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Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Fast Track to Disaster
EcoWatch
(Snip)...Multinational corporationsincluding some of the planets biggest polluterscould use the TPP to sue governments, in private trade tribunals, over laws and policies that they claimed would reduce their profits. The implications of this are profound: Corporate profits are more important than protections for clean air, clean water, climate stability, workers rights and more.
This isnt a hypothetical threat. Similar rules in other free trade deals have allowed corporations including ExxonMobil, Chevron and Occidental Petroleum to bring approximately 600 cases against nearly 100 governments. Increasingly, corporations are using these perverse rules to challenge energy and climate policies, including a moratorium on fracking in Quebec; a nuclear energy phaseout and coal-fired power plant standards in Germany; and a pollution cleanup in Peru. TransCanada has even intimated that it would use similar rules in the North American Free Trade Agreement to challenge a U.S. decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.
Remember how scientists and experts have warned that at least three-quarters of known fossil fuel reserves must stay in the ground in order to stabilize our climate? A new study published in the journal Nature even spells out in detail which reserves must stay untapped, including almost all of Canadas tar sands, all of the oil and gas in the Arctic, nearly half of global natural gas reserves, and 82 percent of global coal reserves. But do trade pacts like the TPP take that into account?
Not a chance. In fact, as a result of the TPP, the U.S. Department of Energy would actually be required to approve more fossil fuel exports. The deal would greenlight fracked gas exports to countries in the pactincluding Japan, which is the worlds biggest importer of natural gas. A consequence would be more fracking, more pipelines, more export terminals and more climate pollution.
It has never been more urgent for countries to tackle the climate crisis. Now is the time to ensure that the rules of the global economy support climate action. Now is not the time to be rubber-stamping trade deals that could undermine our prospects for a better future and safer climate....
Please read more~
http://ecowatch.com/2015/03/09/trans-pacific-partnership-fast-track-disaster/
EcoWatch
(Snip)...Multinational corporationsincluding some of the planets biggest polluterscould use the TPP to sue governments, in private trade tribunals, over laws and policies that they claimed would reduce their profits. The implications of this are profound: Corporate profits are more important than protections for clean air, clean water, climate stability, workers rights and more.
This isnt a hypothetical threat. Similar rules in other free trade deals have allowed corporations including ExxonMobil, Chevron and Occidental Petroleum to bring approximately 600 cases against nearly 100 governments. Increasingly, corporations are using these perverse rules to challenge energy and climate policies, including a moratorium on fracking in Quebec; a nuclear energy phaseout and coal-fired power plant standards in Germany; and a pollution cleanup in Peru. TransCanada has even intimated that it would use similar rules in the North American Free Trade Agreement to challenge a U.S. decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.
Remember how scientists and experts have warned that at least three-quarters of known fossil fuel reserves must stay in the ground in order to stabilize our climate? A new study published in the journal Nature even spells out in detail which reserves must stay untapped, including almost all of Canadas tar sands, all of the oil and gas in the Arctic, nearly half of global natural gas reserves, and 82 percent of global coal reserves. But do trade pacts like the TPP take that into account?
Not a chance. In fact, as a result of the TPP, the U.S. Department of Energy would actually be required to approve more fossil fuel exports. The deal would greenlight fracked gas exports to countries in the pactincluding Japan, which is the worlds biggest importer of natural gas. A consequence would be more fracking, more pipelines, more export terminals and more climate pollution.
It has never been more urgent for countries to tackle the climate crisis. Now is the time to ensure that the rules of the global economy support climate action. Now is not the time to be rubber-stamping trade deals that could undermine our prospects for a better future and safer climate....
Please read more~
http://ecowatch.com/2015/03/09/trans-pacific-partnership-fast-track-disaster/
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TPP:..."US would be REQUIRED to approve MORE fossil fuel exports"... (Original Post)
RiverLover
May 2015
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tridim
(45,358 posts)1. The President will NEVER let this happen. Period. nt
It's his deal.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)3. Has to be...
at least I hope.
And thanks for the in group TPP post!
RiverLover
(7,830 posts)5. 'welcome!
I don't think people are tuned in to how much this is going to help corporations' profits, including oil cos, at the great expense of people (& planet). It should be talked about here as much as in Labor or in Economy!!
ellenrr
(3,864 posts)4. riverlover, do you ever think about posting this in GD, to get a wider reading? ...
seems to me when we post here, we are preaching to the converted..?
RiverLover
(7,830 posts)6. Good idea.
Talking with my dad atm, but will when done. Thanks!