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Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill

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Ecuador Group Files Lawsuit Against Repsol Amazon Watch | May 15, 2001 Environmental, human-rights and Indians groups filed a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court Tuesday to stop Repsol-YPF from building a new oil pipeline. s refinery in Norco, La.

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Analysis: Coal extraction in Indonesia is driving deforestation

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Across its islands, Indonesia has the third-largest area of primary rainforest in the world. In 2021, the country produced 610 million tons of coal, half of which was exported, at a value of US$29.6 In 2001, East Kalimantan had 126,000 sq km of primary forest. Among the 26 countries investigated, this accounted for 58.2%

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Big banks linked to deforestation that threatens Indigenous people

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The Bank of America, meanwhile, underwrote a US$285 million bond for Frigorifico Concepción in 2021. Banks including HSBC, JP Morgan and Santander have assisted the growth of both companies, with the trio having helped Minerva in share sales and finding investors on bonds worth US$1.4 million and US$4.5 million to US$8.6

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

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On April 21, 2021, the European Commission adopted the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, which substantially expands the climate information that must be reported by covered companies. Mann, The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back our Planet (2021). [37] 20] See, e.g., Roshan Krishman et al., “The 36] Michael E.

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ESA Policy News: February 6, 2023

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The number of federal employees primarily working from home has declined since 2021, telework is more common for federal employees today than before the pandemic. The rule reinstates protections created by the Forest Service’s 2001 Roadless Rule. She started at the USDA in May 2021.

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