Kellogg has agreed to buy palm oil only from suppliers that protect wildlife and human rights.

We will have to keep after Kellogg to truly implement this agreement, since it will have an incentive to wink at abuses. However, what worries me even more is that the unethical suppliers will simply sell to other companies. To stop the deforestation caused by palm oil requires systematic enforcement not dependent on one purchaser.

US citizens: call for extending unemployment benefits by cutting the war budget.

Ecuador's oil drilling in the Yasuni National Park is supported by roads it calls "trails", as it pushes indigenous people off their land. To cover up the truth, it restricts access by journalists.

I would not criticize Ecuador for starting the planning to exploit the area before formally announcing failure of its plan to permanently protect the area. That plan depended on donations from wealthier countries, and it was already clear that the funds requested were not forthcoming. Its failure was not Ecuador's fault.

However, it appears that Ecuador treated this as more than a contingency plan.

Meanwhile, Chevron, which is grasping at even imaginary straws to get out of its judgment for pollution in Ecuador, is twisting the RICO law to claim that any criticism of Chevron is "racketeering".

US citizens: sign this petition for bringing back postal banking.

Australia is practically giving away its natural resources to foreign mining companies.

I would guess that a few strategically chosen Australians receive some of those profits.