*[Enwl-eng] This vegan butter company is involved in orangutan extinction

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            Earth Balance claims to be animal friendly, but orangutans are 
dying to provide the ingredients its vegan products use.

                  Sign Now


                  By now, you may have heard about palm oil: it's a 
substance used in around half of Western products as a preservative, 
appearing in everything from foods to bath soaps. And the way we farm it 
results in rampant animal deaths as well as worsening climate change. That's 
why it's so shocking to realize a prominent vegan butter brand, the 
ubiquitous Earth Balance, is actually involved in this cruelty. In every 
single margarine tub it sells, its products are laden with palm oil. Earth 
Balance says it supposedly uses "ethically-sourced" palm oil, but there is 
no such thing. And with each tub consumers buy, more tropical forests go up 
in smoke — burning screaming, innocent, endangered orangutans with them.

                  In fact, palm oil production is actually the leading cause 
of orangutan extinction. To farm oil palm trees, nearly 50,000 square miles 
of these primates' tropical home forests have been rapidly cleared to make 
room for plantations. Often, the fastest way to remove these forests is with 
fire. In the past few years, wildlife sanctuaries have seen huge increases 
in the number of horrifically burnt orangutans needing immediate, 
life-saving care. Meanwhile, these tropical forests are some of the most 
important carbon sinks in the world. Once they are destroyed, they can no 
longer absorb greenhouse gases from the atmosphere — and to make matters 
worse, all of their stored carbon is released. All the experts agree: we 
need to stop using palm oil. Sign the petition to tell Earth Balance to 
become truly animal- and environmentally-friendly by using other ingredients 
instead of deadly palm oil!

                  Thank you for all that you do,

                         Miranda B.
                        The Care2 Petitions Team



                  P.S. If this vegan product company says it cares about 
animals so much, it needs to put its money where its proverbial mouth is! 
Tell Earth Balance to finally stop using palm oil.








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From: Miranda B., Care2 Action Alerts
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2020 8:03 PM
Subject: This vegan butter company is involved in orangutan extinction


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