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AUDIO: Trans-Pacific Partnership

HOUR 2 Trans-Pacific Partnership Precautions While governments may hail the passage of trade agreements like NAFTA and CAFTA, workers may take a more cautious view, to say the least.  Another trade agreement is in the works, the Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP.  The Oregon Fair Trade Campaign calls the Trans-Pacific Partnership "the most important thing you've never heard of."  You'll hear more about it, and the reservations about it, in this hour.       

Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Jefferson Exchange
Monday, October 8, 2012

Actress Q’orianka Kilcher Arrested At Lansdowne TPP Talks

According to a statement issued by Rainforest Action Network, Kilcher arrived to assist in delivering petitions protesting the trade agreement and was “filming an interaction between other activists and police officers outside the hotel where the meetings are taking place when she was suddenly handcuffed and arrested for trespassing.”

Actress Q’orianka Kilcher Arrested At Lansdowne TPP Talks
Leesburg Today
Friday, September 14, 2012

VIDEO: Trans Pacific Partnership...Trojan horse for global corporate domination?

Laurel Sutherlin, Rainforest Action Network, joins Thom Hartmann. Earlier in the Summer - we told you about The Trans - Pacific Partnership - a new so-called free trade deal that the US has been negotiating over with 8 Pacific nations for the last two years. But rather than helping Americans or improving the American economy - the TPP would give foreign transnational corporations unprecedented power to abuse American workers - pollute our environment - and destabilize our markets.

Trans Pacific Partnership...Trojan horse for global corporate domination?
The Big Picture on RT
Thursday, September 13, 2012

New Report Shows Banking Sector as Major Source of Climate Disruption

Release Date: 
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Contact: Kerul Dyer, 415-866-0005, kdyer@ran.org

San Francisco, CA – A number of major banks, including Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase, invest in the acceleration of climate change each year by committing billions to polluting energy industries like coal, according to a report published by Rainforest Action Network’s program today.

Entrance to TPP Negotiations in VA Blockaded by Civil Disobedience

Release Date: 
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

 

High resolution images and interviews available

Contacts: Laurel Sutherlin, Rainforest Action Network, 415.246.0161 laurel@ran.org

Kevin Zeese, ItsOurEconomy.us, 301-996-6582 kbzeese@gmail.com

Bank of America targeted for protests at political conventions

"Occupy"-style protesters will have both political and corporate targets at hand next week when theDemocratic National Convention is held in 

Bank of America targeted for protests at political conventions
Los Angeles Times
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

NGOs slam Bank of America for coal financing

NGOs and activists have criticised Bank of America’s latest corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, saying it fails to address the bank’s financing of coal power.

NGOs slam Bank of America for coal financing
Environmental Finance
Friday, August 17, 2012

Bank of America Bolsters Green Image while Bankrolling U.S. Coal Industry

Release Date: 
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

For Immediate Release

August 15, 2012

CONTACTS:

Kerul Dyer, (415) 866-0005

SAN FRANCISCO–Today, Bank of America released its 2011 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report that fails to address its most significant environmental impact, coal financing. The bank instead points to internal operational improvements to address sustainability, which contributes a small fraction of emissions to global climate change, in comparison to the bank’s fossil fuel investments.

Holding Bank of America to account

Last week, activists with the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) climbed 100ft to suspend a banner on Charlotte's Bank of America stadium, where President Obama is scheduled to make his nomination acceptance speech on 6 September. The banner read "Bank of America" with the word "America" crossed out and replaced with "Coal".

RAN is part of a broad coalition fighting the destructive practice of mountaintop removal. RAN executive director Rebecca Tarbotton told me:

Holding Bank of America to account
The Guardian
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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