Publication archives

Jun 5, 2015

Rally against the Tar Sands and Free Trade

by
Patrick Tsai
Tomorrow, June 6, thousands of people from across the Great Lakes region will come together for the Tar Sands Resistance March in St. Paul, MN. This will be the largest action against tar sands to date in the region; speakers include Bill McKibben, Winona LaDuke, and Keith Ellison among others.
May 28, 2015

Seeing the forest through the trees - a northwoods community makes a plan on climate

by
Tara Ritter
This blog overviews the 2015 Itasca County Rural Climate Dialogue in Grand Rapids, MN.
Seeing the forest through the trees - a northwoods community makes a plan on climate
May 27, 2015

Obama’s Dizzying Spin on the Environment and Trade

by
Ben Lilliston
The Obama Administration claims that the new round of secret trade deals will be the greenest ever.
May 24, 2015

WTO’s COOL Ruling confirms that trade treaties undermine national laws

by
Shefali Sharma
On May 8th, President Obama told a crowd in Oregon: No trade agreement is going to force us to change our laws.
May 21, 2015

Monsanto Wants to Move to Switzerland. Why Is Obama Doing It Favors?

by
Ben Lilliston
The longstanding principal goal of U.S. trade policy is to advance U.S. economic interests. So, why is the Obama administration fighting so hard to help Monsanto -- a company that is openly trying to slash its taxes by moving its headquarters from St. Louis to Switzerland?
May 15, 2015

Trade Rules Create Obstacle Course for a Better Food System

by
Karen Hansen-Kuhn
There were some decidedly Kafkaesque aspects of the Congressional debate this week on Fast Track legislation, designed to speed through the passage of secret trade deals that could have a serious impact on our food system. At first, the Senate refused to approve a bill to limit debate on Fast Track.
May 14, 2015

Launch of CFS Report on Water for Food Security and Nutrition-Why it Matters

by
Shiney Varghese
While it might seem obvious that the rights to water and food are inextricably linked, all too often policies around their use and governance are developed for one without regard to the other. To address this problem, the UN Committee on World Food Security formed a High Level Panel of Experts and charged it with weaving these two policy strands together.
May 13, 2015

Fast Track: More than a political game.

by
Juliette Majot
As the Senate lurches toward consideration of Fast Track, it's important to remember that the debate is more than a political game.   Fast Track Authority is an abdication of Congressional responsibility and accountability.