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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Issued on: 17/11/2023 - 12:13 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. million fine Emily Pickrell | Houston Chronicle | September 20, 2013 Total Petrochemical will pay an $8.8 In the U.S. Total settles U.S.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa Global Witness PaulaR Thu, 12/14/2023 - 13:39 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. In the U.S.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report Just Food PaulaR Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:20 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Simon Harvey Ferrero, Mondelez and Lindt also labelled as “inadequate” in Ethical Consumer’s assessment.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé: Stop draining water from Pakistani communities and ensure that villages have access to safe drinking water Ekō (formerly SumOfUs) | 2013 Nestlé’s aggressive water grab is already descending like a plague on parts of Pakistan.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. million fine Emily Pickrell | Houston Chronicle | September 20, 2013 Total Petrochemical will pay an $8.8 In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. In the U.S.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million in 2013. million fine Emily Pickrell | Houston Chronicle | September 20, 2013 Total Petrochemical will pay an $8.8 In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. In the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

billion in latest US trial loss over Roundup weedkiller Reuters PaulaR Mon, 11/27/2023 - 13:42 Monday, November 20, 2023 Read more Tom Hals Nov 19 (Reuters) - A Missouri jury ordered Bayer (BAYGn.DE) to pay $1.56 The Fight Against Monsanto's Roundup: The Politics of Pesticides by Mitchel Cohen (Skyhorse, January 2019).

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Historical Refernces Britain’s first North Sea oil rig collapses Julian Gavaghan | Yahoo News | December 24, 2013 December 27, 1965: Britain’s first ever North Sea oil rig collapsed and killed 13 men during a bitter snowstorm and 20ft-high waves on this day in 1965. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund (October 1999).

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

million in Roundup cancer trial, jury finds Reuters PaulaR Wed, 10/25/2023 - 18:06 Friday, October 20, 2023 Read more Brendan Pierson Oct 20 (Reuters) - Bayer AG must pay $1.25 Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). Bayer must pay $1.25

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). Monsanto: A Corporate Profile (Food & Water Europe, April 2013) Monsanto vs. the World: The Monsanto Protection Act, GMOs and our Genetically Modified Future by Jason Louv (Ultraculture Press, 2013).

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Posted on February 9, 2023 by Karl S. The old growth grove where the Gandalf Tree stands became part of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area in 2013 – a successful conclusion to this particular direct action effort, which lasted ten years.

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MAY 10, 2023

Grant Township has been fighting to keep out this frack-waste injection well since 2013. The community in Grant Township has demonstrated true courage in the face of a legal, political, and economic system stacked against them at every turn. This is what resistance, resilience, and success can look like,” said CELDF’s Chad Nicholson.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

City of Dublin (2013) 214 Cal.App.4th City of Pomona (2023) 92 Cal.App.5th City of Irvine (2023) 88 Cal.App.5th Citing Concerned Dublin Citizens v. 4th 1301, 1311 (my 4/10/13 post on which can be found here ); Lucas v. 5th 508, 538 (my 6/27/23 post on which can be found here ); see Pub. Resources Code, § 21083.3.)

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). Major Shareholders Click here for the latest data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). Major Shareholders Click here for the latest data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). Major Shareholders Click here for the latest data. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Guest Post by Débora Nunes , 2022-2023 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Me and my dance partner Valtinho, performing in 2013 Despite the great effort by “normal schooling” to diminish my curiosity, I decided to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in economics.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Uber and Lyft agree to pay $328m to New York drivers BBC PaulaR Mon, 11/06/2023 - 13:50 Friday, November 3, 2023 Read more Sam Gruet Ride-sharing firms Uber and Lyft will pay $328m (£269m) to settle claims they "systematically cheated" New York drivers out of pay and benefits. billion.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

Brazil: Uber Driver Accused of Anti-Candomblé Religious Intolerance Bitter Winter PaulaR Thu, 01/11/2024 - 14:09 Saturday, May 13, 2023 Read more Massimo Introvigne He refused to take to a terreiro a family dressed according to their religion, and is now under police investigation. billion.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé: Stop draining water from Pakistani communities and ensure that villages have access to safe drinking water Ekō (formerly SumOfUs) | 2013 Nestlé’s aggressive water grab is already descending like a plague on parts of Pakistan.

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Arnold Porter

APRIL 6, 2023

Davila rejected the FTC’s request for a preliminary injunction in January 2023.[[N: 3, 2023), FTC, available here. ]] FTC Chair Lina Khan also commented that “[i]f you’re not really pushing the courts to engage with how these statutes apply in the new economy, you get doctrine that is stale[.]”[[N:

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

His parents, Gary and Shari Peters, documented six more kids in Aurora diagnosed with cancer from 2005 to 2013. Politically powerful farm lobbies, preferring voluntary measures to curb nutrient pollution, have held off oversight under the Clean Water Act and other statutes. This one is slated to be completed in 2023.

