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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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Analysis: Coal extraction in Indonesia is driving deforestation

A Greener Life

Across its islands, Indonesia has the third-largest area of primary rainforest in the world. He argues that the government should stop issuing mining licences in protected forests or conservation areas. “It According to the study, deforestation related to industrial mining peaked in Indonesia between 2010 and 2014.

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

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Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010). The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink by Michael Blanding (2010) Belching Out the Devil: Global Adventures with Coca-Cola by Mark Thomas (2008).

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

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Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010). The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink by Michael Blanding (2010) Belching Out the Devil: Global Adventures with Coca-Cola by Mark Thomas (2008).

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Taking Climate Change to the International Court of Justice: Legal and Procedural Issues

Law Columbia

They are elected to nine-year terms by the General Assembly and the Security Council upon the nomination of their home governments. The Pulp Mills case between Argentina and Uruguay of 2010 spoke of environmental impact assessment as a principle of customary international law. It sits in the Hague. It has 15 judges.

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

Corp Watch

Elmore (2014) Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report by War on Want (2006) The Coke Machine by Michael Blanding (2010). The Coke Machine: The Dirty Truth Behind the World's Favorite Soft Drink by Michael Blanding (2010) Belching Out the Devil: Global Adventures with Coca-Cola by Mark Thomas (2008).

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

Law Columbia

A long-term objective would be that, consistent with other environmental legislation in which California has taken a lead, the federal government may eventually take over and establish a comprehensive corporate climate disclosure regulation of its own. Jody Freeman, “The Private Role in Public Governance,” 75 N.Y.U. 36] Michael E.