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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

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The Amazon rainforest on the Urubu River. Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. Photo by Andre Deak via Flickr.

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USA: “The Coke Side of Life”—More Sugar, Less Science

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Colombia: Coke bottler faces death suit Stefan Armbruster | BBC | April 2, 2003 A US court has ruled that Coca-Cola's main Latin American bottler can stand trial for allegedly hiring right-wing paramilitaries to kill and intimidate union leaders in Colombia. Then, they remained close.

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Release: Nearly all COP27 sponsors are either major polluters or enablers of fossil fuel industry

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Coke bottler faces death suit Stefan Armbruster | BBC | April 2, 2003 A US court has ruled that Coca-Cola's main Latin American bottler can stand trial for allegedly hiring right-wing paramilitaries to kill and intimidate union leaders in Colombia.

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UK: Coca-Cola Enterprises boss admits taking £1.5m in bribes

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Coke bottler faces death suit Stefan Armbruster | BBC | April 2, 2003 A US court has ruled that Coca-Cola's main Latin American bottler can stand trial for allegedly hiring right-wing paramilitaries to kill and intimidate union leaders in Colombia.

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Turkish parliament dumps Coke, Nestle from menus over alleged Israel support

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Palm oil for Nestlé: more than 1,000 cases of deforestation per day Rainforest Rescue | October 22, 2020 In 2010, Nestlé gave itself ten years to switch to 100% deforestation-free palm oil. Pakistan: Poisoning The Well? Media reports had suggested its products were laced with a chemical that killed four babies.

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Nestlé faces US lawsuit for allegedly false advertising pet food as ‘natural’

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Palm oil for Nestlé: more than 1,000 cases of deforestation per day Rainforest Rescue | October 22, 2020 In 2010, Nestlé gave itself ten years to switch to 100% deforestation-free palm oil. Pakistan: Poisoning The Well? Media reports had suggested its products were laced with a chemical that killed four babies.

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Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report

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Palm oil for Nestlé: more than 1,000 cases of deforestation per day Rainforest Rescue | October 22, 2020 In 2010, Nestlé gave itself ten years to switch to 100% deforestation-free palm oil. Pakistan: Poisoning The Well? Media reports had suggested its products were laced with a chemical that killed four babies.