdown Oil Energy Colonialism Africa … The world burns. But oil exploration continues. It could cost the … Shell by Dutch courts in May demanding the oil giant slash emissions by 45 percent by …
Nestlé is ignoring the social and environmental crimes of its palm oil suppliers says Greenpeace
… | 19th March 2010 News Food And Farming Palm Oil Nestle Natural World oran.jpg Orang-utans … social and environmental crimes of its palm oil suppliers says Greenpeace Orang-utans are losing their forest homes to palm oil plantations that supply Nestlé, according …
The spring statement must include no support for new oil and gas developments, say UK religious leaders.
… Bishops beg PM to drop oil plans Patrick Daly | 21st March 2022 | … statement must include no support for new oil and gas developments, say UK religious … Rishi Sunak to rule out support for new oil and gas developments as the country looks …