GreyShuck@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 9 months agoUK quits treaty that lets fossil fuel firms sue governments over climate policieswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1175arrow-down1external-linkUK quits treaty that lets fossil fuel firms sue governments over climate policieswww.theguardian.comGreyShuck@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareoDDmON@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·9 months agoDon’t tell me. Said treaty was promulgated by US energy firms, right?
minus-squaresartalon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-29 months agoThis was like two paragraphs into the article: “the treaty allows fossil fuel investors to sue states for lost profit expectations in an opaque corporate arbitration system set up to protect fossil fuel investors in the former Soviet economies in the 1990s.”
Don’t tell me. Said treaty was promulgated by US energy firms, right?
This was like two paragraphs into the article:
“the treaty allows fossil fuel investors to sue states for lost profit expectations in an opaque corporate arbitration system set up to protect fossil fuel investors in the former Soviet economies in the 1990s.”