A greener world they say, without dealing with how the "trade agreements" will address the climate change. I added the bold.
The Obama Administration claims that the new round of secret trade deals will be the greenest ever. Its latest attempt to sell that story was released earlier this week in a slick new report titled “Standing Up For The Environment: Trade For A Greener World.” As with most of the spin coming from the U.S. Trade Representative these days – there’s a lot of “trust us” bluster in the report, marketed with unattributed numbers and fancy graphics. But, perhaps most notably, it ignores the largest environmental issue of our times – climate change – and the numerous concerns raised by environmental groups about how these trade deals will damage the climate, not protect it.
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Obama’s Dizzying Spin on the Environment and Trade
No wonder Julian Assange is under house arrest in London. He is a criminal, criminal I say for exposing the lies of the power structure. Without the leaked TPP text, the "citizens" of the world would be further in the dark about what the governments are giving to the oligarchs and to the corporations.
This article describes the contradictory messages from the Obama administration.
It describes how "trade" agreements have been used by corporations to sue governments.
This is analogues to fracking under my house. If my city or county passes an anti fracking ordnance it could be overturned by the legislature or by the Supreme Court in the state.
Government is the only entity with enough power to stand up to corporations and oligarchs. but as the corporate coup d'etat continues, there is less and less chance that the "citizens" of the world can be protected.
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The issue of “enforceability” is critical as past trade agreements have routinely failed to effectively enforce environmental and labor-related chapters. ...
Missing from the USTR environmental report was how special corporate rights provisions in past trade deals have been used to challenge environmental protections. Two recent anti-environment NAFTA rulings show how these corporate rights cases work in practice. ...
the only way to save the environment is the policy of "keep it in the ground." Is it too much to ask that powers that be describe the environmental effects of trade deals? With a congress with approval rating in the single digits, they don't have to answer to these "anti progress" groups who don't want to continue the practice of extraction. I added the bold.
Also missing from the USTR report is how both TPP and TTIP continue an extractive model of trade that has not only negatively impacted jobs and equality, but has also been devastating for the climate. Earlier this year, some 40 organizations focusing on rural and community-based responses to climate change wrote Congress calling for a full assessment of the climate impacts of these proposed trade deals. ....
the last 2 paragraphs describe some of the contradictory moves of the Obama administration which has full bore support from the Republicans. You can guess who added the bold.
The new USTR report is the latest contradictory signal from the Obama administration on its commitment to address climate change. This week, Obama addressed the Coast Guard Academy to declare that climate change is “an urgent and growing threat to our national security.” But earlier this month, he opened up the Arctic Ocean to further oil drilling by Royal Dutch Shell Oil. Later this summer, the administration will unveil its Clean Power Plant rule designed to place real limits on greenhouse gas pollution, over the objections of the Republican-led Congress.
Conflicting and confused agendas – masked by corporate style greenwashing – characterize the new USTR report. The Obama administration’s all-out effort to pass fast track, TPP and TTIP threaten to undermine its efforts to address climate change. The environment, and the people living in it, deserve better.
Is it too strong to call the contradictory messages lies?
