I think the car emission control in Czech Republic in the EU must be utterly corrupt, because every time I walk next to a city arterial road with a lot of cars I choke on the horrible exhaust stench. While in Cambodia, which is a world champion in corruption, a developing 3rd world dictatorship, where I doubt they even have emission control, I routinely rode a motorbike in similarly dense traffic in similar size arterial roads and I never noticed any stench, with exception of some broken diesel trucks which were billowing similar thick black smoke like in your picture and they were stinking unbearably, so I had to slow down to get rid of them, but the rest of the traffic was not stinking at all unlike in Czech Republic, EU, where just passenger cars stink unbearably.

So I think the Czech emission control is just a counter-productive overcomplicated bureaucracy which just bullies ordinary citizens and has exactly the opposite effect as claimed.

I feel

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MSC and RSPO Absolutely Untrustworthy, Greenpeace Report

A landmark Greenpeace report reveals that more than 25% of food labels fail to meet trustworthy sustainability standards. Clear and severe failures in ecolabel effectiveness were awarded to Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (#RSPO) which certifies palm oil as “sustainable” and Marine Stewardship Council which certifies seafood as “sustainable”. Consumers are increasingly sceptical, with 62% expressing concerns that these labels are a form of #greenwashing. Greenpeace is calling for stricter regulations and transparency in the use of terms like “sustainable” or “climate-friendly” to prevent misleading environmental claims. #Greenwashing #ConsumerRights #Transparency. If you want to resist and fight against greenwashing, adopt a #vegan lifestyle and #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife in the supermarket.

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Greenwashing Exposed: MSC and RSPO mislead consumers on seafood and palm oil

Environmental organisation Greenpeace Austria has analysed 42 of the most widely used food labels and found that over 25% of them are unreliable. The findings highlight growing consumer concerns over greenwashing in the food industry.

Consumers Losing Trust

A representative survey by the research institute Integral found:

• Importance of Food Labels: 64% of respondents consider food labels important when shopping.
• Greenwashing Concerns: 62% worry that food labels are misleading and serve as greenwashing tools.
• Impact on Purchasing Behaviour: 40% of those who distrust food labels now pay less attention to them when making shopping decisions.

Criticism of Specific Labels

Greenpeace has singled out certain labels, such as the MSC certification for fish and the RSPO label for palm oil, as potentially harmful to environmental goals. Meanwhile, some labels remain credible, including Demeter, “Prüf nach!” and Bio Austria.

Call for Stricter Regulations

Greenpeace is demanding that terms like “sustainable” or “climate-friendly” only be used when backed by scientific evidence and transparent certification standards. The upcoming EU Green Claims Directive aims to prevent companies from making false or exaggerated environmental claims without scientific proof.

Time for Real Change

Consumers are calling for honest and transparent labelling, while environmental advocates warn that without stricter regulations, greenwashing will continue to deceive shoppers.

Read the full English article on Kronen Zeitung and the report (in German) on the Greenpeace website.

Greenpeace’s Guide to Quality Labels for Food

The report itself is in German and can be read here. The RSPO and MSC sections have been machine translated below for your convenience. Greenpeace considers both MSC and RSPO ecolabels to be “absolutely untrustworthy” for consumers in 2025.

Which quality labels and organic brands can I trust?

Austria has a jungle of quality seals, certification labels, and brand or quality marks. Hundreds of them appear on products when shopping in supermarkets. But which ones are truly trustworthy?

Greenpeace has examined the quality labels in the food sector. The alarming result: more than a quarter of the 42 certification labels are not or only moderately trustworthy. Some are even detrimental to achieving environmental goals – such as the MSC fish label or the RSPO palm oil label.

Quality Seals, Certification Labels, and Organic Brands

The analysis of quality labels and brands, particularly those relevant to climate and the environment, focused on four key areas:

• Standards and scope of requirements
• Labelling and distinguishability
• Traceability, transparency, and control
• Trustworthiness and credibility

Based on these criteria, the labels were categorised into:

• Highly trustworthy and particularly environmentally friendly
• Trustworthy and environmentally friendly
• Conditionally trustworthy with moderate environmental benefits
• Barely trustworthy with little or no environmental benefits
• Absolutely untrustworthy and contributing to environmental destruction

Labels and Certifications for Other Areas

For certification labels that do not primarily focus on environmental standards but instead prioritise animal welfare, social standards, or other aspects, a broader classification was used. This evaluation focused on:

• Environmentally relevant standards and the scope of requirements
• Transparency and control mechanisms
• Trustworthiness and credibility

The categories for these labels were:

• Trustworthy and environmentally friendly
• Moderately trustworthy with limited environmental benefits
• Not trustworthy, contributing to environmental destruction

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RSPO:

The label of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is an association comprising producers, traders, banks, investors, and some NGOs.

