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'More emissions than Exxon': Is meat the next target for divestment?

Business Green

As NGOs realise the effectiveness of divestment campaigns - SIGWATCH data shows campaigning actions mentioning divestment have quadrupled from 2015 to the present - it is unsurprising that they are now employing the same strategy to target another 'climate criminal', the meat industry.

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Fighting deforestation should be a top priority for 2021, and here’s how it can be

GreenBiz

While the rate of annual deforestation slowed to about 25 million acres between 2015 and 2020, the trendlines in several regions — especially countries in Africa and South America — aren’t moving in the right direction. percent. .

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Simplification and satellites: Inside Mars' zero deforestation palm oil strategy

Business Green

Global production of the commodity has increased steadily over the past five decades to more than 70 million tonnes a year at present. The names of these mills - all in South America and Asia Pacific - are public and all produce oil certified by the RSPO.

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Will sweat help us survive climate change?

Grist

Even South America, in the throes of winter, saw unbelievable heat: A town in the Chilean Andes topped 100 degrees F — another all-time high. The opposite extreme — dry air — could present its own set of problems. That’s not ethical.” It is getting to the point that life is dangerous without air-conditioning.

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“A Fundamental Reshaping of Finance”: My annotated version of Larry Fink’s Bombshell CEO Letter

Andrew Winston

From Europe to Australia, South America to China, Florida to Oregon, investors are asking how they should modify their portfolios. Consumers are asking, so banks are responding.] We recognize that reporting to these standards requires significant time, analysis, and effort.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

In 2001, Cole met Colleen Swan, a citizen of Kivalina, during an environmental workshop in Kotzebue, Alaska, following a presentation he gave. Luke had high moral and ethical standards and he fit right into our community,” Swan said. An avid birder, he first went to South America to visit friends. A Personal Relationship.

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Fighting deforestation should be a top priority for 2021, and here’s how it can be

AGreenLiving

While the rate of annual deforestation slowed to about 25 million acres between 2015 and 2020, the trendlines in several regions — especially countries in Africa and South America — aren’t moving in the right direction. percent. “That model doesn’t address some key elements of the world we want tomorrow.

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