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Indonesia Investigating Palm Oil Companies Over Forest Fires

Indonesia has launched a criminal investigation into the burning of a peatland forest on Sumatra island that environmentalists said resulted in the deaths of orangutans, an official said on Tuesday.
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EPA Underestimates Emissions from Palm-Based Biofuels

Scientific and environmental groups announced that they will submit comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in response to EPA's proposed finding that palm oil should not qualify for inclusion in the EPA's Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) this morning.
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Regency head calls for stop to palm oil development in contested peat forest in Indonesia

The acting head of Nagan Raya Regency — the location of Tripa peat swamp — on Thursday demanded a stop to a controversial palm oil development project that conservationists say threatens a population of endangered orangutans, reportsSerambi Indonesia.
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Indonesia may have lost 5m hectares of forest cover since moratorium

Indonesia may have lost a staggering five million hectares of forest since President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced a two year moratorium on deforestation last year, Greenpeace Indonesia said on Thursday.
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New report on Tripa by Rainforest Action Network is now available

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