some environmental groups like greenpeace and the wwf say boycotting palm isn't the way to go becauseternatives could be worse. but we can start checking the ingredients in what we use and look out for products that contain sustainable palm oil. if done sustainably it's helping the environment, and it's also helping the people that work for the company to live a better life. and if yourfavourite brand doesn't use sustainable palm oil, you could put pressure on them by asking them why not? palm oil isn't going away anytime soon, so it's up to us to decide what we do about it. since the palm oil trip and learning about what goes on behind—the—scenes, i think that has made me more conscious to actually look at what i am using, but also for the salon as well, that is really important, i would never have done that before. this time last year i was just maybe looking into cruelty—free and vegan and now it is like i am trying to make sure i am looking into what i am actually using. it's so difficult, i still find it difficult to actually find out if it is in my products, so i have written to

association of tennis professionals also announcing today it'll donate half a million dollars to the wwfldlife and nature recovery fund. ♪ ♪ leland: back here at home, at least 11 are dead as storms battered the southern part of the united states. tornadoes were confirmed in louisiana, arkansas, oklahoma and missouri. much of that system has moved east, but this trail of destruction and now cold weather that it left behind will be there for a while. jacqui heinrich following some of the damage for us. >> reporter: hey, leland. among the dead are two first responders. high winds, tornadoes and torrential rain are responsible. officials have so far accounted for 11 weather-related deaths in iowa, oklahoma, texas, louisiana and alabama. causes range from drowning to fallen trees, to tornado damage. destruction spans a huge swath of the south. in louisiana, a tornado with 135 mile-an-hour winds lifted a trailer off its foundation, killing the elderly couple who lived there. part of a middle school was also destroyed, and the sheriff's office said first responders are searching through mud an

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