This is a blog contribution from EIA’s sister office in the UK, originally posted on eia-international.org. Finally admitting this week that it has presided over a catastrophic 60 percent collapse in its elephant population due to poaching in the past five years, the Government of Tanzania is still flailing around in denial. The Environmental Investigation […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Environmental Investigation Agency released a briefing that highlights a significant deficit in implementation and enforcement within the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and its Annex on Forest Sector Governance. Illegal logging in Peru and the associated trade remains a serious and unabated problem. In 2007, in response to the crisis of […]
Today the Environmental Investigation Agency released a briefing that highlights a significant deficit in implementation and enforcement within the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and its Annex on Forest Sector Governance. Illegal logging in Peru and the associated trade remains a serious and unabated problem. In 2007, in response to the crisis of illegal logging […]
U.S. flooring retailer forecasts 10 million dollars in losses from criminal charges by the Department of Justice By Susanne Breitkopf, EIA Forests Policy Manager Update: On June 15, Lumber Liquidators announced the termination of Chief Merchandizing Officer William K. Schlegel. Schlegel oversaw the company’s wood sourcing and frequently visited China for business according to witnesses […]
By Lowell Chandler, EIA Climate Policy and Research Associate U.S. industry has arrived at a pivotal point, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a significant opportunity to guide industry towards a profitable, energy efficient, and climate-friendly future. As the EPA works to finalize a proposed rulemaking prohibiting the use of high global warming potential […]
On Monday, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) gave conditional approval of Shell’s revised multi-year exploration plan to drill in the Chukchi Sea in Alaska’s Arctic, a decision which endangers Arctic marine mammals like the beluga whale. By Shell’s own calculations, its two drilling rigs and large fleet of support vessels will expose 12 […]