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Brazil Advances in Climate Change Litigation

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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. Deforestation in the Amazon decreased significantly (by over 70%) during Lula’s last two terms, while it jumped (about 60%) under President Bolsonaro.

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

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Nestle now to face lawsuit over slave labor in West Africa John O'Brien | Legal Newsline | April 4, 2022 After almost three years, plaintiff lawyers have finally come up with a complaint that adequately alleges Nestle falsely labeled products to mislead consumers about the use of child and slave labor in the West African cocoa supply chain.

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

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Nestle now to face lawsuit over slave labor in West Africa John O'Brien | Legal Newsline | April 4, 2022 After almost three years, plaintiff lawyers have finally come up with a complaint that adequately alleges Nestle falsely labeled products to mislead consumers about the use of child and slave labor in the West African cocoa supply chain.

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

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Nestle now to face lawsuit over slave labor in West Africa John O'Brien | Legal Newsline | April 4, 2022 After almost three years, plaintiff lawyers have finally come up with a complaint that adequately alleges Nestle falsely labeled products to mislead consumers about the use of child and slave labor in the West African cocoa supply chain.