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A short informational video about some of the negative effects of illegal logging and associated trade, using footage from EIA’s field investigations into the illegal timber trade.

In his remarks on the US-India Partnership in Mumbai yesterday, Vice President Joe Biden said the United States is “anxious and willing” to work with India on climate change. He hopes that “India will join the United States, China and more than 100 other countries to work within the Montreal Protocol to phase- down the […]

On July 17, 2013 EIA’s Executive Director delivered the below testimony during the Natural Resource Committee’s Oversight Hearing on “Why Should U.S. Citizens Have to Comply with Foreign Laws?” In the testimony, he discusses EIA’s experience from 30 years in the field and focuses specifically on evidence from recent investigations that highlight the harsh realities, […]

The landmark agreement between President Obama and President Xi on Saturday to curb super greenhouse gases, specifically hydroflurocarbons (HFCs), could be the best news we have heard in a while. It is the first time that the largest producers and consumers of these harmful chemicals have agreed to work together to phase-down HFCs under the […]

The Montreal Protocol took a long-awaited, first step towards eradicating hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) last week in Bangkok, with the first formal discussions since a phase down was first mooted in 2009. Until now, a few countries have been reluctant to even discuss these climate-destroying chemicals. But this week, countries agreed to form a “Discussion Group,” focusing […]