Fact Sheets

Public health groups call for representation on USTR advisory committees

Published May 24, 2010

Especulando con el Carbono

Published April 14, 2010

El comercio de carbono en el Protocolo de Kyoto En las negociaciones de 1997 del protocolo de Kyoto, el vicepresidente de Estados Unidos Al Gore tuvo éxito en convencer a las partes de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas en Cambio Climático (UNFCCC, por sus siglas en inglés) a aceptar el comercio de emisiones...

Speculating on Carbon: The Next Toxic Asset Fact Sheet

Published April 8, 2010

Carbon Trading in the Kyoto Protocol At the Kyoto Protocol negotiations in 1997, Vice President Al Gore successfully persuaded United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) parties to accept the trading of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as one strategy industrialized countries could use to meet GHG-...

The Minneapolis Mini Farmers Market Project

Published March 16, 2010

While some Minneapolis neighborhoods enjoy a bountiful supply of healthy foods, others do not. IATP’s Minneapolis Mini Farmers Market project is helping to address this challenge by bringing fresh fruits and vegetables to neighborhoods that lack healthy food options. Farmers markets IATP has helped launch a set...

NAFTA: Fueling market concentration in agriculture

Published March 11, 2010

Antibiotics, Animal Agriculture and MRSA: A New Threat

Published November 15, 2009

Widespread use of antibiotics leads to the development and spread of more antibiotic-resistant bacteria, like MRSA. When used, antibiotics kill off susceptible bacteria leaving resistant ones to multiply and spread; greater use of antibiotics—wherever that occurs—translates into greater numbers and...