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

Corp Watch

It acquired oil fields and refineries in South America in the 1990s by taking advantage of the wave of privatizations of state-owned oil companies, pushed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, notably of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (YPF) in Argentina. Campaigning against oil exploration near the Canary islands.

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Environmental activism in Latin America

Our Environment

South America is home to the largest biodiverse rainforests on Earth. This is equivalent to a rainforest the size of the United Kingdom [3]. In 2019 over two thirds of environmental activists murdered were from Latin America [5]. 5) Global witness (December 2020) – Beef, Banks and the Brazilian Amazon: [link].

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The EU-MERCOSUR Deal: A Litmus Test for Resolving the Growing Paradox of Development and Conservation

Vermont Law

United Nations General Debate – New York, September 24, 2019. by world leaders regarding the Bolsonaro administration’s inaction to prevent or stop the burning of the Amazon rainforest—. Furthermore, the mass-burning of the Amazon rainforest is emitting incredible amounts of carbon, multiplying the effect of deforestation by.

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Big banks linked to deforestation that threatens Indigenous people

A Greener Life

Banks including HSBC, JP Morgan and Santander have assisted the growth of both companies, with the trio having helped Minerva in share sales and finding investors on bonds worth US$1.4 The Bank of America, meanwhile, underwrote a US$285 million bond for Frigorifico Concepción in 2021. million and US$4.5 million to US$8.6

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Snopes' Alex Kasprak Makes 17 False And Misleading Claims About Apocalypse Never and Misrepresents the Best-available Science

Environmental Progress

In a long interview last year, Nepstad was shockingly candid with me about the harms perpetrated by the environmental NGO community in the Amazon, including how their efforts had contributed to the fragmentation of the rainforest. Notably, however, Nepstad did not request any corrections to my article in our conversation, nor has he since.

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ESA Policy News: November 21, 2022

ESA

Diplomats also called to tweak the mandates of multilateral development banks and financial institutions, such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to better fund climate mitigation and adaptation projects. Brazil, Indonesia and Congo Sign Rainforest Protection Pact – The New York Times. expert group – Reuters.

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Release: Nearly all COP27 sponsors are either major polluters or enablers of fossil fuel industry

Corp Watch

Thousands of workers at US factories in Mexico are striking for higher wages Alexia Fernández Campbell | Vox | March 28, 2019 Dozens of workers at one of Coca-Cola’s largest bottling and distribution plants have refused to go to work for almost two months, demanding the same 20 percent increase with a $32,000 peso bonus.