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Recent Examples of deforestThe company has committed to having 100 percent of its leather sourced from land not converted from a natural ecosystem or deforested for the grazing of cows, which will apply to European leather by 2025 and global sourcing by 2030.—Rhonda Richford, WWD, 31 Oct. 2024 Based on a study published in Nature Sustainability a few months ago, 1.4 million hectares (the equivalent of nine cities the size of Greater London) were deforested in 2015 to open space for pasture for cows to graze.—Simi Thambi, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024 That’s the lesson behind a study out this week in the Journal of Applied Ecology in which researchers assessed which worms, ants, and other invertebrates were wiggling their way through plots of soil that had been deforested, revegetated, or left natural.—Hannah Richter, science.org, 16 Aug. 2024 Up to 70,000 acres in Michoacán and neighboring Jalisco state have been deforested for avocado farming in the last decade, the data from Guardian Forestal and Climate Rights International show.—Reuters, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2024 Reuters visited two orchards in July that an analysis of satellite images by U.S. nonprofit Climate Rights International showed were illegally deforested in Madero after 2015.—Reuters, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2024 At the northern end of the county, a developer is deforesting upward of 500 acres in an area known as Clevenger’s Corner.—Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 10 July 2024 Using environmental geographers, satellite images and Mexican government estimates, the NGO Climate Rights International estimates that the area deforested for these plantations is between 16,000 and 28,000 hectares.—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 14 June 2024 Brazil is one of the world’s biggest beef exporters, with more cattle than people, and in the Amazon, 86% of the areas deforested between 1985 and 2020 became pastures, according to an analysis from environmental nonprofit Imazon.—Andre Cabette Fabio, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2023
For anyone under the impression that dogs are being skinned, perish the thought.
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Rosalie R. Radomsky,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
Almond is the star of the show here, in milk, oil, extract, and protein formats—delivering fatty acids and omega 9s to skin for improved softness and nourishment.
Strawberry Cardamom Frozen Yogurt with Balsamic Swirl Makes 1 quart
INGREDIENTS
1 pound fresh strawberries, hulled
1¼ cup plain Greek yogurt
1/3 cup honey
¾ teaspoon ground cardamom
2 to 3 tablespoons balsamic glaze
DIRECTIONS
Place the strawberries, yogurt, honey and cardamom in a blender.
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Laura Mclively,
The Mercury News,
27 May 2024
Rice kernels are then dried and hulled by machines before they’re packed for sale in factories, lined from floor to ceiling with sacks of rice.
Jover sharply stepped out from the bench and in front of Mikel Arteta to bark orders.
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Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
Not for Your Health Barilla (1993) A cheeky, goofy-as-hell pasta ad in which Gérard Depardieu cooks pasta for a girl who fell off her scooter, causing an elderly couple to eerily applaud and a Toto-looking dog to bark its approval.
Instead of Black life maimed, denuded of dignity, and degraded, each portrait that makes up I, Narcissus is a study of delicious glamour.
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Essence,
Essence,
5 Nov. 2024
Working with community leaders, Zhou's efforts have resulted in a significant decrease of ceremonial releases, denuding of wild populations and mistreated animals.
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Karl Schneider,
The Indianapolis Star,
17 Sep. 2024
The shrimp should be shelled, deveined and preferably have the tails on.
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Robin Miller,
The Arizona Republic,
3 Jan. 2025
With an emphasis on the outdoors, the club immerses kids and tweens ages three to 12 in Hawaiian culture, with activities such as lei making, koi fish feeding, and shell combing on the property’s private beach.
Within an hour, the New York State Athletic Commission stripped him of his title and any license to fight in the state; other state boards quickly followed suit.
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Mikal Gilmore,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
The epoch of reionization describes the period from 680 million years to 1.1 billion years after the Big Bang, during which high-energy light began to strip electrons away from hydrogen ions, allowing light to travel freely once more.
Target has already faced plenty of public backlash for its decision to scale back its DEI initiatives, perhaps most notably from the Twin Cities Pride festival, which operates in the same city where the company is headquartered.
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Abby Monteil,
Them,
27 Jan. 2025
What to watch: Starbucks shares are coming off their third straight annual decline, losing about 5% in 2024, while the S & P 500 scaled to record levels.
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