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Why a coordinated withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty is inevitable
Euractiv | 25-Jan-2023
Since October 2022, seven EU member states have announced plans to withdraw from the European Charter Treaty. Across the board, the message is clear: the insufficient and potentially climate-damaging treaty reform effort is no longer a politically viable option.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Polluter doesn’t pay: The Rockhopper v Italy award
EJIL: Talk! | 23-Jan-2023
The way in which the reasoning of the Rockhopper award expels any environmental considerations has the effect of making climate change interventions considerably more costly
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Italy
Greta Thunberg’s arrest shows why we must abolish the Energy Charter Treaty
Open Democracy | 23-Jan-2023
The treaty allows fossil fuel companies to sue governments for taking climate change action. It must go.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS
US government seeks to dismiss Keystone XL pipeline case, while taxpayers have already spent $250,000 to NAFTA arbitration tribunal
Public Citizen | 20-Jan-2023
The State Department requested the $15 billion case be thrown out on jurisdictional grounds, as President Joe Biden revoked the permit for the pipeline on his first day in office, long after the US-Mexico Canada Agreement was in effect.
keywords: climate , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , US
The secretive legal weapon that fossil fuel interests use against climate-conscious countries
Grist | 18-Jan-2023
Investor-state dispute settlements increasingly allow oil and gas investors to sue countries over their climate policies.
keywords: climate , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Energy Charter Treaty: How it drove up the costs of the German coal phase-out
Power Shift | 16-Jan-2023
This briefing highlights the role the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) has played in the German coal phase-out. It reveals that the ECT has influenced the coal phase-out in two important ways.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , Germany , investor-state disputes | ISDS
France officially leaves Energy Charter Treaty
See | 3-Jan-2023
France confirmed the decision announced by Macron in October and notified the other signatories of the withdrawal, which will take effect on January 1, 2024.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , EU , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Pourquoi est-ce une bonne nouvelle que la France se retire du Traité sur la charte de l’énergie ?
Basta! | 2-Jan-2023
La France vient de se retirer du Traité sur la charte de l’énergie qui entravait toute politique ambitieuse en matière de préservation du climat. « Une brèche est ouverte », estime l’économiste Maxime Combes.
keywords: actions | resistance , climate , ECT , energy , EU , France , investor-state disputes | ISDS
La Suisse doit résilier la Charte de l’énergie
Alliance Sud | 18-Dec-2022
De plus en plus de pays se retirent du Traité sur la Charte de l’Energie, qui protège les investissements dans les énergies, mêmes fossiles, et retarde la transition énergétique. Pour Alliance Sud, la Suisse aussi devrait le faire.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Switzerland
Switzerland must withdraw from the Energy Charter
Alliance Sud | 18-Dec-2022
The Energy Charter Treaty protects companies that invest in fossil fuels. A growing number of countries are withdrawing from it, while Switzerland continues to thwart the energy transition.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Switzerland