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Is There Really a Fiduciary Duty to Destroy the Climate?

Law Columbia

In addition, if profits can be maximized by deforestation or releasing methane or other greenhouse gases as well, then profits must again take precedence. Our Continuing Struggle with the Idea That For-Profit Corporations Seek Profit, 47 Wake Forest Law Review 135, 155 (2012). 516 (2012); SpeechNow.org v. federal system. [7]

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Profs. William Boyd and Alex Wang Join Prof. Ted Parson in Emmett Institute Faculty Leadership

Legal Planet

William serves as project lead for the Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force , a unique subnational collaboration of 38 states and provinces that is working to develop regulatory frameworks to reduce emissions from deforestation and land use. Wang is a leading expert on environmental governance and the law and politics of China.

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The President and Congress Deliver $11 Billion for Abandoned Mine Cleanups

Circle of Blue

Coal companies routinely walked away from gaping chasms in the land, polluted streams, and deforestation. In recent rounds of reauthorization, Congress reduced the AML fee: the 2006 reauthorization reduced the fee by 10 percent in 2008, and another 10 percent in 2013. Coal production has been in precipitous decline since 2008.

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Where’d the wood go? The importance of wood in rivers and how we can learn to appreciate it

HumanNature

River Res Appl 24 , 249–266 (2008). Ground Water 46 , 671–687 (2008). Water Resour Res 48 , (2012). Geomorphology 139–140 , 460–470 (2012). Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 33 , 268–287 (2008). Beckman, N. & Wohl, E. Water Resour Res 50 , 2376–2393 (2014). Fanelli, R. & Lautz, L.

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

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Nestlé Accused Of Exploiting Water Supplies For Bottled Brands Worldcrunch | January 19, 2012 In the small Pakistani community of Bhati Dilwan, a former village councilor says children are being sickened by filthy water. In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily. Who's to blame?

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

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Nestlé Accused Of Exploiting Water Supplies For Bottled Brands Worldcrunch | January 19, 2012 In the small Pakistani community of Bhati Dilwan, a former village councilor says children are being sickened by filthy water. In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily. Who's to blame?

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

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Nestlé Accused Of Exploiting Water Supplies For Bottled Brands Worldcrunch | January 19, 2012 In the small Pakistani community of Bhati Dilwan, a former village councilor says children are being sickened by filthy water. In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily. Who's to blame?