There's been a big fuss about the 'ISDS' clauses in the TTIP trade deal that would allow US corporations to sue the EU and its member states for 'lost profits', writes Maude Barlow. But ISDS is already in CETA, the already negotiated EU-Canada trade deal - and nothing would be easier than for US companies to use it as their 'back door'. We must make sure CETA is rejected at its final hurdle.
… EU-Canada CETA trade deal is a back door for US … Justice Now | 30th October 2015 News Trade EU Canada USA Corporations ttip-ceta-demo-cut.jpg … is already in CETA, the already negotiated EU-Canada trade deal - and nothing would be …
A key NAFTA body has recommended a formal investigation into Canada's refusal to protect its polar bears despite the grave threats posed to them by climate change.
… NAFTA: Investigate Canada's failure to protect Polar Bears The Ecologist | 20th November 2013 News Canada Climate Change US Natural World A key … has recommended a formal investigation into Canada's refusal to protect its polar bears …
The EU's Fuel Quality Directive is set to be the first casualty of the TTIP trade talks, writes Derek Leahy. Canada and the US have threatened to pull out unless the EU ignores the massive emissions of oil from tar sands - and the EU is collapsing under the pressure.
… tar sands emissions! EU buckles under US, Canada pressure in TTIP talks Derek Leahy | 23rd July 2014 News Oil Canada USA Fossil Fuels EU Climate Change … of the TTIP trade talks, writes Derek Leahy. Canada and the US have threatened to pull out …
The raft of 'free trade' agreements under negotiation represents a massive seizure of power by corporations, writes Joyce Nelson - effectively stripping democratic governments of their power to legislate for health, environment, labour or anything else that could reduce corporate profit. But the mainstream media are mysteriously silent.
… February 2015 News Trade Corporations USA Canada EU Media st-lawrence-river-cut.jpg … Under the NAFTA trade deal, Canada is being sued to open up the St … across the planet, including TPP, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic …
The EU Council today blocked the progress of CETA, the Canada-EU trade deal, writes Nick Dearden. It's a dramatic reversal for the transatlantic 'free trade' agenda, with the unpopular TTIP US-EU agreement already close to death. But negotiators aren't giving up on their aim to push CETA through, no matter what. Our fight goes on!
… Canada-EU 'TTIP' trade deal, CETA, down - but … | 18th October 2016 Comment Trade Politics Canada EU USA Belgium UK n-tisa-cut.jpg The EU … today blocked the progress of CETA, the Canada-EU trade deal, writes Nick Dearden. …
The EU is dumping a plan to label fuel made from tar sands as 20% more polluting than oil from conventional sources, making it cheaper for European countries to import. But the concession - intended to smooth the TTIP trade deal - still has to be approved by the European Parliament.
… Ecologist | 7th October 2014 News Oil EU USA Canada Trade Climate Change Fossil Fuels … fuels - a move that is likely to bolster Canada's bitumen industry as it jockeys to … penalty on bitumen, most of which comes from Canada. However, following years of heavy …
The Stop TTIP coalition is warning that under a 'stealth clause' in CETA the trade deal could come into force without a single parliamentary vote - including its ISDS provisions allowing investors to sue governments in secret courts. US corporations would then be able to sue EU nations - even if TTIP fails.
… CETA Canada-EU 'free trade' deal could come into … Oliver Tickell | 15th April 2016 News EU US Canada Trade Russia Corporations Finance … TTIP colation warned today that the CETA, the Canada-EU Trade Agreement, could come into …
Political earthquakes in Canada and Australia have seen climate-sceptic leaders replaced by new ones committed to effective climate action, write David Konisky & Matto Mildenberger. It may be going too far to say that's why they were elected - but these elections do show that green policies are no electoral drawback.
