climate
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31-May-2016 ISP
D’après une analyse de l’annexe sur l’énergie – tout juste divulguée – l’ACS vient mettre à mal les actions de la COP 21
Greenpeace, les syndicats et le réseau mondial de commerce Notre monde n’est pas à vendre (OWINFS) déclare que l’ACS, le dernier accord sur le commerce négocié dans le plus grand secret, compromet le plan d’action contre le changement climatique.
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16-May-2016 War on Want
TTIP will damage public health and climate, says official report
The controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will have negative effects on public health, jobs and the climate, according to the official impact assessment.
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2-May-2016 Greenpeace
Filtrados documentos secretos del TTIP a Greenpeace: la Comisión Europea y el Gobierno Español nos engañan
Greenpeace Holanda hará públicos mañana los documentos, hasta ahora altamente secretos, que permiten a la ciudadanía europea conocer el contenido y las decisiones tomadas en las últimas negociaciones entre la UE y los EE.UU.
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20-Apr-2016 Pardee School of Global Studies
Europe’s regulations at risk
On Friday, April 22, President Barack Obama is joining other world leaders in signing the Paris climate accord. But on the following Monday, April 25, Obama will meet with European leaders to promote the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
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14-Apr-2016 Reporterre
The transatlantic free trade treaty: the climate’s enemy
Threats against environmental directives, legal arbitration against States, the growth of trade generating CO2… while discussions between the United States and the European Union continue, the author of this article demonstrates that this treaty is incompatible with the Paris Agreement on Climate.
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7-Apr-2016 Sify
India, Iceland agree to facilitate trade and economic partnership
India and Iceland on Tuesday agreed that a trade and economic partnership agreement between India and the EFTA countries would facilitate more economic relations between the two countries.
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5-Apr-2016 New Statesman
It’s not just Europeans who will feel the consequences of TTIP
One element of TTIP has been largely ignored – the deal’s impact on developing countries.
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3-Mar-2016 Le Monde
Au nom du climat, rénover les règles du commerce mondial
Depuis de nombreuses années, les institutions internationales affirment qu’un « soutien mutuel » entre commerce et climat est possible. Mais l’entreprise multinationale du secteur énergétique Transcanada vient d’ébranler quelque peu cette croyance.
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23-Feb-2016 Reporterre
Le traité transatlantique de libre-échange est l’ennemi du climat
Menaces contre les directives environnementales, arbitrage juridique contre les États, accroissement des échanges générateur de CO2… Ce traité est incompatible avec l’accord de Paris sur le climat.
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26-Jan-2016 Tele Sur
Correa: ’corruption’ lets Chevron off hook for Amazon pollution
The ruling from the District Court of the Hague in favor of U.S. oil giant Chevron effectively exonerated the company from any responsibility for remediating the contamination in the Amazon.
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19-Jan-2016 Bordelex
Interview: End of US crude oil export ban – consequences for TTIP and the climate
The EU has been advocating an end of this ban as part of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations. The EU wants to be able to import US oil for energy security reasons and set global rules for energy markets.
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14-Jan-2016 Market Watch
Global economy moved one step forward, one step back in 2015
The problem of TPP is with the “investment” chapter, which severely constrains environmental, health, and safety regulation, and even financial regulations with significant macroeconomic impacts.
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14-Jan-2016 Les Echos
Le retour du commerce administré menace le libre-échange
L’accord sur le climat ou la création d’une nouvelle banque de développement par les BRICS l’an dernier vont influer sur 2016. Mais le vrai enjeu, moins médiatique, ce sont les accords commerciaux restrictifs qui s’annoncent.
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13-Jan-2016 Ecologistas en Acción
O el TTIP o el clima
La semana pasada la multinacional TrasCanada ejemplificó la incoherencia que supone luchar contra el cambio climático y fomentar los tratados de libre comercio.
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11-Jan-2016 Huffington Post
TransCanada, this is what democracy looks like
Canadian company TransCanada’s announcement that it will sue the American people for $15 billion perfectly illustrates how today’s corporate-empowering trade policies threaten the way democracy is supposed to work.
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8-Jan-2016 eNews Park Forest
This NAFTA lawsuit over Keystone XL proves ‘free trade’ deals kill democracy
‘The idea that some trade agreement should force us to overheat the planet’s atmosphere is, quite simply, insane.’
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7-Jan-2016 Collectif Stop Tafta
Libre-échange contre climat : la plainte de TransCanada contre l’État fédéral américain confirme les craintes des mouvements citoyens
La cohabitation entre le régime international de commerce et d’investissement actuel et l’ambition prétendue de lutter contre le changement climatique est impossible.
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18-Dec-2015 La Haine
El Acuerdo de París, una pantomima histórica
Los tratados de comercio e inversión como el Tratado Transatlántico de Comercio e Inversión (TTIP), que los gobiernos de Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea negocian con mucha voluntad política serían vinculantes y marcarían un modelo de producción y consumo destructivo.
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18-Dec-2015 Huffington Post
2015: a year in review on trade and the environment
In 2015, new trade and investment cases, leaks and texts all demonstrated how trade rules present a significant threat to our environment and climate.
