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

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 worlds 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, Mondelz and the US Soybean Export Council, as well as numerous other US firms and organizations, sought to influence ...