… October 2015 Comment Climate Change Politics Canada Australia USA trudeau-victory-cut.jpg … Political earthquakes in Canada and Australia have seen climate-sceptic … in terms of total greenhouse gas emissions, Canada and Australia rank as the ninth and …
The US government is being sued for $15 billion for its cancellation of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline last year in order to combat climate change. The legal challenge under NAFTA sends a warning to all countries contemplating similar 'free trade' agreements.
… Trans-Canada sues US for $15 billion over KXL … Trade Climate Change Law Oil Tar Sands USA Canada EU UK Corporations kxl-protest-cut.jpg … deals, energy infrastructure corporation TransCanada has commenced legal actions against the …
Thanks to herbicide use on GMO crops in the US and Canada, Monarch butterfly numbers have crashed - the milkweeds the larvae feed on now survive mainly in 'conservation reserve' land and roadsides - and there's a 5% chance the Monarch will be extinct within 100 years.
… | 10th June 2014 News Ecology USA Mexico Canada Farming GMOs Natural World … to herbicide use on GMO crops in the US and Canada, Monarch butterfly numbers have crashed … begins at home in the United States and Canada. The butterflies that fly to Mexico are …
A 62-year old pipeline across New England could be used to carry hazardous tar sand crude oil from Canada to the Atlantic, writes Meg Berlin. But communities across Vermont are campaigning to block the project that imperils waters, people and wildlife ...
… | 31st March 2014 Activism Fossil Fuels Canada USA Water Pollution … to carry hazardous tar sand crude oil from Canada to the Atlantic, writes Meg Berlin. But … type of crude oil, extracted from Canada's Athabasca tar sands. Momentum builds …
Forget tariffs, forget Obama's promises. The whole point of modern 'trade agreements' is to whack pesky labor, environment and health laws, writes David Morris, and so empower capital and corporate power against regulators, governments and democracy itself. Unconvinced? Just imagine what these deals would look like if they were there to empower people.
… Trade Finance Health Society Politics USA Canada Mexico winston-cut.jpg Forget tariffs, … (WTO) issued a final ruling in favor of Canada and Mexico in a case involving a US law … than $3 billion. These will be meted out by Canada and Mexico as retaliatory tariffs on a …
The successful conclusion of the TPP talks is a huge blow for social and economic justice, writes Nick Dearden in his twelve point summary. But it's not over yet: the long secret text must now be made public. And there's every chance it can be defeated in an increasingly skeptical Congress.
… | 6th October 2015 Comment Trade Finance USA Canada China Politics … the Pacific Rim, including the USA, Japan, Canada and Australia - and collectively their … to walk in order to be passed. 11. And so can Canada And in Canada, elections are coming up, …
The TTIP EU-US trade deal has finally hit the rocks with massive popular opposition on both sides of the Atlantic gaining serious political traction, write Guy Taylor & Nick Dearden. There's now a good chance that TTIP will be defeated - but first we must make sure that CETA, the equally toxic EU-Canada 'Trojan Horse' deal, bites the dust.
… Dearden | 4th May 2016 Comment Trade EU US Canada Politics Corporations … make sure that CETA, the equally toxic EU-Canada 'Trojan Horse' deal, bites the dust. … been moving rapidly last week on CETA, an EU-Canada 'free trade' deal similar to TTIP …
The EU Parliament is voting tomorrow on the controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) being negotiated between the USA and the EU. But do MEPs realise that the agreement could force European markets open to 'new biotech' foods and crops using advanced GM technologies that do not meet current definitions of 'GMO' within the EU?
… July 2015 News GMOs Trade Technology EU USA Canada genome-cut.jpg The EU Parliament is … one, a trade agreement similar to TTIP, the Canada-EU free trade agreement (CETA), … concluded CETA trade agreement between Canada in the EU, as it is likely to provide …
Even as the controversial TTIP 'trade' deal runs into sand, writes Glyn Moody, a spate of similar deals to empower corporations over national governments and democratic forces are being negotiated even more secretively - like CETA, TPP, TISA - and could become cemented into binding treaties before civil society even knows of their existence.
