By Danielle Gagne, EIA HFC and Climate Policy Analyst Every year, supermarkets in the United States emit large quantities of ozone-depleting greenhouse gases known as hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), which are widely used in commercial refrigeration and air conditioning. These gases are not only damaging to the ozone layer, but are super greenhouse gases, thousands of times […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) attended a roundtable discussion at the White House today, at which a series of voluntary commitments came from some of the country’s largest chemical firms and retailers, such as Coca-Cola, Target, and Red Bull, to begin a rapid phase down of R-134a and similar chemicals known as HFCs that […]
LONDON — A new report today calls for the international community and vested commercial interests to take tough action to end Iceland’s ongoing slaughter of endangered fin whales. Slayed in Iceland: The commercial hunting and international trade in endangered fin whales has been jointly released by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and […]
Slayed in Iceland: The commercial hunting and international trade in endangered fin whales has been jointly released by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) on the eve of the 65th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Iceland’s fin whale hunt revolves around Kristján Loftsson, a […]
In response to a Consent Decree Costco signed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice concerning violations to the Clean Air Act, EIA sent a letter to Costco calling on the giant retailer to commit to environmental stewardship, become a climate leader, and install climate friendly refrigeration in all new stores. To […]
By Christina Starr, EIA Global Climate Fellow Climate change may be “the biggest global health threat of the 21st Century” and one which will put the wellbeing of billions of people around the world at increased risk. The impacts of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on human health include the effects of air pollution on increased […]