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JBS fires indigenous worker in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, for reporting precarious company buses, says union

Corp Watch

Multiple reports from NGOs like Amnesty and Greenpeace have repeatedly linked JBS to farmers and ranchers who have been engaged in widespread deforestation. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.

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NY attorney general sues world's largest beef producer over methane emissions, climate commitments

Corp Watch

Multiple reports from NGOs like Amnesty and Greenpeace have repeatedly linked JBS to farmers and ranchers who have been engaged in widespread deforestation. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. Major Shareholders Click here for the latest list.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The majority said it “reluctantly” concluded that “the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political branches or to the electorate at large” and “[t]hat the other branches may have abdicated their responsibility to remediate the problem does not confer on Article III courts, no matter how well-intentioned, the ability to step into their shoes.”

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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

ESA

ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. with definite commitments for either work or postdoctoral training increased to 70%, from 62% in 2016 — the last time NSF reported these numbers. in 2016 to 30.2%

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court decision that vacated the listing of the Arctic ringed seal as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The plaintiffs’ complaint asserting National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Clean Water Act, and Rivers and Harbors Act violations included allegations that the U.S.

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Conservation: History and Future

Environmental Science

Unlike many other works of botany from that age and later, Sylva highlighted the growing problem of deforestation in England. It acts as a counterbalance to the culture of “indifference” that many feel exist towards resource use under modern economic systems since the Industrial Revolution. Evelyn did not take this work upon himself.