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Opposition to CAFOs Mounts Across the Nation

Circle of Blue

It’s been building and building,” said Rob Michaels, an attorney for the Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC), a Chicago-based legal group, who is working to limit CAFO manure discharges in Ohio and Michigan. It’s now being raised as a political issue. As a legal issue. As a legislative issue.”. Milking parlor in Lenawee County.

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Now Mobilizing Against Gun Violence: Scientists and Public Health Professionals

Union of Concerned Scientists

The editors of Scientific American called for “a lasting stop to the political obstruction” against federally funded gun violence research, adding, “We need to become the kind of country that says the lives of children are more valuable than the right to weapons that have killed them.”. Back then, scientists were crushed by craven politics.

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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

Legal Planet

Lula, who served as President of Brazil from 2003 to 2010 (and is the first President in the country to return for a third term), is known for supporting policies to protect the environment and disenfranchised social groups. Treaties on environmental law are a type of human rights treaty, and, for that reason, enjoy supranational status.

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Meta has not done enough to safeguard children, whistleblower says

Corp Watch

When the company decided to temporarily block the sharing of news on its platform in Australia in 2020 to protest a law that would require it to pay news publishers for content, it also blocked government health-department and emergency services pages. Federal Government (via USA SPENDING).

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Facebook and Instagram ran content sexualizing minors next to corporate ads, lawsuit says

Corp Watch

When the company decided to temporarily block the sharing of news on its platform in Australia in 2020 to protest a law that would require it to pay news publishers for content, it also blocked government health-department and emergency services pages. Federal Government (via USA SPENDING).

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Meta ‘stifling’ pro-Palestine voices on social media, rights group says

Corp Watch

Corporation Facebook Image Image Products Social Media Platform Facebook Website Summary Facebook is a social media company that was founded in 2003 by Mark Zuckerberg. It trades in the data of over two billion users and their daily activity which has allowed Facebook to become an advertising behemoth.

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Disinformation researcher accuses Meta of meddling in Harvard’s research

Corp Watch

By Justine Calma and Emilia David Corporation Facebook Image Image Products Social Media Platform Facebook Website Summary Facebook is a social media company that was founded in 2003 by Mark Zuckerberg. It trades in the data of over two billion users and their daily activity which has allowed Facebook to become an advertising behemoth.

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