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March 16, 2001
US Agrees to Open Secret Chemical Trade Advisory Committee to Environmentalists
The Office of the United States Trade Representative and the U.S. Commerce Department announced that they will appoint one environmental representative to the all-industry Chemical Industrial Sector Advisory Committee that advises the government on chemical trade related matters.
March 7, 2001
U.S. Trade Representative Sued for Hiding Documents from Public
Earthjustice filed a lawsuit challenging the US Trade Representative's latest trade negotiations for the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas, which would expand the North American Free Trade Agreement -- NAFTA -- to encompass the entire hemisphere.
January 16, 2001
EPA to Regulate Air Pollution from Big Ocean Vessels
The Environmental Protection Agency pledged to establish emission standards for large sea-going vessels such as oil tankers, cruise ships, and cargo vessels.
August 22, 2000
Russian Environmentalists Sue President Putin Over Dissolution of Environmental Regulatory Agency
Ecojuris Institute, a Russian environmental law group, filed suit asking the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional and invalid a decree issued by President Vladimir Putin on May 17th that abolished the independent Russian State Committee on Environmental Protection and the Russian Forest Service, and transferred their functions to the Ministry of Natural Resources.
November 23, 1999
Environmentalists Threaten Lawsuit Against U.S. Trade Representative Over Exclusion from from Chemical Advisory Body
Four environmental and consumer groups demanded that US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky expand the membership of a panel that advises her on trade in "Chemicals and Allied Products" to include non-industry representatives.
November 9, 1999
Court Orders U.S. Trade Representative to Include Environmentalists on WTO Advisory Committees
A federal judge ordered the US Trade Representative, Charlene Barshefsky, to name at least one representative from the environmental community to each of two panels that advise her on negotiating strategy and other matters involving international trade in wood products and paper products.
August 18, 1999
Russian Environmentalists Sue to Protect Far Eastern Seas
Ecojuris Institute, a Russian environmental law group, filed an action at the Supreme Court challenging the Russian government's arbitrary waiver of environmental law to allow Exxon to drill in the pristine marine ecology of the North Pacific and Sea of Okhotsk off the Russian Far East.
July 21, 1999
Environmentalists Sue Federal Government Over Biased World Trade Advisory Committees
In a lawsuit filed against the US Trade Representative and the US Department of Commerce, environmental groups accuse US trade policy makers of giving exclusive access to the timber industry in trade advisory committees while marginalizing environmental groups.
December 8, 1998
Conservationists Sue Over U.S./Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement
Conservation groups file lawsuit in U.S. district court today against three federal agencies for their roles in negotiating the 1996 U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement.
October 12, 1998
World Trade Organization Rules Against U.S. Sea Turtle Protection Law
Environmental and scientific communities denounce decision made in Geneva by the World Trade Organization which threatens to overturn a law designed to protect endangered sea turtles.
August 26, 1997
European Ban on Hormone-Treated Beef Violates World Trade Organization
In its first food safety decision, the World Trade Organization ("WTO") has ruled against a European ban on beef produced with growth hormones and set a precedent that could be used to strike down countless other food safety standards.