4 reasons why environmental orgs oppose the TPP: [View all]

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1) The USTR has never brought an enforcement case against a country which has violated environmental provisions in a free
trade agreement.
http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/jschmidt/why_we_have_grave_environmenta.html

2) They have concluded that some of the provisions in the environmental chapter draft (leaked 1/14) are actually a step back (joint analysis from the World Wildlife Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council and The Sierra Club)
http://action.sierraclub.org/site/DocServer/TPP_Enviro_Analysis.pdf?docID=14842

3) concerns that it will increase fracking
http://www.sierraclub.org/trade/trans-pacific-partnership

4) Increased Corporate rights leading to more decisions like the March 17, 2015 ruling against Canada regarding open pit mining.
http://action.sierraclub.org/site/DocServer/0999_Trade_Bilcon_Factsheet_04_low.pdf?docID=17481

There's more- including the fact that there is nothing in the tpp that addresses climate change

http://action.sierraclub.org/site/DocServer/TPP_and_Environment_Fact_Sheet.pdf?docID=15821