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JANUARY 25, 2024

New Shell documents could aid climate cases, attorneys say Follow the Money PaulaR Thu, 01/25/2024 - 16:59 Thursday, January 18, 2024 Read more Matthew Green, Merel de Buck & Birte Schohaus Latest Shell-files show that the company reflected on climate change caused by fossil products as early as the 1970s.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Shell ends National Gallery sponsorship – to delight of campaigners Adam Vaughan | The Guardian | October 19, 2018 Shell has ended its 12-year sponsorship of the National Gallery, to the delight of campaigners who have fought to keep fossil fuel financing out of the arts. Slick PR can’t disguise Shell's devastating oil pollution in Nigeria.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill BNN Bloomberg PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:45 Monday, January 15, 2024 Read more Marcelo Rochabrun (Bloomberg) -- Repsol SA is being sued for $1 billion by an English law firm representing around 35,000 alleged victims for its involvement in Peru’s largest oil spill in 2022.

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MARCH 8, 2024

Issued on: 09/01/2024 - 17:26 2 min Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 million to eight Burmese villagers who sued the company for human rights abuses.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

In 2018, we penned “The Case Against Nestlé” and launched the Nestlé Pledge: a commitment consumers can make to disavow themselves from Nestlé. USA: Nestlé’s Latest Exploits: The case against Nestlé hasn’t stopped growing. They told Nestlé that they wanted them to stop. Of course, they are still pumping as we speak.”

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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. USA: Nestlé’s Latest Exploits: The case against Nestlé hasn’t stopped growing.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Whole Foods did not break the law by banning Black Lives Matter apparel, judge rules CNN PaulaR Tue, 01/02/2024 - 13:37 Thursday, December 21, 2023 Read more Ramishah Maruf New YorkCNN — Whole Foods did not act unlawfully by banning employees from wearing items with Black Lives Matter messaging, a judge ruled Thursday.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

Individual Records & Summaries Click here for violation data on ExxonMobil Total Penalties $2,230,170,304 (September 29, 2022) Number of Records 527 Books Catch Me If You Can: Exxon's Complicity in Liberian Oil Sector Corruption and how its Washington Lobbyists Fight to Keep Oil Deals Secret (Global Witness, 2018). and Chevron Corp CVX.N

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01-16-00579, 2018 WL 2437449 (Tex. Houston May 31, 2018). ConocoPhillips , the court addressed a dispute between ConocoPhillips Company and TEC Olmos over a farmout agreement that required Olmos to commence drilling by a specified date.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Oil Giant's AFCON Sponsorship Denounced as Plot to Set Off Carbon Bombs Across Africa Common Dreams PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:46 Friday, January 12, 2024 Read more Brett Wilkins "As Africans, we need to show TotalEnergies the red card," said one climate campaigner. BRETT WILKINS Jan 12, 2024 4 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

In 2018, the company was denied drilling permits in Brazil's sensitive Foz do Amazonas basin. In 2005 the company paid out €5.2 million to eight Burmese villagers who sued the company for human rights abuses. Total has also been sued by villagers in the Lake Albert region of Uganda for land grabbing.

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MAY 26, 2020

Discussed below are (1) EBSA Disaster Relief Notice 2020-01, (2) DOL “COVID-19 FAQs for Participants and Beneficiaries,” (3) IRS Notice 2020-23, and (4) IRS “Coronavirus-related relief for retirement plans and IRAs questions and answers.” Certain of these timing items are referenced below.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

Bayer pharma workers protest 12,000 worldwide job losses Deutsche Welle | March 12, 2018 Despite a pledge not to have lay-offs until 2025, a "significant number" of the job cuts at Bayer will be in Germany. Roundup lawsuit: Bayer ordered to pay Pa.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Bayer pharma workers protest 12,000 worldwide job losses Deutsche Welle | March 12, 2018 Despite a pledge not to have lay-offs until 2025, a "significant number" of the job cuts at Bayer will be in Germany. More than 1,000 employees in the western city of Wuppertal came out to protest a plant closure.

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MARCH 14, 2024

LAMP was established in the 2018 Farm Bill to streamline program administration for these three programs and the Value-Added Producer Grant program (which is administered by Rural Development) and provide permanent baseline funding status for existing efforts to build and expand local and regional food and agriculture markets.

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MAY 11, 2022

As the administrator since 2018 of EGLE’s water infrastructure financing section, the unit that oversees the SRFs in Michigan, Green is in a position to guide decisions that will influence the quality of the state’s water systems as communities look to reverse the decades-long decline in fundamental public works. . Circle Blue. Circle Blue.

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A study by the University of Michigan found that from 1980 to 2018, water costs have roughly doubled in the state of Michigan. Since at least 2018, Benton Harbor has been dealing with a similar situation with elevated lead levels in the drinking water. Michigan Gov. Circle Blue. Circle Blue.

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MARCH 1, 2024

I nvestigative website O Joio e O Trigo calculated that JBS slaughterhouses in Brazil averaged seven work accidents a day between 2018 and 2020 with regular reports of severe injuries and horrific deaths. JBS also has a history of poor safety practices in the workplace.

