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US coal firm launches NAFTA suit against Alberta over coal phase-out
The Globe and Mail | 20-Nov-2018
A US coal miner is launching a NAFTA suit against Alberta over its policy to phase out coal in the electricity system by 2030.
keywords: Canada , climate , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , US
Liberals should consistently fight trade deals that let corporations sue Canada
Huffington Post | 21-Oct-2018
Investor-state dispute settlement was tempered in the USMCA, but the government needs to justify why it persists asking for it in other agreements.
keywords: actions | resistance , Canada , corporate interests , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico , NAFTA | USMCA , US
Big oil and gas companies are winners in Trump’s new trade deal
Washington Post | 4-Oct-2018
The oil business persuaded the White House to keep a number of features of the old NAFTA, including provisions that help protect US oil companies’ investments abroad and allow for tax-free transport of raw and refined products across borders.
keywords: corporate interests , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , US
From Quito: Pablo Fajardo & Donald Moncayo
TeleSur | 28-Sep-2018
Pablo Fajardo, the lead lawyer for the communities who have been fighting for 25 years for compensation for the severe pollution in the amazon region, and Donald Moncayo, one of the coordinators of the organization that has led this campaign talk about the Chevron case.
keywords: Ecuador , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US , video
Costa Rica wins case against investors’ beach front property
TeleSur | 21-Sep-2018
ICSID tribunal rules Costa Rica was in its right to stop a tourist construction project on the Pacific coast that violated environmental laws.
keywords: CAFTA , Costa Rica , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US
Affaire Chevron-Équateur : l’arbitrage international confirme sa réputation d’instrument au service des puissants
Observatoire des Multinationales | 17-Sep-2018
Les arbitres de la Cour permanente d’arbitrage ont sommé l’Équateur de récuser son propre système judiciaire.
keywords: Ecuador , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US
From the indigenous peoples’ environmental catastrophe in the Amazon to the investors’ dispute on denial of justice: the Chevron v. Ecuador August 2018 PCA arbitral award and the dearth of international environmental remedies for private victims
EJIL: Talk! | 14-Sep-2018
The task no longer lies with interpreting investment treaties alone and trying to reform investment arbitration in general – but designing an entirely cohesive system for international environmental justice that is open to the actual victims of environmental disasters and not just the States that often fail to genuinely represent them.
keywords: Ecuador , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US
More than 300 Republican and Democratic state legislators from all 50 states urge end of investor-state dispute settlement system in NAFTA
Public Citizen | 13-Sep-2018
In letter to US Trade Representative, lawmakers say ISDS undermines state sovereignty and lawmaking.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , NAFTA | USMCA , US
Ecuador: Chevron’s victims vow to fight Hague court ruling
TeleSur | 12-Sep-2018
Victims of Chevron-Texaco’s pollution of the Ecuadorean Amazon have vowed to fight to protect the ruling which has granted them compensation.
keywords: actions | resistance , Ecuador , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US , video
Sentence arbitrale : les profits de Chevron l’emportent sur les droits de ses victimes
CNCD 11.11.11 | 11-Sep-2018
Le jugement du panel d’arbitrage s’abat comme un couperet sur les 30.000 personnes affectées par les dégâts de l’exploitation pétrolière de Chevron en Amazonie.
keywords: Ecuador , energy , environment , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US