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By Lowell Chandler, EIA Climate Policy and Research Associate and Christina Starr, EIA Global Climate Campaign Fellow Leaking refrigerants are a major cause of climate change because they predominantly consist of two families of synthetic manmade chemicals called hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)—both ozone depleting substances and super greenhouse gases (GHGs)—and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)—powerful GHGs. Fortunately, the U.S. Environmental […]

  The evidence against Lumber Liquidators, the U.S. wood products company currently under investigation by U.S. federal authorities for alleged violations of the U.S. Lacey Act, continues to accumulate. Senior executives of the Russian timber company “Beryozoviy,” which supplied high value timber to Lumber Liquidators, were found guilty by a Russian court in December 2014 […]

This week, headliner musicians released a video to shed light on how illegal trade in precious woods, used in instruments and other wood products, devastates global forests. Driven by the connection between their music and the tonewoods which have often been central to the creation of music, these artists joined EIA and REVERB in demanding […]

Artists including Michael Franti, Jason Mraz, Razia Said, and members of Maroon 5, Linkin Park, and Guster lend their voices to the issue in new videoLOS ANGELES – Citing environmental and human rights concerns, musicians have joined the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and environmental non-profit REVERB to call for legal and sustainable sourcing of wood […]

Artists including Jason Mraz, Michael Franti, Razia Said and members of Linkin Park, Maroon 5, and Guster lend their voices in the fight against illegal logging. Addressing issues in the music industry and beyond, the video was produced by REVERB and the Environmental Investigation Agency.