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The Problem is Not Brazil. The Problem is COP

Legal Planet

The new four-lane highway at issue would cut down Amazon rainforest “for COP30,” seeming to capture the hypocrisy of Brazil hosting the megaevent. Beto Verissimo, Head of Belem-based rainforest conservation organization Imazon, is the liaison for forests. Jonathan Pershing, a longtime U.S.

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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

It contributes to increasing pressure against President Bolsonaro for widespread environmental damage across the country, resulting from a significant lack of climate action and the pervasive destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Between 2005 and 2012, Brazil ran a successful campaign to reduce deforestation by 80%. Bolsonaro ).

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

Corp Watch

Website Summary Repsol is a fossil fuel exploration company that evolved from a Spanish state venture that was set up in the 1920s. 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. Corporation Repsol S.A.

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A Sea Full of Trash: Tackling the Plastic Problem

Vermont Law

To make matters worse, extracting oil as a basis for these textiles adds fuel to the global warming fire by sustaining a demand for fossil fuels and toxic contamination. For the plastic that remains solely on land, students from Yale University’s Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory discovered a .

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Analysis: How to cut emissions from ‘big sport’?

A Greener Life

For comparison, the 2012 London Olympics and 2016 Rio Olympics emitted 3.3 Reusing venues and replacing fossil fuel with renewable energy use is essential to cutting emissions at a large sporting event. It’s time to add another new word to the Olympic motto: Faster, Higher, Stronger, Greener – Together. million tonnes and 3.6

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Montana Federal Court Agreed to Consider Keystone XL-Specific Documents and 2012 Biological Opinion in Challenge to Authorization Under Nationwide Permit. Ninth Circuit Heard Oral Argument in California Local Government Cases; Fossil Fuel Companies Said Juliana Decision Supported Their Position. Williams , No.

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Back in the game: Brazil’s reengagement in climate governance

Law Columbia

Brazil famously hosted the UN Earth Summit in 1992 and Rio+20 in 2012. At this year’s conference, namely, COP 27, Brazil, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a rainforest protection pact , vowing to cooperate on sustainable development management and conservation. Hope may come with the World Cup in Qatar.