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Teamsters submit comments on NAFTA negotiations

(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 12, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Teamsters Union submitted its comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on the proposed renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The union’s comments stressed the importance of the renegotiation focusing on long-standing issues that…

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Oil trains remain industry’s long-term plan for shipping to West Coast

(Source: DeSmog Blog, June 7, 2017) NEW YORK — Despite a string of recent successes by West Coast communities to block the construction of oil-by-rail facilities, the oil industry has no plans to give up using rail to move oil to the West Coast. And it isn’t hard to understand why. There are no plans…

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