Growing demand for palm oil by some of the world's largest companies, such as Unilever, Nestlé and Procter & Gamble, is now one of the main causes of climate change, Greenpeace says. Large-scale clearance of tropical forests for oil palm plantations, to provide for a growing demand for cheap vegetable oil for use in the food, cosmetics and biofuel industries, has been responsible for rising emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas. Greenpeace is calling for a temporary ban on forest clearance and peatland degradation, and for money to be provided for owners to help them avoid deforestation. Read the rest here and don’t forget to look at the other links on biofuels about this topic.
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