{"id":36,"date":"2011-12-22T13:26:38","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T21:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/oregon\/?page_id=36"},"modified":"2012-01-09T15:32:20","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T23:32:20","slug":"trade-and-global-warming","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/oregon\/orftc-campaigns\/trade-and-global-warming\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade and Global Warming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carbon dioxide emissions associated with imports are a significant and growing portion of Oregon\u2019s true carbon footprint. These emissions must be reduced in order to fully protect public health and the environment from the threats posed by global warming. If neglected, these emissions are likely to grow and could negate many of the hard-won carbon reductions achieved in other areas.<\/p>\n

Likewise, the failure to internalize the cost of imports\u2019 embedded carbon emissions creates an unfair competitive advantage over similar products made within Oregon, increasing the likelihood that domestic manufacturing will move offshore or to other states.
\nThis foreseeable shift in manufacturing is likely to have negative economic impacts domestically, while increasing overall pollution levels globally.<\/p>\n

The Oregon Fair Trade Campaign is interested in finding ways to address the embedded emissions within imports in order to protect the environment, the economy and human rights.<\/p>\n

Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Allaway, a waste reduction specialist in Oregon\u2019s Department of Environmental Quality, spoke about the \u201cEmbedded Emissions of Products\u201d during an Oregon Fair Trade Campaign panel on \u201cTrade and Global Warming\u201d during the 2009 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference.
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Sierra Club\u2019s Trade and Climate Change Page
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/trade\/climate\/<\/a>
\n\u201c[A]s we embark on the path towards a green energy economy and the price of energy increases in the U.S., carbon intensive industry will again be tempted to relocate to countries with less stringent climate protection measures. However, such relocation from the U.S. to countries abroad would result in not only increased emissions globally (just polluting in different places), but also more job losses in the U.S.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTrading Kyoto,\u201d<\/strong>
\nNature<\/em>.
\nMarch 20, 2008.
\nhttp:\/\/www.nature.com\/climate\/2008\/0804\/full\/climate.2008.25.html<\/a>
\n\u201cAlmost one-quarter of carbon dioxide released to the atmosphere is emitted in the production of internationally traded goods and services. Trade therefore represents an unrivalled, and unused, tool for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cClimate Change? Blame Your Stuff,\u201d<\/strong>
\nThe Oregonian<\/em>. August 1, 2008.
\nhttp:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/news\/oregonian\/index.ssf?\/base\/news\/1217566503179850.xml&coll=7<\/a>
\n\u201cResearchers say the national greenhouse gas count could jump by as much as 30 percent if the energy used to make rising U.S. imports — typically from countries such as China, where less efficient industries use dirtier energy sources — was taken into account.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEmissions Embodied in U.S. International Trade: 1997 \u2013 2004,\u201d<\/strong>
\nEnvironmental Science & Technology. <\/em>2007.
\nhttp:\/\/gdi.ce.cmu.edu\/gd\/Research\/EET-onepager.pdf<\/a>
\n\u201c[T]he overall embodied CO2 in US imports has grown from between 0.5-0.8 Gt CO2 in 1997 to between 0.8-1.8 Gt CO2 in 2004\u2026 Shifting to less CO2-intensive energy in the U.S. could be negated by increased trade with CO2-intensive countries.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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