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Brazilian Indigenous leader slams Amazon mega-dams in Paris protest

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Brazilian Indigenous leader slams Amazon mega-dams in Paris protest Survival International PaulaR Fri, 02/16/2024 - 18:31 Friday, March 14, 2014 Read more Brazilian Indian Sonia Guajajara and over a hundred supporters protested today in Paris against Brazil’s construction of a series of mega-dams in the Amazon rainforest.

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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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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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Taking Climate Change to the International Court of Justice: Legal and Procedural Issues

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In the Japanese whaling case, decided in 2014, the ICJ for the first time allowed the scientific experts for the parties to testify directly to the court and to be cross-examined by counsel for the lead opponents – in that case, Australia and New Zealand. The states and some other organizations that made submissions may argue.

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Analysis: Coal extraction in Indonesia is driving deforestation

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Across its islands, Indonesia has the third-largest area of primary rainforest in the world. According to the study, deforestation related to industrial mining peaked in Indonesia between 2010 and 2014. Among the 26 countries investigated, this accounted for 58.2%

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A Sea Full of Trash: Tackling the Plastic Problem

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For the plastic that remains solely on land, students from Yale University’s Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory discovered a . Humans rely on that food chain for survival, so plastics (and the hazardous chemicals they contain) can eventually damage our dinners and poison our ecosystems.

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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.