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Eyeing TPP And TTIP Provisions, Sierra Club Unveils 'Toxic Trade' Map

September 29, 2016 at 12:50 PM
The Sierra Club has come up with a new means of portraying the Obama administration's two top trade deals as environmentally disastrous. In a new map , the Sierra Club says it is “showcasing for the first time” what it calls “toxic trade” – the environmental impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, both of which include provisions the group believes will give corporations more latitude to sue over environmental regulations. “From gas power plants...


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