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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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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.

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

Law Columbia

The Problem with Carbon Offsets,” Stanford Social Innovation Review , Spring 2023; Patrick Greenfield, “Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest certifier are worthless, analysis shows,” Guardian , Jan. 20] See, e.g., Roshan Krishman et al., “The 27, 2022, UN News, [link]. [21] see also Kirkland & Ellis, op.

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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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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). 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). 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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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).