TOKYO – More than one million whales, dolphins and porpoises have been slaughtered off Japan in the past 70 years – and new analysis by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) indicates these unsustainable hunts are on track to wipe out key species in Japan’s coastal waters. Launching its new report Toxic Catch: Japan’s unsustainable […]
More than one million whales, dolphins and porpoises have been slaughtered off Japan in the past 70 years – and new analysis by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) indicates these unsustainable hunts are on track to wipe out key species in Japan’s coastal waters. Launching its new report Toxic Catch: Japan’s unsustainable and irresponsible […]
BANGKOK – The 25th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol ended in Bangkok today, following a week of heated negotiations. Progress towards addressing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) was made and the majority of Parties demonstrated a willingness to move towards a global agreement. This was despite India, the world’s tenth-largest economy, blocking detailed discussions of […]
In a year that has seen concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide pass the 400ppm mark and the world’s scientific community issue its starkest warning yet that human activities will result in far-reaching disruption of the climate system, the need to swiftly rein in anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions has never been more acute. Against this backdrop, […]
Campaigners call on countries to reach an agreement to begin HFC phase-down WASHINGTON, D.C. & LONDON– The international community must pass an amendment to begin eliminating hydroflourocarbons (HFCs) under the Montreal Protocol, said the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) as negotiators from more than 190 countries gathered in Bangkok today for the 25th Meeting of the […]
Supermarkets in the United States emit large amounts of potent greenhouse gases known as HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons), which are widely used in commercial refrigeration and air-conditioning. A dozen of the largest and most important US supermarket chains and retailers were surveyed by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) to ascertain what policies and actions were being taken […]