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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. Photo by Andre Deak via Flickr.

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Restoring Asia’s Roar: Our plan to see tigers flourish again in historic locations

Frontiers

Tigers used to occur over vast areas of Asia: from the Black Sea of Turkey to the Korean Peninsula and south through the rainforests of south-east Asia to the islands of Java and Bali. However, as a result of centuries of persecution and habitat loss, tigers currently occur in only a tiny fraction of this historic range.

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

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Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report Just Food PaulaR Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:20 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Simon Harvey Ferrero, Mondelez and Lindt also labelled as “inadequate” in Ethical Consumer’s assessment.

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

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Environmental Impacts Swiss carbon offset giant pulls plug on Zimbabwe project amid allegations Simon Bradley | Swiss Info | October 27, 2023 Multinationals such as Gucci, Nestlé and Volkswagen have voluntarily offset their emissions by investing in the project, according to Swiss public television SRF.

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

Law Columbia

The Securities and Exchange Commission regulations on climate disclosure, first proposed in March 2022 and likely to be issued in final form in October 2023, [1] have drawn considerable controversy and face an uncertain fate in the inevitable litigation. [2] It went into effect in January 2023 and will be phased in over the next five years.

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

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Environmental Impacts Swiss carbon offset giant pulls plug on Zimbabwe project amid allegations Simon Bradley | Swiss Info | October 27, 2023 Multinationals such as Gucci, Nestlé and Volkswagen have voluntarily offset their emissions by investing in the project, according to Swiss public television SRF.

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

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USA: “The Coke Side of Life”—More Sugar, Less Science Union of Concerned Scientists PaulaR Thu, 06/08/2023 - 03:44 Friday, August 14, 2015 Read more Deborah Bailin Almost 130 years ago, Coca-Cola first quenched Americans’ thirst and splashed its irresistible blend of sugar and, yes, cocaine , across our taste buds and brains.

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