Corp Watch

MARCH 6, 2024

Indonesian nickel project harms environment and human rights, report says Mongabay PaulaR Wed, 03/06/2024 - 17:14 Monday, February 26, 2024 Read more Hans Nicholas Jong A new report highlights land rights violations, deforestation and pollution associated with a massive nickel mining and processing project on the Indonesian island of Halmahera.

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Legal Planet

MAY 1, 2024

On February 7, 2024, Karim Khan , the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ( ICC ) announced a new policy initiative to advance accountability for environmental crimes under the Rome Statute. One new set of tools that legal experts are proposing we consider are those available under international criminal law.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 11, 2024

As well as the burning of fossil fuels and other climate-causing human activities such as deforestation, the temperature records in 2023 were also boosted by the El Nino weather phenomenon. What’s in store for 2024? Scientists are uncertain as to whether these records mean we are heading for an even warmer year in 2024.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Biodiesel and renewable diesel are closely related fuels made from the same oils and fats, which remain scarce, expensive, and linked to deforestation and food price spikes. 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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A Greener Life

MAY 12, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen Globally the heating of the world seems to have no end in sight as April 2024 becomes the warmest April ever recorded since records began. It sets an additional new unwelcome record and trend with the past 11 months being the warmest of those months ever recorded.

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HumanNature

APRIL 16, 2024

Guest Post by Fawzi Khalife , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Emissions, waste, batteries, asphalt, concrete, rainwater runoff, disturbing and killing wildlife, water pollution, and deforestation are examples of such costs. Both the social and environmental aspects of transportation systems in the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Palm oil for Nestlé: more than 1,000 cases of deforestation per day Rainforest Rescue | October 22, 2020 In 2010, Nestlé gave itself ten years to switch to 100% deforestation-free palm oil. In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report Just Food PaulaR Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:20 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Simon Harvey Ferrero, Mondelez and Lindt also labelled as “inadequate” in Ethical Consumer’s assessment. In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 19, 2023

A recent investigation into forest carbon offsets run by Verra, the world’s leading offsetting certifier, and used by companies including Disney, Shell and Gucci found that 94 percent of offsets bought through Verra failed to reduce deforestation or were for forest areas where deforestation wasn’t happening anyway. Whole Foods stores.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The abandoned coal mines and stripping pits caused major environmental impacts such as acid mine drainage and vast deforestation, but she found beauty and joy in the untouched mountains and forests. She inherited her work ethic from her parents, who built small businesses and were active members of their community.

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Vermont Law

JULY 31, 2023

Candidate, 2024, Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law July 31, 2023 The social cost of carbon (SCC) has been the basis for policies such as tax credits for carbon capture technology and zero-emissions credits. Additionally, the war in Afghanistan caused mass deforestation, and U.S. Borders? –

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

NY attorney general sues world's largest beef producer over methane emissions, climate commitments Fox PaulaR Fri, 03/01/2024 - 15:06 Thursday, February 29, 2024 Read more Thomas Catenacci NY AG says company's net zero goals aren't feasible considering its high carbon footprint Corporation JBS S.A.

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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.

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HumanNature

JANUARY 26, 2024

Guest Post by Alex Siggers , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Deforestation and intensive agriculture are driving erosion and mass desertification (degradation of land into desert-like systems), which puts pressure on soils and limits biological activity 3,4. Now comes the bummer.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Palm oil for Nestlé: more than 1,000 cases of deforestation per day Rainforest Rescue | October 22, 2020 In 2010, Nestlé gave itself ten years to switch to 100% deforestation-free palm oil. In 2019, Nestlé recorded over 1,000 cases of deforestation daily.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 11, 2023

A snapshot of recent progress on wildfire policy On Earth Day 2022, President Biden signed an executive order committing his administration to “Strengthen America’s Forests, Boost Wildfire Resilience, and Combat Global Deforestation.” This order increased the base pay for federal firefighters to $15 per hour.

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ESA

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Global deforestation pledge will be missed without urgent action, say researchers – The Guardian. ESC – Letter of Support for the DOE Foundation for FY 2024 (Sept. ESC – FY 2024 Funding Request (Aug. Energy agency: CO2 emissions rise in 2022, but more slowly – Associated Press. Scientific Community.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 22, 2024

Earth Day is a perfect day to register to vote and to make sure people in your life are registered—and fully aware of what’s at stake in Election 2024. Ann Carlson: Anything by Octavia Butler , including “Parable of the Sower” a dystopian novel published in 1993 but set in 2024 California. population at the time.

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ESA

MAY 9, 2022

White House Fact Sheet: President Biden Signs Executive Order to Strengthen America’s Forests, Boost Wildfire Resilience, and Combat Global Deforestation. NOAA NMFS – NOAA Fisheries Draft Climate Science Regional Action Plans (2022-2024). Blog post: Accounting for Nature on Earth Day 2022.

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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. NOAA NMFS – Pacific Island Fisheries; Annual Catch Limit and Accountability Measures; Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 Bottomfish for Fishing Years 2021-2024.

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ESA

APRIL 18, 2023

Thematic assessment of the underlying causes of biodiversity loss, determinants of transformative change and options for achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity (transformative change assessment) (2021-2024, [link] ). More News: Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rises in March – Reuters The World Bank Is Getting a New Chief.

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ESA

APRIL 27, 2023

Thematic assessment of the underlying causes of biodiversity loss, determinants of transformative change and options for achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity (transformative change assessment) (2021-2024, [link] ). More News: Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rises in March – Reuters The World Bank Is Getting a New Chief.

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ESA

AUGUST 1, 2022

White House: The Office of Science and Technology Policy and Office of Management and Budget released their annual memo to agency heads regarding research and development spending in FY 2024, as agencies begin to prepare their FY 2023 budget requests. The monarch butterfly is not currently protected by the U.S.

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