NEGATIVE ASPECTS:

• On paper, the environmental and social standards appear relatively strict, but their implementation has serious shortcomings.
• Although there is now a ban on new plantations on peatlands and a prohibition on slash-and-burn clearing for new plantations, the standard does not require the restoration of the millions of hectares of already drained peatlands where oil palm plantations currently stand. However, in the face of the climate crisis, this restoration would be crucial.
• Toxic pesticides are allowed on RSPO-certified plantations.
• Over the years, numerous reports have surfaced detailing human rights violations, including child labour, forced labour, and breaches of RSPO’s minimum standards.

ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUSTWORTHY

RSPO’s criteria are too weak to genuinely protect rainforests and are frequently not enforced. Despite RSPO certification, forests continue to be destroyed, and human rights continue to be violated. Greenpeace classifies the RSPO label as absolutely untrustworthy.

WARNING: GREENWASHING

Many food products carry labels such as “certified palm oil” or “sustainable palm oil,” which are often RSPO-certified. However, from an environmental perspective, the term “sustainable” is misleading in this context. Greenpeace considers this to be greenwashing.

MSC:

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) was founded in 1997 by Unilever and WWF as an initiative for responsible fishing. However, little remains of its once ambitious goals.

NEGATIVE ASPECTS:

• Even fisheries that use bottom trawling, which causes long-term destruction of the seafloor ecosystem, can receive MSC certification.

• MSC certification is still granted even when fisheries target species that are scientifically recognised as endangered. For example in Australia, the endangered orange roughie was certified as “sustainable” by MSC despite their population that is in grave peril.

NOT TRUSTWORTHY

Neither MSC nor other certification schemes apply the precautionary principle, which is essential for protecting marine life. Instead of addressing the real issues in global fisheries, MSC gives the destructive fishing industry a greenwashed image.

This is particularly alarming given that MSC’s own website acknowledges that fishing is the greatest threat to endangered marine species. Greenpeace considers this label to be untrustworthy.

WARNING: GREENWASHING

The MSC label is widely used and serves primarily as a marketing tool to boost fish product sales, claiming to be an “eco-label for wild-caught fish” and a seal of approval for sustainable fisheries. However, our oceans are already severely overfished. The only truly sustainable choice is to stop buying and consuming seafood and predatory fish altogether.

Greenpeace. (2025, February 13). Greenwashing & Co.: Ein Viertel der Gütesiegel ist nicht vertrauenswürdig. Kronen Zeitung. Retrieved February 24, 2025, from krone.at/3688558.

Greenpeace. (2025, February). Greenpeace quality label guide: Food products 2025. Greenpeace Austria. Retrieved February 24, 2025, from greenpeace.at/uploads/2025/02/….

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2025-01-14 13:46:00

Major Food Giants Sued Over Addictive UPFs Given To Kids

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A landmark lawsuit filed in Philadelphia names major food companies: Kraft Heinz, Mondelez, Post Holdings, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, General Mills, Nestlé, Kellogg’s, Mars, and ConAgra and accuses them of designing and marketing ultra-processed foods (UPFs) with addictive qualities, particularly targeting children. The suit alleges that these practices have led to serious childhood health issues, such as Type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

The case and its repercussions echo sinister marketing tactics employed by Big Tobacco in decades past. In a similar way it is alleged, global food giants manipulate consumers with misleading health claims and aggressive marketing. A large body of research shows that cutting UPFs could save millions of lives, while palm oil’s role in deforestation and biodiversity loss compounds the crisis. It’s time to reject harmful foods and demand accountability. Choose wholefoods, protect wildlife, and fight for a healthier planet. #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife every time you shop.

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In a groundbreaking legal action, some of the world’s largest food and beverage corporations are facing allegations of deliberately engineering ultra-processed foods (UPFs) to be addictive, with a specific focus on marketing these products to children. The lawsuit, filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, names companies including Kraft Heinz, Mondelez, Post Holdings, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, General Mills, Nestlé, Kellogg’s, Mars, and ConAgra.

The 148-page complaint drawing unsettling parallels with insidious strategies employed by the tobacco industry, asserts that these companies have employed strategies reminiscent of those used by tobacco giants, utilising research on addiction to create hyper-palatable food products that are difficult to resist. This approach is alleged to have contributed to a rise in serious health conditions among children, notably Type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease—ailments that were once rare in this age group.

