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Don't Make Me Pull This Cargill Over
Amazon soy export plant shut down in win for environmentalists |
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28 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Don't Make Me Pull This Cargill Over Amazon soy export plant shut down in win for environmentalists Greens did a victory dance this weekend as Brazil forced U.S. agribiz giant Cargill to close a soy export terminal in the country's Amazon region. The facility has long been the focus of a targeted Greenpeace campaign protesting rapid deforestation of the tropical rainforest -- which lost about 6,5 ... |
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