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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. I nvestigative website O Joio e O Trigo calculated that JBS slaughterhouses in Brazil averaged seven work accidents a day between 2018 and 2020 with regular reports of severe injuries and horrific deaths.

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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. I nvestigative website O Joio e O Trigo calculated that JBS slaughterhouses in Brazil averaged seven work accidents a day between 2018 and 2020 with regular reports of severe injuries and horrific deaths.

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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. 2018 saw the technical (if not the literal) extinction of the Northern White Rhino when the last male died in an African reserve. Southern White Rhino.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Army Corps of Engineers’ issue of a Section 404 permit under the Clean Water Act for a new petrochemical plant on the Mississippi River in Louisiana. 452044/2018 (N.Y. The act for which they were incriminated was a necessary and proportional means to achieve the goal they sought.” Exxon Mobil Corp. ,

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ESA Policy News: February 6, 2023

ESA

Torres Small represented a rural New Mexico district in Congress from 2018 to 2020 and is the USDA’s current undersecretary for rural development. EPA: The agency issued a rare Clean Water Act veto, further stopping the proposed Pebble copper and gold mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Nominations are due March 2, 2023.

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