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The plaintiff, represented by the law firm Morgan & Morgan, contends that the defendants have prioritised profit over public health, leading to a public health crisis characterised by increased rates of chronic diseases linked to diet. The lawsuit seeks to hold these corporations accountable for their role in promoting and distributing products that may pose significant health risks to consumers, particularly vulnerable populations like children.

This case underscores the growing scrutiny of ultra-processed foods and their impact on health, especially among younger demographics. It raises critical questions about corporate responsibility, marketing ethics, and the need for greater transparency in the food industry.

The compliant alleges that these tactics originate from a time when tobacco giants acquired and operated major food brands, using the same addiction research once employed to hook smokers on cigarettes. This same research was subsequently applied to make ultra-processed foods tasty and irresistible to children.

This lawsuit represents a pivotal moment in the fight against corporate practices that prioritise profits over human health and planetary well-being. With childhood obesity rates and diet-related illnesses climbing, the case forces society to reckon with the profound consequences of marketing UPFs to vulnerable populations.

Big Food Taking from Big Tobacco’s Playbook of Deception

The lawsuit alleges that Big Food employs tactics alarmingly similar to those pioneered by the tobacco industry, including targeting children, engineering addiction, and lobbying to obstruct regulation. These claims echo findings from the World Health Organisation (WHO) Bulletin (2021), which likened the palm oil industry’s tactics to Big Tobacco’s playbook. The report detailed how industries undermine health policies through lobbying, greenwashing, and misleading claims.

In the context of ultra-processed foods, companies exploit health-conscious messaging to disguise their products’ true impact. Misleading packaging, claims of “low-fat” or “fortified” products, and cartoon characters lure children into consuming foods with little to no nutritional value. These strategies mirror the tobacco industry’s decades-long effort to obfuscate health risks while marketing addictive products to the public and in particular to children.

The Hidden Danger of Ultra-Processed Foods

Ultra-processed foods, rich in refined palm oil, sugars, salts, and additives, are engineered to override natural satiety signals, encouraging overconsumption. They not only fuel obesity and chronic diseases but also wreak havoc on cardiovascular health.

Dawn Harris Sherling, in her research published in The American Journal of Medicine (2024), highlights the immense influence of multinational corporations producing ultra-processed foods:

“The multinational companies that produce ultra-processed foods are just as, if not more, powerful than tobacco companies were in the last century, and it is unlikely that governments will be able to move quickly on policies that will promote whole foods and discourage the consumption of ultra-processed foods,” said Sherling.

She argues that this corporate dominance makes swift government action to promote whole foods and discourage ultra-processed food consumption unlikely, underscoring the challenges of addressing this public health crisis. (Sherling, Hennekens, & Ferris, 2024).

Palm Oil’s Role in the UPF Crisis

Palm oil is a cornerstone of UPFs, contributing not only to their health risks but also to widespread environmental destruction. As detailed on Palm Oil Detectives, the palm oil industry drives deforestation, biodiversity loss, and violations of indigenous rights. The unchecked expansion of palm oil plantations continues to exacerbate climate change and disrupt ecosystems vital to planetary health.

Companies like Kraft Heinz, Coca-Cola, and PepsiCo rely heavily on palm oil, underscoring their complicity in both public health and environmental degradation. Addressing these interlinked crises requires holding corporations accountable and rethinking our food systems.

Take Action!

The evidence is clear: ultra-processed foods are a health hazard, and the industries behind them profit from addiction, environmental destruction, and misleading marketing. Here’s what you can do:

• Boycott Palm Oil: Refuse to buy products containing palm oil to combat deforestation, biodiversity loss, and corporate greenwashing.

• Choose Whole Foods: Opt for fresh, minimally processed plant-based foods to prioritise your health and reduce dependency on harmful UPFs.

To learn more about the dangers of UPFs and the palm oil industry’s impact on health and the environment, visit Palm Oil Detectives. Share your commitment to change with the hashtags #BoycottPalmOil and #Boycott4Wildlife every time you shop.

References

Dawn Harris Sherling, Charles H. Hennekens, Allison H. Ferris. (2024). Newest updates to health providers on the hazards of ultra-processed foods and proposed solutions. The American Journal of Medicine, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.02.001

Kadandale, S., Marten, R., & Smith, R. (2019). The palm oil industry and noncommunicable diseases. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 97(2), 118–128. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/…

LawInc Staff. (2024, December 10). Hooked by design: Landmark lawsuit alleges Kraft, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and others used Big Tobacco tactics to addict kids to ultra-processed foods. LawInc. Retrieved from lawinc.com/hooked-by-design-la…

Palm Oil Detectives. (2024). Cutting down on ultra-processed foods could save lives, research reveals. Retrieved from Palm Oil Detectives.

Palm Oil Detectives. (2022). Four things to know about cholesterol. Retrieved from Palm Oil Detectives.