… Glyn Moody | 25th January 2015 News Trade USA Canada EU Politics Corporations … recent free trade agreement, that with Canada, generally known as CETA. Nonetheless … because of CETA, the trade agreement with Canada, which is further along than TTIP (but …
The enabling bill for Keystone XL failed yesterday in the US Senate. Supported by all 45 Republican senators, it fell one vote short of the required 60-vote threshold. But the victory will be a temporary one, writes Alexander Reid Ross. The final battle can only be won by massive grassroots engagement and protest in communities across North America.
… Reid Ross | 19th November 2014 News USA Canada Oil Tarsands Climate Chane Politics … fails in January, through some miracle, and Canada exports the oil through Canada's Atlantic coast? Would the NGOs …
How fossil fuels are destroying biodiversity and Indigenous people’s rights.
… Lakes Indigenous Rights Ecuador Peru Canada US Biodiversity Editor’s Picks … lack access to medical care. Tar sands In Canada extraction of oil from tar sands in … located close to the Athabasca River - one of Canada’s major rivers that flows through …
The lesson of fracking in the US and Canada is a simple one, writes Naomi Klein. The fracking industry is vicious, brutal and will stop at nothing to get its way. British anti-frackers can celebrate yesterday's achievements - but the fight ahead will not be an easy one.
… Change Pollution Corporations Law US UK Canada denton-fracking-cut.jpg The lesson of fracking in the US and Canada is a simple one, writes Naomi Klein. … in the United States and in my own country, Canada. The US is not only where the gas …
While the confrontation at Standing Rock has galvanized Indians and non-native supporters from across the continent, writes Stanley L. Cohen, it's but a symptom of a much deeper crises facing several million Indians holding on to endangered traditions and cultures that predate 'our' arrival by several thousand years. We may call Indian people sovereign. But it's all a grand, perverse lie.
… September 2016 News Indigenous Peoples USA Canada Politics Culture nodapl-cut.jpg While … that straddles the borders of New York and Canada. When the smoke cleared, an SQ officer … of negotiations, 'First Nations' across Canada answered the call to support our …
The latest country to be hooked under 'free trade' agreements is Colombia, writes Pete Dolack, sued for tens of billions of dollars by US and Canadian gold mining companies for valuing its national parks and the high-altitude Andean wetlands that provide 70% of the nation's water above the profits of foreign corporations. Free trade or clean water? You can't have both.
… 14th April 2016 News Colombia Mining Trade US Canada Water Conservation Corporations … government because of this under the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. The … "energy and other" products imported to Canada to be C$280 million. The World Bank …
Ninety-eight per cent of the products in our stores claiming to be environmentally friendly are guilty of greenwash, a US committee hears
… US House Of Representatives Sins TerraChoice Canada Cigarette Labels Manufacturers Report … of the 2,219 products tested in the US and Canada committed at least one greenwashing … Almost 4,000 products in the UK, US, Canada and Australia were judged according to …
The US Supreme Court has denied organic and GMO-free farmers their day in Court against Monsanto - leaving them unable to challenge the company's patents or seek redress for GMO seed contamination.
… Now | 15th January 2014 News GMOs Gm Food USA Canada Farming gmo-or-no.png The US Supreme … because their protection may not extend to Canada at all", said Saskatchewan organic … which the Court defined as 1%. Meanwhile in Canada In a related situation, Canadian …
The 1865 Treaty of Point Elliot is clear, writes Jan Hasselman: the Lummi Nation has the right to fish, hunt and gather in their accustomed places in perpetuity - and they can't do that if a gigantic coal terminal is built in the Salish Sea's most productive waters. First Nations' treaty rights are now central to protecting the Pacific Northwest from destruction by fossil fuels.
… Fossil Fuels Coal Transport Oceans Law USA Canada check-buring-kids_paul-anderson-cut.jpg … First Nations on the front line in the US and Canada The Lummi's stand against Big Coal is … to block a massive tar sands pipeline in Canada that would put treaty fishing areas at …