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Focus on: TTIP & energy and environment

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Leaked TTIP draft for chemicals sector reveals a toxic partnership
2-Oct-2014 CIEL
A leaked restricted access text for the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) from August 2014 from the European Commission confirms that negotiations continue to favour business interests over the protection of citizens’ health and of the environment.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft EU chemicals offer (Sep 2014)
2-Oct-2014 CIEL
as leaked by CIEL
Why the climate movement cannot ignore trade
25-Sep-2014 Huffington Post
The US government is currently negotiating massive new free trade pacts, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, that would severely restrict its ability to address the climate crisis.
Social movements denounce corporate take-over of Ban Ki-Moon Climate Summit
17-Sep-2014 Climate Space
The movements point out that halting climate change calls for an end to the neoliberal free trade regime that promotes the pursuit of endless growth and endless profit for transnational corporations.
Chemical industry using TTIP ‘to attack the precautionary principal’
27-Aug-2014 Chemical Watch
The last 12 months have seen a surge of attacks against the EU’s precautionary principle, with some law firms considering it a potential obstacle to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
US accused of forcing EU to accept tar sands oil
19-Jul-2014 IPS
Newly publicised internal documents suggest that US negotiators are working to permanently block a landmark regulatory proposal in the European Union aimed at addressing climate change, and instead to force European countries to import particularly dirty forms of oil.
Juncker states his opposition to fracking
10-Jul-2014 ENDS Europe
Asked about the trade deal the Commission is currently negotiating with the US, which campaigners fear will allow private companies to challenge the EU’s environmental rules, Mr Juncker stressed that the normal, publicly accountable, court system should be used instead of private courts or arbitration panels.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - draft EU energy proposal (June 2014)
9-Jul-2014 Washington Post
Could a trade deal lift the US’ longstanding ban on crude oil exports? Europe thinks so.
8-Jul-2014 Washington Post
The European Union is pressing the United States to lift its longstanding ban on crude oil exports through a sweeping trade and investment deal, according to a secret document from the negotiations, writes the Washington Post.
Leaked trade document exposes dangerous European Union energy proposal
8-Jul-2014 FoEE et al
A leaked European Union document published today by the Washington Post exposes the dangerous direction the trade deal between the U.S. and the EU is taking when it comes to raw material and energy.
US states demand more say in TTIP negotiations
13-Jun-2014 Chemical Watch
Fears that provisions under discussion at the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks could impede their ability to regulate chemical safety, environmental protection and public health, have prompted several US states, led by Vermont, to demand a "seat at the table".
New environmentalists taking bold actions and it’s working
26-May-2014 Dissident Voice
Through trade agreements, Big Energy is trying to weaken environmental protections and increase their power to subvert democracy but people are stopping these too.
Leaked memo: Trade agreement would export fracked gas without restrictions from US to EU
22-May-2014 Huffington Post
The EU’s ideas for free trade in energy with the US would be a frontal assault on the possibility for governments to impose a "public service obligation," requiring utility companies to deliver natural gas at certain prices to consumers, for example.
EU-US FTA (TTIP) - Raw materials and energy (EU negotiating text, Sep 2013)
19-May-2014 Huffington Post
Dated 20 September 2013, leaked by Huffington Post on 19 May 2014. See Wikipedia analysis here.
Leaked energy text exposes trade with European Union endangers action on climate
19-May-2014 Sierra Club
A draft negotiating text of energy provisions in the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the US and the European Union was leaked online today, just as the fifth round of negotiations began in Washington, DC.
178 groups demand answers about TTIP’s climate impact
15-May-2014 EcoWatch
Will the US and Europe consider the climate and environment during their next round of TTIP negotiations? Nearly 200 civil society organizations hope so, and wrote about their concerns in a letter to trade representatives from the U.S. and Europe.
TTIP debate - Brussels
19-Apr-2014 TNI
Frank exchange of views between the EU Commission and civil society representatives on the introduction of special rights for companies in the TTIP, through the mechanism of investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS).
The tar sands mystery and the smoking TTIP gun
15-Apr-2014 EurActiv
The EU’s motivation for a proposal to scrap greenhouse gas intensity targets in its flagship Fuel Quality Directive (FQD), which regulates emissions from transport fuels, has been shrouded in mystery since it was first mooted three months ago, but EurActiv has uncovered new information.
Le gaz de schiste au cœur du sommet UE-USA
27-Mar-2014 Euractiv
L’approvisionnement de l’Europe en gaz de schiste dans le cadre du TTIP s’est invité à la table des discussions lors de la visite de Barack Obama à Bruxelles.
Obama is negotiating an agreement that could unleash fracking around the world. See how.
25-Mar-2014 Policy Mic
The translantic trade agreement would undermine hard-fought regulations and open up a large part of the world to greater exploitation without regulation. Fracking would go global.