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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. Major Procurement Contracts Raytheon contracts with the U.S.

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Big banks linked to deforestation that threatens Indigenous people

A Greener Life

Deforestation crisis in Paraguay Paraguay lost 32% of its tropical primary forest between 2001 and 2021 – the fourth-highest rate in the world, behind the US’s minor outlying islands in the Pacific, Dominica and Haiti, according to Global Forest Watch. He says other candidates may be more open to dialogue with his people.

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

Law Columbia

Corporate and securities law – as well as companies and their leaders acting through lobbying and politics – also have major roles to play. [9] It’s long past time to stop relegating the climate problem to a narrowly conceived field of “environmental law.” 46] The U.S. 20] See, e.g., Roshan Krishman et al., “The 39] 42 U.S.C.