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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

Legal Planet

The Amazon rainforest on the Urubu River. Climate litigation is gaining momentum in Brazil as a tool to protect the Amazon rainforest from illegal deforestation. The court also ordered the State, considered remiss, to release the resources of the Climate Fund , a government program that aims to mitigate the impacts of climate change.

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

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The company sued the government of Argentina in 2012 for $10 billion after the country nationalized YPF with the backing of 80 percent of legislators of parliament. Federal Government (via USA SPENDING). Federal Government (via SAM). The case was settled in 2014 after Argentina paid Repsol $5 billion. s refinery in Norco, La.

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A new climate litigation claim in Brazil raises the pressure for increased climate action and protection of the Amazon rainforest

Law Columbia

On October 26, 2021, Observatório do Clima (OC), a network of 71 civil society organizations, filed a class action at the federal court of Amazonas against the Environmental Ministry and Brazilian government ( Laboratório do Observatório do Clima v. Omissions from the Brazilian government on climate policy. o C global warming scenario.

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JBS fires indigenous worker in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, for reporting precarious company buses, says union

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JBS has featured at the top of the list of companies linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest. EEOC says JBS violated Muslim worker rights-report Reuters | September 5, 2009 A federal panel has ruled that the U.S. SA) agreed to pay $52.5 beef market in order to inflate prices and boost profit.

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NY attorney general sues world's largest beef producer over methane emissions, climate commitments

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JBS has featured at the top of the list of companies linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest. EEOC says JBS violated Muslim worker rights-report Reuters | September 5, 2009 A federal panel has ruled that the U.S. SA) agreed to pay $52.5 beef market in order to inflate prices and boost profit.

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What is COP26 and why does it matter? The complete guide

A Greener Life

For almost three decades, world governments have met nearly every year to forge a global response to the climate emergency. There are also question marks over the commitment of the new Japanese government. Poor countries were promised at the Copenhagen Cop in 2009 that they would receive $100bn a year by 2020. What is COP26?

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

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Nestlé u-turn on Ethiopia debt Charlotte Denny | The Guardian | January 24, 2003 Nestlé, the world's largest coffee company, was forced into a humiliating u-turn last night, after public outrage forced it to drop its $6m claim against the famine stricken Ethiopian government.