miércoles, 27 de abril de 2016

TTIP: Chevron lobbied for controversial legal right as 'environmental deterrent' | Environment | The Guardian

TTIP: Chevron lobbied for controversial legal right as 'environmental deterrent' | Environment | The Guardian





Trade Agreements - in who's interest? As "The Guardian" revealed, the
world-wide operating oil company "Chevron" lobbied the EU to give
foreign investors the legal right to challenge government decisions such
as laws to ban fracking. With an powerful tool like that governments
would be even more discouraged to set important (environmental)
standards in fear of lawsuits. ‪#‎StopTTIP‬


Read more here: http://bit.ly/24huQnQ



 ISDS has been used by Chevron in litigation against Ecuador.

ISDS has been used by Chevron in litigation against Ecuador.
Photograph: Rodrigo Buendia/AFP/Getty Images