Hudson Reporter
Jersey City Council joins the ‘girlcott’
Council supports Girl Scout troop's palm oil ban; seeks to divest from fossil fuel investments
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During a virtual meeting of the Jersey City Council, the council unanimously adopted two environmentally conscious resolutions.
Keeping an eye on the future of climate change, the Jersey City City Council unanimously adopted a resolution calling on pension boards to divest in the fossil fuel industry as well as a resolution supporting a local Girl Scout troop’s “girlcott” of Girl Scout cookies containing palm oil.
The resolution supporting Girl Scout Troop 12026 pushes for Girl Scouts of America to find an alternative to the palm oil in some of their cookies due to the unsustainable practices of harvesting palm oil.