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The end of plastic? New plant based bottles degrade in a year / Rainforest Brazil

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This plastic has very attractive sustainability credentials because it uses no fossil fuels, and can be recycled – but would also degrade in nature much faster than normal plastics do. The renewable chemicals company Avantium has the backing of Coca-Cola and Danone.

Leading British supermarket companies have started to fight for the Amazon. They threaten to boycott Brazilian exports if the Bolsonaro government passes an amnesty for land grabbers – see here.







No Freedom of Speech: The Author of elstel.org has been blocked on debian-security

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The author of elstel.org has been blocked from the debian-security mailing list due to a posting that was considered 'conspiracy theory'. I can confirm that I have only told the truth. This must be allowed. It comes after several people have expressed me how they value my contributions at this mailing list.



Lélia and Sebastião Salgado: Help to protect the indigenous people of the Amazon

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The indigenous peoples of Brazil have long suffered from deforestation, forest fires, poisoned rivers and invasion of their lands. Now they are in danger of being wiped out by Covid-19, unless urgent measures are taken to protect them. Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has worked in the Amazon for the past decade, and Lélia Wanick Salgado, who designs her books and exhibitions, are calling for immediate action – automatic translation of the petition into English.



Kontakt

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Diesen Dienstag Vormittag hatte ich üblerweise einen nicht verschiebbaren Termin. Sonst bin ich am Dienstag normalerweise spätestens ab dem späteren Vormittag da.