A Greener Life

APRIL 17, 2024

From April 2023 to March 2024, the global average temperature was 1.58 Some of the most severe events this year include a drought in the Amazon rainforest, resulting in a record number of wildfires in Venezuela between January and March, and a drought in southern Africa that has wiped out crops and left millions facing hunger.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Repsol Sued in Class Action for $1 Billion Over Peru’s Worst Oil Spill BNN Bloomberg PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:45 Monday, January 15, 2024 Read more Marcelo Rochabrun (Bloomberg) -- Repsol SA is being sued for $1 billion by an English law firm representing around 35,000 alleged victims for its involvement in Peru’s largest oil spill in 2022.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 13, 2024

The upcoming UEFA Euro 2024 football tournament and Paris Olympics have both pledged to be greener than previous iterations. By Niu Yuhan With the 2024 Euros and Paris Olympics vowing to be greener, I explore the challenges of cutting emissions from major sporting events. Photo credit: Alamy. million tonnes and 3.6

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 19, 2025

By Anders Lorenzen A report produced by World Weather Attribution (WWA) and Climate Central finds that 2024 was quite a year for extreme weather events fuelled by climate change. The 26 events represent just a fraction of the 219 events 2024 that meet the trigger criteria of (WWA). Image credit: WWA. Graph credit: WWA.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Brazil, Indonesia and Congo Sign Rainforest Protection Pact – The New York Times. CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct. ESC – Letter of Support for the DOE Foundation for FY 2024 (Sept. ESC – FY 2024 Funding Request (Aug. COP27 – Corporate climate pledges rife with greenwashing – U.N. 11, 2022).

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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. Today, the food giant still cannot document the source of almost a third of the palm oil it uses.

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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. Today, the food giant still cannot document the source of almost a third of the palm oil it uses.

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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.

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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. SA) agreed to pay $52.5

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

JBS has featured at the top of the list of companies linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest. The Meat Atlas, a non-profit publication that tracks the industry, estimates that JBS slaughters 42 million chickens, 170,000 cattle and 350,000 pigs every single week. SA) agreed to pay $52.5

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Guest Post by Ashley Schilling Hazlett , 2024-2025 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. “Causes of Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest.” Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, with a global warming potential of approximately 28 times greater than carbon dioxide over a 100-year time horizon (IPCC, 2021). Margulis, S.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 16, 2025

Reservoirs in southern Spain were depleted by heat and drought in 2024. A multi-million dollar, internationally backed initiative will aim to sustainably produce cacao and coffee in Cameroons rainforests a practice that has historically caused deforestation. Photo Brett Walton/Circle of Blue YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN The U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2025

Environmental science teacher Maddie Bentz used to use the Amazon rainforest and the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park to teach her students about ecosystems and biodiversity. Click Here to sign up for Pennsylvania updates (bottom of left column). Click Here to support their work. How Clean Is Your Stream?

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 21, 2025

Fourteen years after flooding killed more than 1,000 people on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines , Indigenous growers are restoring a natural floodplain to help protect and rejuvenate the rainforest community. Christian Thorsberg, Interim Stream Editor Fresh: From the Great Lakes Region Boundary Waters Canoe Area : As U.S.

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Legal Planet

MAY 21, 2025

The new four-lane highway at issue would cut down Amazon rainforest “for COP30,” seeming to capture the hypocrisy of Brazil hosting the megaevent. Speaking of forests, massive fires fueled by climate change led global forest loss to smash records in 2024, report Manuela Andreoni and Alexander Villegas for Reuters.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Congress Bipartisan members of Congress ask White House to provide $425 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative in 2024 President’s Budget Request. 8, 2022) CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct. 17, 2022) ESC – Letter of Support for the DOE Foundation for FY 2024 (Sept.

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JULY 1, 2022

New Colombian president pledges to protect rainforest – Associated Press. NOAA NMFS – NOAA Fisheries Draft Climate Science Regional Action Plans (2022-2024). More News: Young people go to European court to stop treaty that aids fossil fuel investors – The Guardian. Ukraine War’s Latest Victim? The Fight Against Climate Change. –

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MAY 9, 2022

Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge – The Guardian. NOAA NMFS – NOAA Fisheries Draft Climate Science Regional Action Plans (2022-2024). Most notably, the USFWS agrees to issue either a warranted or not warranted finding for the monarch butterfly by Sept.

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