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MARCH 1, 2024

NY attorney general sues world's largest beef producer over methane emissions, climate commitments Fox PaulaR Fri, 03/01/2024 - 15:06 Thursday, February 29, 2024 Read more Thomas Catenacci NY AG says company's net zero goals aren't feasible considering its high carbon footprint Corporation JBS S.A.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Beirne Green Hills Farms Unit A1H (2018) -- Chief Oil & Gas LLC (now Chesapeake Appalachia LLC) - Asylum Twp. Beirne Green Hills Farms Unit A2H (2018) -- Chief Oil & Gas LLC (now Chesapeake Appalachia LLC) - Asylum Twp. Beirne Green Hills Farms Unit A4H (2018) -- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - Albany Twp. Ridgebury Twp.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison Radio Free Asia PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:44 Thursday, January 11, 2024 Read more Nguyen Van Hoa was arrested in 2017 following massive demonstrations against a Taiwan-owned steel plant. By RFA Vietnamese 2024.01.11 USA: Formosa Investing $9.4B

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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.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

A 2018 investigation by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids found that BAT and other tobacco companies were still engaging in deceptive social media marketing practices to advertise cigarettes in more than 40 countries around the world.

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To that end, EGLE in 2018 began requiring water providers to file plans detailing how they’ll pay to maintain their systems over time. EGLE had harsh advice for Marine City’s treatment plan in a 2018 letter: . Circle Blue 2022-05-03 08:01:36 2022-05-11 11:39:38 Many Rural Towns Have Neglected Drinking Water Systems for Decades.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

Brazil: Volkswagen will pay more than R$10 million in labor lawsuits Poder360 PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:37 Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Read more Value corresponds to 34 agreements approved by the Superior Labor Court; another 28 cases are under negotiation Disclosure/Volkswagen POWER360 August 22, 2023 (Tuesday) - 1:30 pm Volkswagen must pay R$10.5

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JANUARY 4, 2024

VW owners affected by "Dieselgate" in Switzerland will not receive compensation Swiss Info PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:38 Sunday, September 10, 2023 Read more Swiss VW drivers come away empty-handed in the so-called Dieselgate scandal. Adolf Hitler laid the cornerstone of the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg 80 years ago.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s air pollution crisis gathers pace. Here, a critical retrospective of a German success story.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

Germany: Workers at VW subsidiary Cariad protest against job cuts IG Metall PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:40 Friday, November 10, 2023 Read more Over 200 employees of VW's CARIAD software division protested last Tuesday against threatened job cuts. Adolf Hitler laid the cornerstone of the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg 80 years ago.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

China: Volkswagen under fire after audit finds no evidence of Uyghur forced labor Radio Free Asia PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:42 Thursday, December 7, 2023 Read more Jilil Kashgary Experts cast doubt on results, saying leaked files show that Uyghur detainees were sent to the Xinjiang factory. By Jilil Kashgary for RFA Uyghur 2023.12.07

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JANUARY 4, 2024

VW Escapes Multiple Fines In EU Over Emissions Scandal Law 360 PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 17:26 Thursday, September 14, 2023 Read more Matthew Perlman Europe's top court ruled Wednesday that Volkswagen should not have to pay a €5 million ($5.3 Adolf Hitler laid the cornerstone of the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg 80 years ago.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

EU fines Volkswagen, BMW $1 bln for emissions cartel Reuters PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 17:27 Thursday, July 8, 2021 Read more Marine Strauss & Alexander Hübner [1/6] A Volkswagen logo is seen as it launches its ID.6 Germany: Hitler and 'his Volkswagen' Astrid Prange | DW | May 26, 2018 The VW Beetle has the Nazis to thank for its existence.

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Inspired by Strike Wins, 1,000 Volkswagen Workers Sign Union Cards Labor Notes PaulaR Tue, 12/12/2023 - 17:01 Thursday, December 7, 2023 Read more Luis Feliz Leon Today workers at Volkswagen's Chattanooga, Tennessee, assembly plant announced their third bid to unionize plant-wide with the Auto Workers (UAW). but virtually nothing in Europe.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

In 2018, we penned “The Case Against Nestlé” and launched the Nestlé Pledge: a commitment consumers can make to disavow themselves from Nestlé. USA: Nestlé’s Latest Exploits: The case against Nestlé hasn’t stopped growing. They told Nestlé that they wanted them to stop. Of course, they are still pumping as we speak.”

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MARCH 1, 2024

Amazon lobbyists face ban from European Parliament Politico PaulaR Fri, 03/01/2024 - 15:22 Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Read more GIOVANNA FAGGIONATO The company may regain access if it shows a ‘willingness to cooperate,’ says key lawmaker. The goal is to encourage and unify the resistance to Amazon that is now beginning to form.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

Amazon Fined in France for Illegally Spying on Workers Common Dreams PaulaR Wed, 01/31/2024 - 13:59 Tuesday, January 23, 2024 Read more Julia Conley The retail giant was also ordered to pay more than $30 million last year after allegedly surveilling customers with its tech products. The Amazon lobbyists who kill U.S.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

Koch Compliance: Georgia-Pacific Plants Have Troubling Health and Safety Record Including Seven Death Don Wiener | | Center for Media and Democracy | March 15, 2018 Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch is known for extolling the virtues of his own management system, “Market-Based Management.” Koch Brothers Could Get Up To $1.4

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Workers at Fresenius Kabi in Chile call off strike after reaching agreement IndustriALL | April 5, 2018 The Fresenius Kabi Chilean Workers Union at the Sanderson Plant achieved an important victory after securing a pay rise on March 22. Germany: Collective bargaining compromise reached at Helios clinics Ver.di

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