TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP & FAST TRACK
"The United States is quietly negotiating an expansive trade agreement with ten other countries that could dramatically increase exports of liquefied natural gas to overseas markets without any domestic oversight. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement, therefore, could increase dirty fracking and carbon emissions; put sensitive ecological areas at risk; and increase natural gas and electricity prices, impacting consumers, manufacturers, workers, and increasing the use of dirty coal power." The Sierra Club
"... if a legally passed ban on fracking and shale gas development prevents a foreign corporation or investor from drilling in a New York community, that corporation can bring an Investor-State Dispute action against the United States and receive millions in damages, with the federal government likely to then bring a legal action against the New York community and force it to remove its protective ban." Huffington Post
TAKE ACTION!!
TradeJustice New York Metro: 11 Actions You Can Take Right Now to Stop The Trans-Pacific Partnership: http://wetlands-preserve.org/phpUpload/uploads/11Actionsvs.TPPFinal.pdf
Sierra Club: Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement with terrific links to an Activist Toolkit, study on climate impacts, webinar, etc.: http://www.sierraclub.org/trade/trans-pacific-partnership-agreement.aspx
SIGN THE PETITIONS:
Public Citizen: Write Your Representative to Vote 'NO' on Fast Track Trade Authority: http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12373
Democracy for America: Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership: http://act.democracyforamerica.com/sign/fast_track/?rd=1&t=1&referring_akid=4348.1767824.CggX7D
Sierra Club: Take Fracking Out of Our Trade Agreements: https://secure.sierraclub.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=10369
MoveOn.org: Stop TPP: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/stop-the-trans-pacific
MoveOn.org: Congress: Don't Renew Fast Track Authority: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/congress-dont-renew-fast
INFORMATION:
1/15/14: Sierra Club, World Wildlife Fund, Natural Resources Defense Fund: Analysis of Leaked Environment Chapter Consolidated Text
1/15/14: New York Times: Administration Is Seen as Retreating on Environment in Talks on Pacific Trade: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/us/politics/administration-is-seen-as-retreating-on-environment-in-talks-on-pacific-trade.html?hp&_r=0
1/14/14: EcoWatch: How Passage of TPP Could Bypass Fracking Bans in the U.S.: http://ecowatch.com/2014/01/14/tpp-bypass-fracking-bans/
MoveOn.org: Click HERE for their excellent source of Fast Track and TPP information
Huffington Post series of TPP articles: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/tpp
DeSmogBlog: What a Secretly-Negotiated Free Trade Agreement Could Mean for Fracking in the U.S.: http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/09/25/what-secretly-negotiated-TPP-free-trade-agreement-means-fracking
US Trade Representative: http://www.ustr.gov/tpp
Expose the TPP: http://www.exposethetpp.org/StopTPPCampaign2.html
RADIO & TV:
1/9/14: Bill Moyers & Company: Why TPP Must Be Stopped: http://billmoyers.com/2014/01/09/fool-me-once-20-years-of-nafta-show-why-the-trans-pacific-partnership-must-be-stopped/
12/17/13: Diane Rehm: Debate Over Proposed Global Trade Agreements: http://thedianerehmshow.org/audio-player?nid=18697
11/1/13: Bill Moyers & Company: The Top Secret Trade Deal You Need To Know About: http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-the-top-secret-trade-deal-you-need-to-know-about/
10/25/13: NBC: The Ed Show with Congresswoman Louise Slaughter and Larry Cohen, President CWA (transcript): https://votesmart.org/public-statement/823584/nbc-the-ed-show-transcript-trans-pacific-partnership#.UtXsYCgZz0s
WHERE THE POLITICIANS STAND:
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter: Louise strongly opposes any attempt by the President to seek Fast Track Authority for passage of another flawed trade bill known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
http://www.louise.house.gov/press-releases/slaughter-delauro-miller-fast-track-proposal-a-nonstarter/
"... if a legally passed ban on fracking and shale gas development prevents a foreign corporation or investor from drilling in a New York community, that corporation can bring an Investor-State Dispute action against the United States and receive millions in damages, with the federal government likely to then bring a legal action against the New York community and force it to remove its protective ban." Huffington Post
TAKE ACTION!!
TradeJustice New York Metro: 11 Actions You Can Take Right Now to Stop The Trans-Pacific Partnership: http://wetlands-preserve.org/phpUpload/uploads/11Actionsvs.TPPFinal.pdf
Sierra Club: Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement with terrific links to an Activist Toolkit, study on climate impacts, webinar, etc.: http://www.sierraclub.org/trade/trans-pacific-partnership-agreement.aspx
SIGN THE PETITIONS:
Public Citizen: Write Your Representative to Vote 'NO' on Fast Track Trade Authority: http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12373
Democracy for America: Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership: http://act.democracyforamerica.com/sign/fast_track/?rd=1&t=1&referring_akid=4348.1767824.CggX7D
Sierra Club: Take Fracking Out of Our Trade Agreements: https://secure.sierraclub.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=10369
MoveOn.org: Stop TPP: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/stop-the-trans-pacific
MoveOn.org: Congress: Don't Renew Fast Track Authority: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/congress-dont-renew-fast
INFORMATION:
1/15/14: Sierra Club, World Wildlife Fund, Natural Resources Defense Fund: Analysis of Leaked Environment Chapter Consolidated Text
1/15/14: New York Times: Administration Is Seen as Retreating on Environment in Talks on Pacific Trade: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/us/politics/administration-is-seen-as-retreating-on-environment-in-talks-on-pacific-trade.html?hp&_r=0
1/14/14: EcoWatch: How Passage of TPP Could Bypass Fracking Bans in the U.S.: http://ecowatch.com/2014/01/14/tpp-bypass-fracking-bans/
MoveOn.org: Click HERE for their excellent source of Fast Track and TPP information
Huffington Post series of TPP articles: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/tpp
DeSmogBlog: What a Secretly-Negotiated Free Trade Agreement Could Mean for Fracking in the U.S.: http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/09/25/what-secretly-negotiated-TPP-free-trade-agreement-means-fracking
US Trade Representative: http://www.ustr.gov/tpp
Expose the TPP: http://www.exposethetpp.org/StopTPPCampaign2.html
RADIO & TV:
1/9/14: Bill Moyers & Company: Why TPP Must Be Stopped: http://billmoyers.com/2014/01/09/fool-me-once-20-years-of-nafta-show-why-the-trans-pacific-partnership-must-be-stopped/
12/17/13: Diane Rehm: Debate Over Proposed Global Trade Agreements: http://thedianerehmshow.org/audio-player?nid=18697
11/1/13: Bill Moyers & Company: The Top Secret Trade Deal You Need To Know About: http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-the-top-secret-trade-deal-you-need-to-know-about/
10/25/13: NBC: The Ed Show with Congresswoman Louise Slaughter and Larry Cohen, President CWA (transcript): https://votesmart.org/public-statement/823584/nbc-the-ed-show-transcript-trans-pacific-partnership#.UtXsYCgZz0s
WHERE THE POLITICIANS STAND:
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter: Louise strongly opposes any attempt by the President to seek Fast Track Authority for passage of another flawed trade bill known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
http://www.louise.house.gov/press-releases/slaughter-delauro-miller-fast-track-proposal-a-nonstarter/