Clean Trade

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We often talk about free trade or fair trade, but what about clean trade? American industry continues to move jobs to nations who cut their costs by poisoning the air and the water at levels that are threatening to us all. It doesn't matter how good climate change legislation is in the United States if corporations can get out from under it by moving production to other countries that don't have the same regulations.


How The Climate Change Bill Can Help Save 4 Million Jobs
by Isaiah J. Poole, OurFuture.org | October 2, 2009
Climate Change Legislation Must Stimulate Demand, Be Tough On Pollution
by Natasha Chart, OurFuture.org | October 2, 2009
Key Senators, Krugman Call For Tariffs On High-Carbon-Footprint Imports
by Mike Elk, OurFuture.org | September 23, 2009

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Obama Announces Export Council, Reports On Export Progress

By Dave Johnson
July 7, 2010

In his State of the Union speech President Obama announced the National Export Initiative, a campaign to double US exports within 5 years. Today he gave a progress report and announced the members of his Export Council, with a number of CEOs (and one labor leader) including Alan Mulally of the Ford Motor Company, Scott Davis of U.P.S., Glenn Tilton, United Airlines Chairman and CEO and Robert A. more »

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How The Climate Change Bill Can Help Save 4 Million Jobs

By Isaiah J. Poole
October 2, 2009

Taken out of context, this argument sounds almost like a right-wing or corporatist knock against the climate change bill that's pending in the Senate: The bill that was introduced this week by Sens. more »

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Climate Change Legislation Must Stimulate Demand, Be Tough On Pollution

By Natasha Chart
October 2, 2009

Consider these three worrying things: First, there's some risk that putting the wrong type of price signal solely on domestic pollution may transfer both jobs and pollution overseas, while increasing pollution. more »

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Key Senators, Krugman Call For Tariffs On High-Carbon-Footprint Imports

By Mike Elk
September 23, 2009

Speaking Tuesday on a Campaign for America's Future conference call, Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown said that the climate change legislation will not get 50 Senate votes if it does not place a tariff on imports that have unacceptably high carbon footprints. more »

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