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Palm oil is what companies often use to replace more unhealthy oils like canola. But harvesting palm oil can get nasty–companies plow through wilderness to get at the oil, displacing endangered wildlife including pygmy elephants, orangutans and Sumatran tigers along the way. In the past, companies that buy palm oil  have turned a blind eye to the practices of the industry. This includes the Girl Scouts. The non-profit’s famous cookies are made with the stuff, much to the chagrin of two hard-charging Scouts, Rhiannon Tomtishen and Madison Vorva. They’ve been working for years to change the organization’s ways, but just recently, the battle heated up.

Tomtishen and Vorva, both 15, have spent the past few years working with the Rainforest Action Network on a campaign to remove palm oil from Girl Scout Cookies. Originally, the pair took on the cause to earn their Girl Scouts bronze awards, which is given to girls who demonstrate a commitment to helping others and improving both the community and the world. Rhiannon and Madison earned their awards–but they haven’t heard anything from the organization about cutting out palm oil since a brief conference call three years ago.

The issue came back to the forefront recently when the Girl Scouts of the USA took down a number of Facebook comments on their wall imploring them to move away from palm oil as part of a social media day of action. The organization then changed its privacy settings so that users could only respond to wall posts–but couldn’t start posts themselves. We asked the Girl Scouts of the USA for comment.

“Most were either links that ended up spamming our Facebook page or people who weren’t responding in the right thread,” says Michelle Tompkins, external communications consultant at the Girl Scouts. “There is still a forum for people to comment on palm oil.” People can now comment on the issue–but below a statement from the Girl Scouts explaining that their bakers exclusively source palm oil from members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. The RSPO is not exactly the most exclusive organization in the world. Members need only pay a $2,000 membership fee and work towards the nebulous goal of using “sustainable palm oil,” according to RAN.