Some good news on climate front
California Gov. Jerry Brown Signs New Climate Change Laws
Brown signed two laws designed to be the most ambitious
initiative on climate change in the country. The business community says the laws
don't consider the economic impact on the state.
I called his office and thanked him.
Governor Jerry Brown
c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 445-2841
Fax: (916) 558-3160
And some good news on the site about Community activists in North
Dakota.
Unfortunately, there’s still plenty of bad news as you will
see as you scroll down the site.
I also heard a report about this case on NPR last night
after I left. I couldn’t find the NPR segment, but here is an article about it.
In July 2014, Newmont Mining Corporation brought a case
against Indonesia using the Indonesia-Netherlands BIT at the International
Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).1 In making the legal
claim, the mining giant argued that the Indonesian Government's plans to
implement a ban on unprocessed mineral exports would violate the investment
agreement between Indonesia and the Netherlands. The case at ICSID was
presented four months after Indonesia announced it would not renew its
Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with the Netherlands when it expires in July
2015. After one month, Newmont withdrew its case against Indonesia but only
after it had reached an agreement with the Indonesian government, giving the
mining company special exemptions from the new mining law.
While I would tend to agree with the articles ending that the viability of the cap and trade program is questionable and its merits to begin with questionable as Klein goes into further detail about, it is a good sign. Its nice that in today's age of politics that something like this can actually get signed and beat out the real people with real money and real influence that oppose it. And while this isn't the greatest step we could have taken, it is an extremely positive and important step in the right direction and change always has to start somewhere.
ReplyDeleteWhile I would tend to agree with the articles ending that the viability of the cap and trade program is questionable and its merits to begin with questionable as Klein goes into further detail about, it is a good sign. Its nice that in today's age of politics that something like this can actually get signed and beat out the real people with real money and real influence that oppose it. And while this isn't the greatest step we could have taken, it is an extremely positive and important step in the right direction and change always has to start somewhere.
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