Topic: SECURITY - on January 16, 2014 at 5:10:00 PM CET
WikiLeaks Releases Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) Environment Chapter
Today, 15 January 2014, WikiLeaks released the secret draft text for the entire TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Environment Chapter and the corresponding Chairs' Report. The TPP transnational legal regime would cover 12 countries initially and encompass 40 per cent of global GDP and one-third of world trade. The Environment Chapter has long been sought by journalists and environmental groups. The released text dates from the Chief Negotiators' summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 19-24 November 2013.
The Environment Chapter covers what the Parties propose to be their positions on: environmental issues, including climate change, biodiversity and fishing stocks; and trade and investment in 'environmental' goods and services. It also outlines how to resolve enviromental disputes arising out of the treaty's subsequent implementation. The draft Consolidated Text was prepared by the Chairs of the Environment Working Group, at the request of TPP Ministers at the Brunei round of the negotiations.
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Topic: DRUGS - on January 16, 2014 at 4:52:00 PM CET
New Hampshire governor promises to kill ‘historic’ marijuana legalization bill
The New Hampshire House of Representatives preliminarily approved legislation on Wednesday that would legalize marijuana for recreational use, but Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan has vowed to veto the bill.
Hassan signed a bill last year that legalized marijuana for medicinal marijuana use. But she told WMUR she doesn’t “support the decriminalization of marijuana any further” and plans to veto the new bill if it is approved by the state’s legislature.
The New Hampshire House voted 170-162 in favor of the bill, which would allow the purchase and possession of limited amounts of marijuana for adults 21 and older.
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