Lawmakers are trying to keep meatpacking giant JBS from trading on NYSE, citing links to deforestation

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Cattle walk along an illegally deforested area in an extractive reserve near Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil.
Two-thirds of Amazon deforestation results from conversion to pasture for livestock, according to the Brazilian government.

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Instead of paying adults more, some states might let companies hire kids as young as 14 to fill the labor shortage

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics
1940 photograph of boys working at a chocolate factory
Boys folding boxes for Rowntrees Nux Chocolates in the packing department, Rowntree factory, York. Yorkshire, 1940. (Photo by Borthwick Institute/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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