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US corporate lobbyists mounted ‘blitz’ to dilute landmark EU deforestation law, report finds

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US corporate lobbyists mounted ‘blitz’ to dilute landmark EU deforestation law, report finds
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Environmental watchdog Mighty Earth reveals two-year effort to postpone and weaken EU Deforestation RegulationUS corporate lobbyists launched a two-year “blitz” to postpone and weaken the world’s most progressive legislation to protect forests, according to a new investigation by the environmental watchdog Mighty Earth.Major US firms and trade associations, including Cargill, Bunge, Mondelēz and the US Soybean Export Council, as well as numerous other US firms and organizations, sought to influe

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