{"id":107,"date":"2011-01-11T14:29:35","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T19:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citizenstrade.org\/draft\/cafta-the-environment\/"},"modified":"2011-05-04T14:09:19","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T18:09:19","slug":"cafta-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/trade-policies\/existing-trade-agreements\/cafta\/cafta-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"CAFTA &#038; The Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Fact Sheets &amp; Reports<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/KeyEnvironmentalReasonstoOpposeCAFTA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Key Environmental Reasons to Oppose CAFTA<\/a> Citizens Trade Campaign<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/ctc_caftafacts_enviroupdate_01062005.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">CAFTA and The Environment<\/a> Citizens Trade Campaign<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foei.org\/publications\/pdfs\/tyranny.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Tyranny of Free Trade: Wasted Natural Wealth &amp; Lost Livlihoods<\/a> Friends of the Earth, December 9, 2005<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalexchange.org\/campaigns\/cafta\/Environment.html\" target=\"_blank\">Environmental Impacts of CAFTA<\/a> Global Exchange<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/trade\/NAFTA\/CAFTA_factsheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Say &#8216;No&#8217; to NAFTA Expansion in Central America<\/a> Sierra Club<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/foe_harkenfacts_april2004.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Case of Harken Costa Rica Holdings and Offshore Oil<\/a> Friends of the Earth and the Natural Resources Defense Council<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizen.org\/documents\/tradewars.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Deals For Trade Votes Gone Bad<\/a> Public Citizen, June 2005<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tradeobservatory.org\/library.cfm?refid=73232\" target=\"_blank\">Report: CAFTA&#8217;s Impact on U.S. Ethanol Market<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tradeobservatory.org\/library.cfm?refid=73253\" target=\"_blank\">Fact Sheet<\/a> Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, June 2005<\/p>\n<p><strong>Articles &amp; Statements<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coha.org\/pacific-rim-v-el-salvador-and-the-perils-of-free-trade-in-the-americas\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific Rim v. El Salvador and the Perils of Free Trade in the Americas<\/a> Council on Hemispheric Affiairs, July 30, 2010<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/20090902_elsalgovtminingbanpermit_itn.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">El Salvador government considers ban on mining as permit freeze leads to CAFTA arbitration<\/a> Investment Treaty News, September 2, 2009<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fpif.org\/fpiftxt\/6273\" target=\"_blank\">El Salvador&#8217;s Gold Fight<\/a> Foreign Policy in Focus, July 16, 2009<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/foe_statementoncaftaspassage_07282005.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Statement from Director of Friends of the Earth on CAFTA&#8217;s Passage<\/a> July 28, 2005<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/pr_6envirogroupsrespondtosenatevote_07012005.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Narrow Senate Passage of CAFTA Spells Trouble<\/a> 6 Environmental NGO&#8217;s, July 1, 2005<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/letterbyleagueofconservationvoters_06232005.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">League of Conservation Voters Oppose CAFTA<\/a> June 23, 2005<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/washpost_humanesocietyprocafta_04282005.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Pro-CAFTA Humane Society has Sister Groups Fuming<\/a> Washington Post, April 28, 2005<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/caftaenviropressrelease_02212005.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">US, CAFTA Countries Sign Environmental Deals<\/a> Reuters, February 21, 2005<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/afsc.org\/newengland\/nh\/CAFTA-and-Water.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Water and the US-CAFTA<\/a> American Friends Service Committee, July 23, 2004<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/foe_harkencongletter_april2004.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Letter to Members of Congress on Harken Costa Rica Demonstrating the Risks Posed by CAFTA<\/a> Friends of the Earth, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and Oxfam America, March 31, 2004<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/story.html?StoryID=18258\" target=\"_blank\">Harken v. Costa Rica<\/a> Grist Magazine, March 26, 2004<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/CAFTAenviroletter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Letter from 10 Environmental NGO&#8217;s to Congress Urging CAFTA Rejection<\/a> February 18, 2004<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/houma_crfish.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Local Fishermen Distrust Costa Rican Practices<\/a> Houma Courier, February 7, 2004<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sierraclub.org\/pressroom\/releases\/pr2003-12-17a.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Bush Administration Trade Deal Puts Communities at Risk<\/a> Sierra Club, December 17, 2003<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizenstrade.org\/ctc\/trade-policies\/existing-trade-agreements\/cafta\/\">Back to CAFTA Main Page<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fact Sheets &amp; Reports Key Environmental Reasons to Oppose CAFTA Citizens Trade Campaign CAFTA and The Environment Citizens Trade Campaign The Tyranny of Free Trade: Wasted Natural Wealth &amp; 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