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JBS fires indigenous worker in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, for reporting precarious company buses, says union

Corp Watch

JBS has featured at the top of the list of companies linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest. In 2017, Joesley and Wesley Batista, two major shareholders of JBS, admitted to spending US$129 million to bribe nearly 1,900 politicians in Brazil in recent years, and agreed to pay a US$3.2 SA) agreed to pay $52.5

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NY attorney general sues world's largest beef producer over methane emissions, climate commitments

Corp Watch

JBS has featured at the top of the list of companies linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest. In 2017, Joesley and Wesley Batista, two major shareholders of JBS, admitted to spending US$129 million to bribe nearly 1,900 politicians in Brazil in recent years, and agreed to pay a US$3.2 SA) agreed to pay $52.5

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Circuit Declined to Speed Up or Slow Down Challenges to Withdrawal of California Waiver and Preemption of State Authority to Regulate Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The court noted that the administrative record currently documented the Corps’ decision to reissue NWP 12 in 2017. Trump , No. 4:19-cv-00028 (D. C076888 (Cal.

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Conservation: History and Future

Environmental Science

This applies to food resources such as fish, habitats such as rainforests, cultural monuments as a mark of respect for their human interest. Conservation ethics simply protects a resource and believes there should be minimal impact on the community - both human and ecosystem, in using it.