Very few of us would have predicted these "page-turners" working together -- to insure the Corporate "free ticket to ride" -- that would end up steam-rolling all over the strengthening world-wide Environmental movement.
Only in the 'Global Corporate Federation of America', could stranger bridge-partners have been forged ... to carry out the Corporate bidding ...
Paul Ryan’s New Amendment Would Make The Obama Trade Deal Even Worse For The Climate
by Samantha Page, thinkprogress.org -- June 11, 2015
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House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) introduced an amendment to a customs bill this week that would “ensure that trade agreements do not require changes to U.S. law or obligate the United States with respect to global warming or climate change.” The customs bill would be part of a package that would make approving the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement (TPP) a straight up-and-down vote in Congress, the so-called “fast-track” option.
Environmental groups have already taken a strong stand against the TPP. Under the proposed agreement, corporations will likely be able to sue governments that interfere with their business -- even if the interference comes from enforcement of carbon reduction goals and passing environmental legislation.
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Corporations are the
new sovereigns. ... Move over citizens -- make way.
Here's some more details on the Ryan Rider, striking down any Climate Change agreements from being enforced, through the Corporate vehicle of the TPP.
Luckily, this sleight-of-hand has prompted many who care about Global Climate Change Reductions, to mobilize to halt the Trans-Pacific Partnership in its fast-tracks.
Paul Ryan Adds Amendment to Trade Bill to Block Climate Deals
A provision seeks to bar the president from using trade to act on climate.
by Clare Foran, nationaljournal.com -- June 10, 2015
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Late Tuesday evening, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin offered up an amendment to a customs bill that would "ensure that trade agreements do not require changes to U.S. law or obligate the United States with respect to global warming or climate change."
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Environmentalists -- many of whom oppose the trade deal to begin with -- quickly attempted to mobilize a counterpunch. The Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council sent a joint letter to House members Wednesday flagging the amendment and urging a "no" vote on the customs bill and fast-track.
"We need global trade deals to do their part in the fight against climate change by eliminating fossil-fuel subsidies, and this new language would prevent that entirely," said Karthik Ganapathy, a spokesman for the grassroots environmental group 350.org, adding that the provision might sink the effort to pass the trade bill by eroding Democratic support.
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Here's the stark language of the Ryan Climate Change Deregulation tweak:
Customs bill amendment directs USTR to ignore climate change
by Kate Colwell, Friends of the Earth, foe.org -- June 10, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night the House Rules Committee ruled on an amendment by House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Ohio) to the customs bill that would modify the negotiating objectives in the Fast Track bill and direct the United States Trade Representative to take no action to address climate change. The text of the provision is as follows:
(b) GLOBAL WARMING
.—Section 102(a) of the Bi-partisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(15) to ensure that trade agreements do not require changes to U.S. law or obligate the United States with respect to global warming or climate change.’’ (pg. 251)
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Now, watch President Obama promptly
fail to notice his new BFF's special GOP sweetener, tacked onto the loop-hole language of the TPP.
Afterall, when it comes to Corporate-empowerment -- the GOP is speaking Barack's third-way language. ... Corporations first! That's it.
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