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Everything You Wanted to Know About Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel. Charts and Graphs Included

Union of Concerned Scientists

Biodiesel and renewable diesel are closely related fuels made from the same oils and fats, which remain scarce, expensive, and linked to deforestation and food price spikes. While ethanol remains the largest US source of biofuel, biodiesel and more recently renewable diesel have accounted for most of the growth since 2010.

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

Law Columbia

by 2020 against a 2010 baseline. While Brazil achieved its emission reduction goal from the NPCC, the reduction targets of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest were not fulfilled. Overall, since 2010, when the NPCC was regulated, Brazil increased emissions by 23.2%, and therefore did not alter its emissions trajectory.

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Nestlé faces US lawsuit for allegedly false advertising pet food as ‘natural’

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Nestlé Accused Of Exploiting Water Supplies For Bottled Brands Worldcrunch | January 19, 2012 In the small Pakistani community of Bhati Dilwan, a former village councilor says children are being sickened by filthy water. In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily. Pakistan: Poisoning The Well? Who's to blame?

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Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report

Corp Watch

Nestlé Accused Of Exploiting Water Supplies For Bottled Brands Worldcrunch | January 19, 2012 In the small Pakistani community of Bhati Dilwan, a former village councilor says children are being sickened by filthy water. In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily. Pakistan: Poisoning The Well? Who's to blame?

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Where’d the wood go? The importance of wood in rivers and how we can learn to appreciate it

HumanNature

Water Resour Res 48 , (2012). Geomorphology 116 , 305–319 (2010). Geomorphology 139–140 , 460–470 (2012). The fields of fluvial geomorphology, riparian ecology, stream biology, and river restoration have recognized the value of wood in rivers for decades. Hydrol Process 20 , 183–196 (2006). Sawyer, A. Bayani Cardenas, M. &

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James Michener’s Chesapeake Bay Was A+

Vermont Law

The Bay’s grade is a “C,” unchanged since 2012 when the 2011 “D+” was upgraded to a “C.” 1600s, but since then humans deforested the land, fished indiscriminately, farmed intensively, and the population grew. Researchers at the. The lack of progress is discouraging. Homeowners can help by limiting polluting runoff from their property.

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Turkish parliament dumps Coke, Nestle from menus over alleged Israel support

Corp Watch

Nestlé Accused Of Exploiting Water Supplies For Bottled Brands Worldcrunch | January 19, 2012 In the small Pakistani community of Bhati Dilwan, a former village councilor says children are being sickened by filthy water. In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily. Pakistan: Poisoning The Well? Who's to blame?