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

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Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law.

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

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Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law.

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James Michener’s Chesapeake Bay Was A+

Vermont Law

1600s, but since then humans deforested the land, fished indiscriminately, farmed intensively, and the population grew. Opposition to fertilizer laws come from synthetic and organic fertilizer manufacturers. As of October 2013, lawn fertilizer containing phosphorus is banned. In September 2013, District Court Judge Sylvia Rambo.

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An encroaching desert intensifies Nigeria’s farmer-herder crisis

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The Sahara, which is the world’s largest hot desert, grew 10% bigger between 1920 and 2013. While admitting he owned one of the contracted companies, he said he stepped down as its chairman before accepting his political appointment. At the time, Lawal told reporters the allegations were attempts to malign him.

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The President and Congress Deliver $11 Billion for Abandoned Mine Cleanups

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Coal companies routinely walked away from gaping chasms in the land, polluted streams, and deforestation. The infrastructure act’s use of taxpayer dollars to finance the AML fund marks an abandonment of the intention of the mine cleanup law. The original law made coal companies pay for the industry’s past environmental harms.

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On backpacking, dance, and economics: how randomness and passion made me a better researcher

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Me and my dance partner Valtinho, performing in 2013 Despite the great effort by “normal schooling” to diminish my curiosity, I decided to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in economics. It seemed like a great mix of the subjects I loved: mathematics, politics, history, and geography.

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

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Lakota People's Law Project | January 13, 2021 We stand arm in arm with our fellow global citizens who abstain from its lengthy list of products. According to AB Chile, a food industry association, more than 1,500 items, or 20 percent of all products sold in Chile, have been reformulated in response to the law.