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Trump wants to dismantle the Clean Power Plan which is responsible to fight global warming pollution by reducing that pollution by 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. Trump´s replacement for the Clean Power Plan is full of gimmicks and giveaways to fossil fuel companies. By now the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) is accepting public comments on the issue ...

About 2/3 of the wood harvest of ipê trees in the Amazon is illegal. The criminals invent non-existant tree populations in order to obtain legal papers for their wood harvest. Sign against the illegal felling of trees which brings violence and killings into remote areas. There is also a game on how to identify illegal logging. Read more here and here.

A federal judge just rejected the Trump administration’s attempts to fast-track the environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline. The pipeline would transport tar sands oil from Canada to the USA. Keystone XL threatens land, climate, and drinking water supplies for farmers, ranchers, indigenous people, and other communities.

You may also protest against the Eastern Shore Pipeline in Maryland which would transport fracked gas.

All computers since 2008 have a component called Intel ME which was designed for remote maintenance. However it has severe security vulnerabilities and allows intelligence services to log into your computer. Read on how you can protect yourself by disabling your Intel ME or on how to buy a computer with disabled Intel ME.

After 12 years leading one of the world’s largest corporations, Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo, has announced her resignation. That means there are just two months for her to leave a legacy that truly matters — for Indonesia’s forests, for palm oil workers, for the orangutans, for the tigers, for you and for me.