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Rainforest Relief Quoted in Biodiesel Story
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Rainforest Relief Executive Director, Tim Keating, is quoted in the story by Sarah Parsons posted today in Plenty Magazine.
The story outlines the problems associated with an increase in the production of palm oil to feed the rising demand for biodiesel. The expansion of palm oil plantations in Malaysia and other countries and soy plantations in Brazil is causing the destruction of vast areas of rainforests.
Click here to read the story.
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