On May 11th, 2018, The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) wrote a letter in response to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries’ request for comments on a petition for regulations governing the taking of marine mammals (ITR) by the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) in Cook Inlet, Alaska. In this letter, EIA voiced its […]
Putting our money where our mouth is and procuring a climate friendly fridge by Jill Kuklinksi, EIA Operations Associate Update June 24, 2020: If you’re in the market for an HFC-free fridge make sure to check out our Buyers Guide, a continuously updated list of available HFC-free models. When a refrigerator breaks in a typical […]
Second only to the Amazon in size, the tropical forests of the Congo Basin are some of the largest in the world. Stretching from the Albertine Rift in the east to the Gulf of Guinea in the west, the forest ecosystems cover roughly 250 million hectares – more than the area of the U.S. states […]
Trees play a critical role to the functioning of life: maintaining ecosystems, regulating carbon dioxide, and providing shelter and livelihoods to hundreds of millions of people around the world. The ultimate renewable resource, wood is strong, durable, and constantly replenished by nature. Whether used in construction, for furniture, as paper or burned for energy, wood […]
In addition to the U.S. Lacey Act and the EU Timber Regulation, Australia has passed a law banning illegal timber imports. The Australian Illegal Logging Prohibition Act (ILPA) came into effect on November 29, 2012. The Act makes it a criminal offense to “intentionally, knowingly or recklessly import illegally logged timber or timber products into […]
Traditional large-scale oil palm plantation operators in Indonesia and Malaysia, where over 85% the world’s palm oil is produced, are seeking fresh ground to grow, as available land in South East Asia becomes scarcer. Veteran plantation companies and new arrivals to the scene are on the hunt for land in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, […]