Hanley-Jones, S, Wood, L, Letcher, T and Winstanley, M. 5.13 Products and packaging created to appeal to new users. In Greenhalgh, EM, Scollo, MM and Winstanley, MH [editors]. Tobacco in Australia: Facts and issues. Melbourne: Cancer Council Victoria; 2022. Available from tobaccoinaustralia.org.au/chap…

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Zukunftsklage vor dem BVerfG

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Zwei gute Nachrichten

Nun konnte uns Greenpeace gleich zwei gute Nachrichten dazu mitteilen.

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Seltsamerweise findet Google - nicht nur verdächtig, sondern nachgewiesen in den Anfangsjahren von der CIA finanziert - dazu nur Links, die nicht funktionieren:

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• greenpeace.de/publikationen/Kr…
• greenpeace.de/frieden/kraeftev…

So verlinken wir auf einen Artikel bei Telepolis.de zu der Gefahr mit der Ankündigung eines Krieges einer selbsterfüllenden Prophezeiung zu erliegen, die nur die Spannungen weiter anheizt und einen Artikel über die Greenpeace Studie in der Zeit. Dabei distanziert sich die Zeit in der Überschrift sogar, dass sie den Artikel von dpa übernommen hat. Scheinbar ist bereits jede kriegs-kritische Stellungnahme inzwischen für einen Herausgeber gefährlich ...

Die Studie von Greenpeace bestätigt eine Überlegenheit der NATO Streitkräfte gegenüber Russland von 3:1, wie es auch Militärs einschätzen, solange es nicht darum geht gegen Russland ins "weite Feld" zu ziehen - einen Fehler und Verbrechen, dem Napoleon und Hitler unterlagen. Derzeit und auch weiterhin ist keine Veränderung dieses Kräfteverhältnisses zu erwarten. Russland hat seine halbe Schwarzmeerflotte und an der Front fast alle Panzer verloren. Die Zeit, bzw. dpa nennt aus der Studie konkrete Zahlen: "Beispielsweise verfügen die Nato-Staaten über 5.406 Kampfflugzeuge (hierunter 2.073 in Europa), wohingegen Russland davon lediglich 1.026 besitzt, heißt es. Lediglich bei strategischen Bombern erreiche Russland fast die USA (129 zu 140)."

Der "Spinnennetz"-Angriff vor 2 Wochen hat mit der Zerstörung einiger strategischer Bomber sogar das atomare "Gleichgewicht des Schreckens" noch weiter zu Ungunsten Russlands verschoben. Für den Westen beschränken sich die Verluste der letzten 3 Jahre nur auf Gerld, die Opfer bleiben bei einem Stellvertreterkrieg aus seiten Russlands und der Ukraine.

Fazit der Studie ist, dass die NATO heute den russischen Streitkräften um das Dreifache überlegen ist, was auch schon bei den ausgegebenen Mitteln logisch erscheint aber auch von SIPRI so ermittelt wurde. Daran wird sich auch in den nächsten Jahren nichts ändern, selbst wenn man endlich aufhören würde sich gegenseitig Verluste zuzufügen. Dabei ist zusätzlich zu beachten, dass die "westlichen Verluste" jederzeit nachproduziert werden können, während Russland und die Ukraine auch viele Soldaten verlieren - ein weiterer "Vorteil" für den Westen bei dem derzeit laufenden Stellvertreterkrieg.

Mehr dazu bei telepolis.de/features/2030-203…
und zeit.de/news/2024-11/11/greenp…
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#Weltfürsorge braucht #Selbstfürsorge 2025

Dazu zwei Links:

Von #Greenpeace gibt es ein Seminar sowohl in Berlin als auch über eine stabile Internetleitung.

In diesem psychologisch fundierten Seminar erlernt man die Grundelemente der Selbstfürsorge. Hier erfährt man, wie Stress entsteht und wie er uns schaden kann. In einem geschützten Raum bekommt man die Möglichkeit, den eigenen bisherigen Umgang mit den Belastungen des Umweltengagements zu reflektieren.

Bonus: All das gilt auch für alle anderen Bereiche des Lebens, nicht nur im Ehrenamt.

learn4change.greenpeace.de/cat…

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Das Wochenende in der Akademie ist nicht ganz so günstig, aber empfehlenswert, wenn man das Geld aufbringen kann.

Unterbringung, Verpflegung und anderes ist top. Eine kleine heile Welt für #Queer's.

Reise in die Innenwelt – Systemisch arbeiten mit inneren Anteilen für LSBTIAQ*
Fachfortbildung für Fachkräfte in der LSBTIAQ*-Beratung

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