Green Living Ideas

OCTOBER 10, 2016

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Environmental Economics

JULY 30, 2013

The (CO2 intensive) job losses that climate policy opponents trumpet will be offset by the (CO2 not-so-intensive) job gains that climate policy proponents trumpet (remember the "giant sucking sound" that was to be NAFTA?).

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Sierra Club Compass

OCTOBER 2, 2013

This week, an  electronic copy of a quietly filed lawsuit was unearthed, exposing the fact that oil and gas company Lone Pine Resources is moving forward with a $250-million North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) lawsuit against Canada.  Investment rules very similar to the ones in NAFTA are set to be included in the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact , and may also be included in the U.S.-EU

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Sierra Club Compass

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

On November 8 th , Lone Pine Resources, a Delaware-incorporated oil and gas firm with operations in Canada, filed notice of its intent to sue Canada for $250 million under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) over Quebec’s moratorium on fracking. The company claims that the moratorium violates their rights as an investor under NAFTA and constitutes an expropriation of their drilling permit. Compass. « Celebrating Wind Week | Main.

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Eco Friendly Daily

JANUARY 7, 2014

relations after the introduction of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) into Canada’s public policy. What better way could there be, then, for Stephen Harper to acknowledge the concerns and worries of the working class, non-profit organizations and advocacy groups than to incorporate central tenets from both NAFTA and the Homeland Security Act into a similarly structured, international treaty that involving Canada, the U.S.

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Sierra Club Compass

MARCH 15, 2013

It’s similar to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) – only way, way bigger. A leaked version of the pact's controversial chapter on investment reveals that—like NAFTA and more recent trade pacts—the TPP would give broad rights to foreign corporations. Today, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Japan’s intention to enter the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact (TPP).

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Green (Living) Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

As Latinos, they were forced out of Mexico by international trade deals like NAFTA. The program brings together training in topics such as soil chemistry and farm planning with a deep analysis of how racism has divorced people of color from the land. Soul Fire Farm is a family farm in Grafton, N.Y., committed to the dismantling of the oppressive structures that misguide our food system.

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Green Home Blog

MARCH 13, 2013

Never mind NAFTA, CAFTA and GATT. Ever since commercial production of corn-based ethanol first began – in 2004 in Canada and about 2008 in the United States – there have been highly vocal proponents and opponents. The first cite ethanol’s cleaner burn and a reduction of greenhouse gases and particulates. The latter argue that taking corn from the food supply and turning it into vehicle fuel is enforcing even more starvation on a hungry world.

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Sierra Club Compass

JANUARY 9, 2013

The Delaware-incorporated Lone Pine Resources noted its intent to sue Canada for $250 million under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) over Quebec’s moratorium on fracking -- the violent process of extracting natural gas from shale rock buried deep underground. Compass. « 12 Sierra Club Bloggers to Watch in 2013: Part I | Main. | 12 Sierra Club Bloggers to Watch in 2013: Part II » Trade Rules Undermine Transition to Clean Energy.

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Sierra Club Compass

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Now corporations are pushing for the TTIP to give more “protections” to oil and gas companies, which – based on the NAFTA precedent— would allow foreign companies to circumvent government and court decisions over energy policies, and sue taxpayers over policies that companies deem inconvenient. Cartoon by Courtenay Lewis. What do Halloween and the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) have in common? Both are packed with things that should make your skin crawl.

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Sierra Club Compass

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

While the Obama Administration and congressional supporters of the pacts have rekindled timeworn talking points that describe these deals as “21st century” trade agreements, in reality, they strongly resemble the failed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that went into effect more than two decades ago. The age of NAFTA-like agreements must come to an end. Photo courtesy of Teamsters. The saying goes: the more things change, the more they stay the same.

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Sierra Club Compass

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

While the Obama Administration and congressional supporters of the pacts have rekindled timeworn talking points that describe these deals as “21st century” trade agreements, in reality, they strongly resemble the failed North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that went into effect more than two decades ago. The age of NAFTA-like agreements must come to an end. Photo courtesy of Teamsters. The saying goes: the more things change, the more they stay the same.

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Sierra Club Compass

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

However, our current model of free trade, which is written into agreements of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and free trade pacts like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), threatens nearly every aspect of this much-needed economic transition. Photo courtesy of Jim Wylie.

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Environmental Economics

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Mr. Trump has not yet clarified his promises on trade, but most experts say it will be very hard to simply walk away from Nafta and impose a 45 percent tariff against imports from China. “In I don't have the time to read all the articles like this one: Last week, Donald J. Trump was elected president based on a straightforward promise to make the United States great again.

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Green Prophet

MARCH 27, 2013

It doesn’t bode well for local concerns (workers rights, environmental protection) – that said I’m wondering if a Canadian company would have better/stronger principles than the Israeli company they would replace (an argument that always surfaced during the NAFTA debates vis-a-vis American companies relocating to Mexico). An Israel Chemicals Dead Sea mining plant; Photo by Haaretz/Ofer Vaknin.

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Eco Friendly Daily

JUNE 7, 2014

That said, the pulp and paper industry is seeing its share of problems – from pine beetles to NAFTA to rapidly dwindling tree resources. Reading magazines can be an obsessive pastime – whether it’s a passion for fashion or a driving need to stay up to date on the latest motorcycle technology. Just look around to see the amazing range of magazines available. Clearly, it’s a collective interest.

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The Green Changemakers

MARCH 27, 2010

FOR HUNGER-PROOF CITIES Sustainable Urban Food Systems Edited by Mustafa Koc, Rod MacRae, Luc J.A. Mougeot, and Jennifer Welsh IDRC 1999 ISBN 0-88936-882-1 e-ISBN 1-55250-062-4 252 pp. Disponible en français The 20th century has witnessed a massive growth in urban populations. In 1990, one-third of the world's people lived in cities of one million or more.

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Green Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

When the NAFTA treaty was debated in the early 1990s, a strong coalition of unions and environmental groups rallied to lead a massive opposition to the deal, and “for a time it even looked as if they would win.” President Bill Clinton was still able to claim that “groups representing 80% of national [environmental] group membership have endorsed NAFTA.”

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Elephant Journal

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Renegotiate NAFTA into terms that protect the American worker. I strongly agree with just five of the below—many of the rest horrify me, and are downright un-American. Many of the below questions posit untruths—for example, our military is remarkable, strong, vaunted—the size of the next 10 countries combined. . Bonus: “This photo of Ivanka Trump is a middle finger to democracy.” . 100-Day Plan of Action Survey. Begin constructing the wall along the Southern border. Highly important.

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The Green Changemakers

APRIL 18, 2008

Trade agreements like NAFTA and institutions like the World Trade Organization open countries to unbridled competition for investment and jobs that creates a race to the bottom in terms of labor, health, social, and environmental standards. by David Korten Enron. Accounting fraud. Mad cows. Wal-Mart. Monopoly. Political corruption. Disintegrating schools. Downsizing. WorldCom. Tax havens. Cancer. Hostile takeovers. Channel One. Harken Energy. Climate change. Corporate welfare.

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