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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. by 2020 against a 2010 baseline. Omissions from the Brazilian government on climate policy. Bolsonaro ).

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

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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. Pakistan: Poisoning The Well? Who's to blame?

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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. Pakistan: Poisoning The Well? Who's to blame?

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

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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. Pakistan: Poisoning The Well? Who's to blame?

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

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That was the question that Palau and the Republic of the Marshall Islands attempted to present in 2012, but the United States opposed submitting climate change to the ICJ and in the end nowhere near a majority of General Assembly members supported presentation of the question.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Montana Federal Court Agreed to Consider Keystone XL-Specific Documents and 2012 Biological Opinion in Challenge to Authorization Under Nationwide Permit. Peruvian Youth Filed Action Against Government Demanding Action on Climate Change, Amazon Rainforest. Williams , No. 19-cv-6855 (E.D.N.Y.

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