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In this issue: Apply for the 2023 Katherine S. Apply for the 2023 Katherine S. ESA invites you to apply for the 2023 Graduate Student Policy Award (GSPA). 1, 2023, 12PM EDT. The two concurrent calls for art will be open through January 27, 2023, to align with an upcoming public comment period on the draft report.

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APRIL 25, 2024

Matthew Tejada, the senior official in charge of EPA’s EJ program from 2013-2023, shared with me that “failing to include some mechanism for transparency at multiple levels undermines the goal of Justice40 in several respects. DOE’s hydrogen hubs (H2Hubs) program selected seven projects for award negotiations in the fall of 2023.

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APRIL 29, 2024

I first wrote about ExxonMobil in March 2013 after I saw the company’s then-CEO, Rex Tillerson, on the Charlie Rose talk show, who provided me with fodder for perhaps my favorite of two dozen ExxonMobil-related columns. The company has yet to publish a report for its grantmaking in 2022, let alone 2023.

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JUNE 7, 2023

USA: “The Coke Side of Life”—More Sugar, Less Science Union of Concerned Scientists PaulaR Thu, 06/08/2023 - 03:44 Friday, August 14, 2015 Read more Deborah Bailin Almost 130 years ago, Coca-Cola first quenched Americans’ thirst and splashed its irresistible blend of sugar and, yes, cocaine , across our taste buds and brains.

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JUNE 7, 2023

Total Penalties $241,580,318 (July 7, 2023) Number of Records 118 Books Agrifood Atlas: Facts and figures about the corporations that control what we eat by Heinrich Böll Foundation, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation & Friends of the Earth Europe (2017) Citizen Coke by Bartow J. References: Did Coca-Cola Ever Contain Cocaine?

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JUNE 7, 2023

in bribes BBC PaulaR Wed, 06/07/2023 - 10:06 Thursday, April 14, 2022 Read more Prosecutors say Noel Corry created a "corrupt procurement culture" A former Coca-Cola Enterprises manager has admitted taking more than £1.5m Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Fresenius has also been fined $50 million after employees were caught destroying records prior to a 2013 inspection of a plant that manufactured cancer medicines in Kalyani, West Bengal, India. Germany: Collective bargaining compromise reached at Helios clinics Ver.di The company agreed to pay $231 million to the U.S.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Germany: Hospital group vs trade unionist: Fired because she went home 28 minutes too early TAZ PaulaR Tue, 01/16/2024 - 14:45 Thursday, July 13, 2023 Read more Emily Kietsch Helios terminated an anesthetist without notice because she allegedly went home too early. The Marburger Bund suspects another reason. USA: Fresenius Agrees to Pay $5.2

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

Fresenius has also been fined $50 million after employees were caught destroying records prior to a 2013 inspection of a plant that manufactured cancer medicines in Kalyani, West Bengal, India. In 2016, the company agreed to pay out $250 million in compensation to families of U.S. The company agreed to pay $231 million to the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 16, 2024

Fresenius has also been fined $50 million after employees were caught destroying records prior to a 2013 inspection of a plant that manufactured cancer medicines in Kalyani, West Bengal, India. In 2016, the company agreed to pay out $250 million in compensation to families of U.S. The company agreed to pay $231 million to the U.S.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Dialysis Caregivers at Fresenius and Satellite: Unfair Labor Practice Strike at clinics in US Public Services International PaulaR Tue, 01/16/2024 - 14:48 Tuesday, September 26, 2023 Read more 99% of workers voted in favor of an unfair labor practice strike as Fresenius Kidney Care and Satellite Healthcare refused to bargain in good faith.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

USA: AG Platkin Sues Fresenius Vascular Care After Vulnerable Kidney Dialysis Patients Are Allegedly Subjected to Unnecessary Surgeries in Fraud Scheme State of New Jersey Office of the Attorney General PaulaR Tue, 01/16/2024 - 14:49 Wednesday, October 4, 2023 Read more TRENTON — Attorney General Matthew J. USA: Fresenius Agrees to Pay $5.2

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

MAY 12, 2023

Towards the beginning of the 1960s, organizations such as the Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and community members in the South increasingly organized and held meetings to strategize around increasing Black political participation. JSTOR , [link] Accessed 9 May 2023. JSTOR , [link] Accessed 9 May 2023.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Historical Refernces Britain’s first North Sea oil rig collapses Julian Gavaghan | Yahoo News | December 24, 2013 December 27, 1965: Britain’s first ever North Sea oil rig collapsed and killed 13 men during a bitter snowstorm and 20ft-high waves on this day in 1965. Israel has just given BP licences to drill for gas off the coast of Gaza.

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Physics World

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The UK’s National Quantum Technology Programme (NQTP) kicked off in 2013 with around £1bn promised over a 10-year period, and is now entering its second phase. The company, founded in 2001, expects to see applications not just for confidential financial and political information but for medical data and as a defence against cyber attacks.

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