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Climate Policy in the World’s Fourth Largest Country

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Indonesia has the third largest rainforest after Brazil and Congo. For example: “Many electricity sector policies awaiting implementing rules and regulations are not aligned with each other, or contradict related non-energy regulations. Jakarta is consistently near the top end of the world’s cities with the worst air pollution.

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A new climate litigation claim in Brazil raises the pressure for increased climate action and protection of the Amazon rainforest

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It contributes to increasing pressure against President Bolsonaro for widespread environmental damage across the country, resulting from a significant lack of climate action and the pervasive destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Omissions from the Brazilian government on climate policy. In PSB et al. See more on that case here and here.)

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JBS fires indigenous worker in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, for reporting precarious company buses, says union

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JBS has featured at the top of the list of companies linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. The conglomerate has also been accused of corruption, bribery, and price-fixing in both Brazil in the U.S. SA) agreed to pay $52.5

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NY attorney general sues world's largest beef producer over methane emissions, climate commitments

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JBS has featured at the top of the list of companies linked to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest. Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. The conglomerate has also been accused of corruption, bribery, and price-fixing in both Brazil in the U.S. SA) agreed to pay $52.5

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New California Legislation Would Be a Major Step Forward for Climate Disclosure

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The Securities and Exchange Commission regulations on climate disclosure, first proposed in March 2022 and likely to be issued in final form in October 2023, [1] have drawn considerable controversy and face an uncertain fate in the inevitable litigation. [2] This piece previously appeared in the CLS Blue Sky Blog.

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Governors Launch Action Plan to Reduce Deforestation and Improve Lives in Forested Regions

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Partnerships are needed to help assess new market regulations for major exports, certification and traceability requirements and systems, and new creative, locally based solutions to improve value chains and ensure market access for sustainable, forest-based products. Photo credit: Daniel Melling.

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Turkish parliament dumps Coke, Nestle from menus over alleged Israel support

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In Sweeping War on Obesity, Chile Slays Tony the Tiger Andrew Jacobs | The New York Times | February 7, 2018 New regulations, which corporate interests delayed for almost a decade, require explicit labeling and limit the marketing of sugary foods to children. I also went looking for something to inspire me politically.