{
  "id": 15186963,
  "title": "US corporate lobbyists mounted ‘blitz’ to dilute landmark EU deforestation law, report finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/us-corporate-lobbyists-mounted-blitz-to-dilute-landmark-eu",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-17T11:00:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/17/us-corporate-lobbyists-europe-deforestation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Environmental watchdog Mighty Earth reveals two-year effort to postpone and weaken EU Deforestation Regulation US 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…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}