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Environmental activism in Latin America

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South America is home to the largest biodiverse rainforests on Earth. It has also been reported that between the years of 2002 and 2018 more than 20 million hectares of tropical forests were cleared in the Amazon purely for beef production. This is equivalent to a rainforest the size of the United Kingdom [3].

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Nestlé faces US lawsuit for allegedly false advertising pet food as ‘natural’

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Palm oil for Nestlé: more than 1,000 cases of deforestation per day Rainforest Rescue | October 22, 2020 In 2010, Nestlé gave itself ten years to switch to 100% deforestation-free palm oil. I also went looking for something to inspire me politically. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report

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Palm oil for Nestlé: more than 1,000 cases of deforestation per day Rainforest Rescue | October 22, 2020 In 2010, Nestlé gave itself ten years to switch to 100% deforestation-free palm oil. I also went looking for something to inspire me politically. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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Turkish parliament dumps Coke, Nestle from menus over alleged Israel support

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Palm oil for Nestlé: more than 1,000 cases of deforestation per day Rainforest Rescue | October 22, 2020 In 2010, Nestlé gave itself ten years to switch to 100% deforestation-free palm oil. I also went looking for something to inspire me politically. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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Release: Nearly all COP27 sponsors are either major polluters or enablers of fossil fuel industry

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Blue Gold: The Battle Against Corporate Theft of the World's Water by Maude Barlow, Tony Clarke (2002) For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Unauthorized History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company that Makes It by Mark Pendergrast (1993). Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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UK: Coca-Cola Enterprises boss admits taking £1.5m in bribes

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Blue Gold: The Battle Against Corporate Theft of the World's Water by Maude Barlow, Tony Clarke (2002) For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Unauthorized History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company that Makes It by Mark Pendergrast (1993). Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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USA: “The Coke Side of Life”—More Sugar, Less Science

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Blue Gold: The Battle Against Corporate Theft of the World's Water by Maude Barlow, Tony Clarke (2002) For God, Country, and Coca-Cola: The Unauthorized History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company that Makes It by Mark Pendergrast (1993). Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians.

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