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TTIP webinar series: Trade rules for poultry and pork: safe for whom?

May 20th, 2014

Register now. 9:00 CST / 10:00 EST /16:00 CET One of the flashpoints in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks is the pressure to bring EU standards to U.S. levels in ways that expand the use of industrial agriculture despite the risks to human and animal health and worker safety. A range of issues are on the table including the EU's refusal to allow imports of chicken rinsed in chlorine and other harsh chemicals and the use of Ractopamine in pork production. Please join us for a webinar to learn about the trade, food safety and labor rights issues involve

The State of the States on Climate Adaptation

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Webinar: TTIP webinar series: Trade rules for poultry and pork: safe for whom?

One of the flashpoints in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks is the pressure to bring EU standards to US levels in ways that expand the use of industrial agriculture despite the risks to human and animal health and worker safety.

Looking to the states on climate adaptation

The National Climate Assessment released yesterday states what most of us already know: Climate change is occurring and having real and costly impacts, but we aren’t ready.

Percolate: Tar Sands: Economic Inequity and Environmental Devastation Driven by a Neoliberal Agenda

May 20th, 2014

For many the tar sands are a symbol of an environmental catastrophe. The onset of the unbridled industrialization that plagues the Fort McMurray region was spurred by a relaxed royalty regime and liberalized trade rules, both important pieces in constructing a system of surrendered sovereignty and the extension of corporate rights. Join IATP’s Dale Wiehoff and Patrick Tsai, along with Kathy Hollander from MN350, for a discussion of the effect liberalized trade and economics has had on Tar Sands development. Please register for the in-person event by contacting Karen Quiroz at kqui

The bogeyman of fungicidal resistance

When my kids were young, one of our favorite nighttime books was Fungus the Bogeyman, a story about a subterranean bogeyman who spends his waking hours scaring humans. The kids and I loved all the disgusting bogeyman slang like pus and muck.

Fair is fair: Raise the minimum wage

Last week, Republicans in the Senate blocked a vote on whether to enact a modest raise of the minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 an hour, and the tipped minimum wage from $2.13 an hour to 70 percent of the minimum wage. Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid has vowed to bring it up for a vote again. He should. And it should pass.

The anti-localization agenda in TTIP

When U.S. and EU officials talk about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), they say it will bring the two economies together as leaders in the global economy. Just this week, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso told the U.S.

Trading away localization in TTIP

All over the world, communities and nations are developing new ways to rebuild local economies. In the U.S. and Europe, a growing number of people are taking a look at the processed foods at the supermarket and opting instead for healthier choices: foods that are local, in season and grown with fewer pesticides.

US-EU free trade agreement draws strong reactions from farming communities and consumers in Germany

Earlier this month, IATP was part of a six-event speakers’ tour organized by the progressive German farmers’ organization, ABL and sponsored by over 20 German organizations on the proposed U.S.-EU free trade agreement.