WASHINGTON, D.C. – President of the High Transitional Authority of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, is expected to schedule a vote on an internal decree on Wednesday, October 2, to illegally sell the African nation’s rosewood and ebony stockpiles, according to information leaked to the Environmental Investigation Agency. Local sources indicate that proceeds from the stockpile sale, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Prime Minister Singh and President Obama met today at the White House to discuss a range of issues, including the elimination of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) — super greenhouse gases that are thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide. The two leaders agreed to convene the India-U.S. Task Force on HFCs and to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – According to news sources, federal authorities from the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in coordination with US Fish and Wildlife and Department of Justice, executed search warrants on Thursday for the offices of Lumber Liquidators in connection with an investigation into possible violations of the Lacey Act. The […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of the meeting between Indian Prime Minister Singh and President Obama in Washington, D.C., the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) calls on the two leaders to publicly commit to eliminating HFCs (hydroflourocarbons) – a significant group of greenhouse gases thousands of times worse for the global climate than carbon dioxide (CO2). The […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The poaching of rhinos in South Africa has increased by more than three rhinos a week on average since Environmental Minister Edna Molewa called for a legal international trade in rhino horn, according to analysis by the non-profit Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). From January 1 to March 13 2013, an average of […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Environmentalists are calling on President Kikwete to pledge to crack down on the elephant poaching epidemic and rampant illegal ivory trade in Tanzania while he’s in the United States for private conservation meetings. His visit comes just two months after President Obama’s trip to Dar es Salaam, where he announced an Executive […]