Today, September 16, is World Ozone Day. Now, I’m the first to complain that the calendar these days is chock-a-block with somewhat questionable occasions to commemorate (Talk Like a Pirate Day, anyone? Check it out, it’s on September 19) but suffice it to say that the international effort to put a halt to the destruction […]
As the world celebrates International Ozone Day to commemorate the signing of the Montreal Protocol, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has highlighted the urgent need to phase-down a class of greenhouse gases known as HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) under the Montreal Protocol. CSE, an Indian public interest research and advocacy organization, called for global action […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At the White House Forum to Counter Wildlife Trafficking, the U.S. Administration committed to destroying stockpiles of six tons of seized elephant ivory housed in Denver, Colorado on October 8, 2013. The elephant ivory has been confiscated by U.S. officials over the last 25 years, and will be crushed to bring attention […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 20 biggest world economies agreed today to use the resources of the Montreal Protocol to get rid of a significant group of super greenhouse gases (GHGs). The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) welcomes the landmark agreement and encourages all countries to join the G20 in supporting a global phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) […]
Delhaize America, a Belgium company, is opening a state-of-the-art, climate-friendly grocery store this week in Turner, Maine. The Hannaford grocery store will be the first in the country to use a CO2 transcritical system that will use carbon dioxide (CO2) as a refrigerant rather than HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) — super greenhouse gases thousands of times worse […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wildlife advocates expressed bitter disappointment today at the refusal of international conglomerate, SoftBank Corp., to ban advertisements for elephant ivory and whale and dolphin products on Yahoo! Japan – the dominant company in SoftBank’s internet division with revenues of nearly USD 4 billion in 2012. The announcement follows a letter sent in […]