environment
Now | 11-Dec-2015
Mining sins in poor countries are likely to get worse under Trans-Pacific Partnership.
SSRN | 9-Dec-2015
The study focused on whether ISDS contributed to changes in internal vetting of government decisions related to environmental protection in the province of Ontario, Canada.
El Diario | 24-Nov-2015
El economista José Ramón Mariño, de la organización internacional ATTAC, advierte de que si no se ponen salvaguardas, las empresas de Estados Unidos podrán vender en Europa sus productos sin cumplir normativas ambientales o sanitarias.
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre | 24-Nov-2015
The smoke haze that has engulfed Singapore, Malaysia and other parts of Southeast Asia for two months could violate international law and be the subject of an investment treaty claim against Indonesia.
CIEL | 19-Nov-2015
Like TPP, U.S. free trade agreement (FTA) formed in the past two decades have similarly promised meaningful and enforceable labor and environmental safeguards.
Public Citizen | 6-Nov-2015
Long-awaited text reveals gaps between Administration claims and actual TPP terms on key public concerns
East Anglia Daily Times | 26-Oct-2015
Parts of a controversial new trade deal being negotiated between the European Union and the United States are illegal, it has been claimed.
Sierra Club | 18-Oct-2015
A private trade tribunal ruled that Canada violated rules in NAFTA because of an environmental impact assessment that led Canada to reject a company’s controversial mining project from moving forward in an important cultural and ecological area in Nova Scotia.
The Argentina Independent | 29-Sep-2015
El Salvador is defending itself against a US$301m lawsuit filed after it blocked a mining project to protect the country’s heavy-polluted water supply. The imminent verdict will set a precedent amid a growing trend of companies suing governments when they can’t exploit their natural resources.
Tele Sur | 25-Sep-2015
Canadians must now counter Chevron’s inevitable propaganda campaign as the legal battle continues.