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A new climate litigation claim in Brazil raises the pressure for increased climate action and protection of the Amazon rainforest

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It contributes to increasing pressure against President Bolsonaro for widespread environmental damage across the country, resulting from a significant lack of climate action and the pervasive destruction of the Amazon rainforest. In 2014, leaders made a similar pledge in the New York Declaration on Forests that yielded few results.

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

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Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010). USA: Coke, EPA to reach settlement in Clean Air Act ammonia violation charges Shane O'Halloran | Food Engineering Mag | March 19, 2014 EPA alleged 27 violations at a Minute Maid juice processing facility in Michigan.

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

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Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010). USA: Coke, EPA to reach settlement in Clean Air Act ammonia violation charges Shane O'Halloran | Food Engineering Mag | March 19, 2014 EPA alleged 27 violations at a Minute Maid juice processing facility in Michigan.

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

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Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010). USA: Coke, EPA to reach settlement in Clean Air Act ammonia violation charges Shane O'Halloran | Food Engineering Mag | March 19, 2014 EPA alleged 27 violations at a Minute Maid juice processing facility in Michigan.

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Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill

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The case was settled in 2014 after Argentina paid Repsol $5 billion. The Local | December 14, 2014 Protesters plunged half-naked into the icy sea and unfurled banners Saturday to try to stop oil prospecting near Spain's Canary Islands, a major tourist destination. Repsol fined for anti-competitive practices.

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

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Corporate and securities law – as well as companies and their leaders acting through lobbying and politics – also have major roles to play. [9] It’s long past time to stop relegating the climate problem to a narrowly conceived field of “environmental law.” 46] The U.S. 20] See, e.g., Roshan Krishman et al., “The 35] See Richard J.

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JBS fires indigenous worker in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, for reporting precarious company buses, says union

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JBS has featured at the top of the list of companies linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. The conglomerate has also been accused of corruption, bribery, and price-fixing in both Brazil in the U.S. SA) agreed to pay $52.5