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OCTOBER 25, 2023

Mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest by Peter Pringle (Simon & Schuster, 2003). Impact of Genetically Engineered Crops on Farm Sustainability in the United States (National Research Council, April 2010). Books, 2003). Government (via USA SPENDING). Government (via SAM). June 2007).

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NOVEMBER 23, 2023

for hiding information about acceleration problems from buyers and government officials, as well as $1 billion in compensation to car owners, after as many as 37 people were reported killed in runaway vehicles. Federal Government (via USA Spending) Toyota contracts with the U.S. It paid out a fine of $1.2 billion in 2014 to the U.S.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The results, published in Nature magazine, provide a much clearer, evidence-based picture, which is likely to change government policy in the US and beyond. Michael Greenstone, a University of Chicago economist, first calculated it in 2010. What is the social cost of carbon? If the SCC is low, new laws might not be worth the effort.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. Also see SOMO's 2008 report.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé u-turn on Ethiopia debt Charlotte Denny | The Guardian | January 24, 2003 Nestlé, the world's largest coffee company, was forced into a humiliating u-turn last night, after public outrage forced it to drop its $6m claim against the famine stricken Ethiopian government. Nestle Pakistan caught evading government taxes of Rs38.86

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé u-turn on Ethiopia debt Charlotte Denny | The Guardian | January 24, 2003 Nestlé, the world's largest coffee company, was forced into a humiliating u-turn last night, after public outrage forced it to drop its $6m claim against the famine stricken Ethiopian government. Nestle Pakistan caught evading government taxes of Rs38.86

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For decades the fossil fuel lobby has masterfully weakened, derailed, and outright blocked government climate policy. We need governments to regulate industry. Under Baiton’s leadership, CAPP has lobbied the federal government 74 times in the first 9 months of 2023 – that’s once every 2.5

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 8, 2023

A long-term objective would be that, consistent with other environmental legislation in which California has taken a lead, the federal government may eventually take over and establish a comprehensive corporate climate disclosure regulation of its own. Jody Freeman, “The Private Role in Public Governance,” 75 N.Y.U.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2022

In 2010, Gov. Since 2003, General Fund support for environmental programs in DEP have been cut about 40 percent and as a result staffing was reduced by nearly 30 percent, especially in water quality protection programs. Rendell actually bragged about the fact General Fund monies for DEP were below 1994-95 appropriations.

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Baughman Rising government demands for censorship by social media platforms raise the question of who should get Section 230 liability protections: just social media platforms like X/Twitter and Meta/Facebook? 2003) (finding that the production of an electronic newsletter qualified as an interactive computer service). By Krista L.

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 25, 2021

million must be transferred from the Wastewater Account of the Bay Restoration Fund to the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays 2010 Trust Fund for tree plantings on public and private land, and for fiscal 2024 through 2031, the Governor must include an annual appropriation of $2.5 Maryland Environmental Service.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé u-turn on Ethiopia debt Charlotte Denny | The Guardian | January 24, 2003 Nestlé, the world's largest coffee company, was forced into a humiliating u-turn last night, after public outrage forced it to drop its $6m claim against the famine stricken Ethiopian government. Nestle Pakistan caught evading government taxes of Rs38.86

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010). The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink by Michael Blanding (2010) Belching Out the Devil: Global Adventures with Coca-Cola by Mark Thomas (2008).

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010). The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink by Michael Blanding (2010) Belching Out the Devil: Global Adventures with Coca-Cola by Mark Thomas (2008).

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Corp Watch

JUNE 7, 2023

Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010). The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink by Michael Blanding (2010) Belching Out the Devil: Global Adventures with Coca-Cola by Mark Thomas (2008).

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

23] In response to Fukushima, the Japanese government shut down its nuclear plants and the cost of electricity went up. But given the fungible nature of silicon, some fear the Chinese government could evade such controls. [36] In Germany, the government has had to resort to various mechanisms to prevent utilities from going bankrupt.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Nebraska , the Court relied on the MQD to determine that the Biden Administration could not forgive $430 billion of federal student loan debt under a 2003 Act that had not been the basis for such a sweeping program before. In the Supreme Court’s recent decision Biden v.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 25, 2021

higher education reforms,[[N:Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 107-16); Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 (P.L. It also gave the House Democratic Caucus a way to make changes to the Affordable Care Act without going to conference after Democrats lost their Senate super majority in 2010.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. And in 2003 Raytheon agreed to pay $3.9 The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. And in 2003 Raytheon agreed to pay $3.9 The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. And in 2003 Raytheon agreed to pay $3.9 The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. And in 2003 Raytheon agreed to pay $3.9 The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. And in 2003 Raytheon agreed to pay $3.9 The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. It was also forced to pay out US$25 million in 2003 for illegally exporting U.S. There are no adequate records to indicate how the funds have been and are being spent.” The study also cited incidents of planes being used for joy rides.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. It was also forced to pay out US$25 million in 2003 for illegally exporting U.S. There are no adequate records to indicate how the funds have been and are being spent.” The study also cited incidents of planes being used for joy rides.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. And in 2003 Raytheon agreed to pay $3.9 The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

government drop investigations into over-billing and contract fraud. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. government charges that it had inflated the cost of Patriot missiles. And in 2003 Raytheon agreed to pay $3.9 The company has paid millions to ensure that the U.S.

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