Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

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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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

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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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Since 2016, EPA has generally shown restraint in setting targets for biodiesel and related fuels, insofar as the law allows, and biodiesel consumption has actually fallen. Production capacity grew by 400 percent between 2019 and 2022 and based on announced and planned projects, it could double again by the end of 2024.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Multiple reports from NGOs like Amnesty and Greenpeace have repeatedly linked JBS to farmers and ranchers who have been engaged in widespread deforestation. JBS has featured at the top of the list of companies linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest. arm of Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS SA JBSS3.SA

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Multiple reports from NGOs like Amnesty and Greenpeace have repeatedly linked JBS to farmers and ranchers who have been engaged in widespread deforestation. JBS has featured at the top of the list of companies linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest. arm of Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS SA JBSS3.SA

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2019 denial of Endangered Species Act protection for the eastern hellbender salamander was arbitrary and unlawful. Liman set aside the Service’s decision and instructed the agency to make a new decision consistent with law. District Judge Lewis J. Photo: Dr.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 25, 2022

This is slightly more than the combined emissions from global transport and residential energy use in 2019 and is equivalent to at least 20% of the cut needed by 2050 to prevent catastrophic climate change. billion tonnes a year. Similarly, none of the plans assessed includes specific measures to promote healthy and sustainable diets. .

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 27, 2021

Worldwide, the cost of utility scale solar fell 82% between 2010 and 2019, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), driven down by cheaper manufacturing costs in China, which accounts for around 72% of global production. “Since 2019, our electricity bill has gone up a lot because of the tariff hike.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

International law, which is based on sound scientific evidence , clearly establishes the pressing need for effective mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. President-elect Lula’s commitment to the preservation of the Amazon and the fulfillment of Brazil’s obligations under international law, however, should not be taken for granted.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

These decisions help implement and operationalize the text of the Paris Agreement, much like regulations clarify statutory law. More than 100 countries p ledged to end and reverse deforestation by 2030. Perhaps even more so than the methane pledge, effort will be needed to ensure the deforestation pledge is met.

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Manning Law

JUNE 8, 2020

Now is not the time to set aside environmental laws and norms in the name of recovery, as we have seen done in some places. Keeping wild spaces wild, stopping deforestation and restoring degraded land to protect biodiversity, boost food production and store carbon. Paul Manning is a certified specialist in environmental law.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

For example, the rate of deforestation in indigenous territories has increased to 71% since the Brazilian president Jair Bolsanro was elected [4]. In 2019 over two thirds of environmental activists murdered were from Latin America [5]. Unfortunately guarding their land comes at extreme costs.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

billion in energy projects in Brazil between 2005 and 2019, according to data from Boston University’s Global Policy Development Center. In 2020, coal producers received 670 million reais in subsidies and, as laid out under the 2002 energy management law , the CDE should continue to subsidise them until 2027. billion – was in coal.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Most recently, in June 2019, the Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments on the government’s motion to summarily dismiss the case on the grounds that the youth plaintiffs lack standing and have no constitutional basis for their claims. On December 10, 2019 Judge Barry Ostrager of the Supreme Court of New York issued his much anticipated.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Furthermore, in July 2023, India passed a new law that has made it easier to clear forests, including for coal mines. On-the-ground research in states like West Bengal suggests that weak regulation and enforcement mechanisms allow deforestation to continue apace – in contrast to the rosy picture painted by the government.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 12, 2021

the Nepalese Supreme Court found that the absence of a climate change law infringed the constitutional right to a clean environment, and that the right to a clean environment specifically requires the Nepal government to take climate mitigation and adaptation action. In Future Generations v. In Shrestha v. Next steps. Decision by the CRC.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 10, 2019

United Nations General Debate – New York, September 24, 2019. Furthermore, the mass-burning of the Amazon rainforest is emitting incredible amounts of carbon, multiplying the effect of deforestation by. Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. The free market, concessions and privatization are already a reality in Brazil.”.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. The cities also have filed a motion to amend their complaints to withdraw federal common law public nuisance claims that they added after the district court denied remand.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. First Circuit Certified State Law Preemption Questions in Case Challenging Local Ordinance Prohibiting Crude Oil Loading at Harbor. and non-U.S. 19-50178 (5th Cir.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 14, 2022

Indeed, while climate variability and moisture losses on a global level are a major source of concern, human activities, such as deforestation, overgrazing, cropland expansion and unchecked population growth, are making an already worrisome situation even worse. Nonetheless, modern state bodies have tried to regulate them.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Countries pledge to combat deforestation, cut methane emissions, transition away from coal and more. More than 100 countries pledged to halt deforestation by 2030. Michael Bennet in 2019 ( S. However, these laws are often exploited by groups seeking to harass publicly funded scientists.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 27, 2023

Under law, reserved forests are protected from certain activities, although there are fewer restrictions than national parks and sanctuaries.) In the Doomdooma Forest Division, Chetry said that during a study in 2019-20, “we could not sight a single gibbon in eight reserve forests out of the 20 reserve forests in the division”.

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ESA

APRIL 19, 2021

Mallory is an environmental attorney who worked in President Obama’s Council on Environmental Quality and most recently for the Southern Environmental Law Center. percent in 2019, EPA says – The Hill. EPA Watchdog to Probe Alleged Retaliation Against Scientists – Bloomberg Law. . US emissions dropped 1.7 Scientific Community.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

More than 100 countries pledged to halt deforestation by 2030. An analysis of Army Corps of Engineers data conducted by the Southern Environmental Law Center found that 91 percent of streams and wetlands adjudicated under the Trump definition fell outside of federal regulations. 2225 ) this past summer.

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

This law provides loan forgiveness for developing countries that meet specific benchmarks and agree to contribute to tropical forest and coral reef conservation. US law protecting endangered species hampered by poor resources, study says – The Guardian. Another amendment from Sen. Executive Branch. Scientific Community.

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