WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a non profit group based in Washington, DC and London, UK wrote to Google CEO Larry Page on February 22nd requesting immediate removal of over 1,400 ads that promote whale products and as many as 10,000 ads that promote elephant ivory products on Google Japan’s Shopping site. […]
HFCs currently represent around 1% of global GHG emissions. Although their contribution to climate forcing is still relatively small, it is expected to soar in the coming decades, with emissions of HFCs increasing at a rate of 10-15% per year. Unless action is taken, global HFC emissions could reach 5.5–8.8 GtCO2e per year in 2050, […]
EIA released a new report, “Vietnam’s Illegal Rhino Horn Trade,” which describes how Vietnam has failed to meet its CITES obligations designed to protect rhinos. This briefing summarizes key points from a recently submitted Pelly Petition to the US government to certify Vietnam as diminishing the effectiveness of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered […]
Rhino populations are being hammered by poachers, steeping Africa in blood and pushing the species ever-closer to extinction to satisfy the demand for rhino horn in Vietnam and other countries – a demand largely based on the myth of the non-existent medicinal properties of rhino horn. For the record, rhino horn is entirely composed of […]
EIA filed a petition on December 21, 2012 under the Pelly Amendment to the U.S. Fishermen’s Protective Act to certify Vietnam as diminishing the effectiveness of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) for illegal trade in rhino horn. Given the scope and depth of the illegal trade […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Environmentalists today welcomed the announcement that a climate friendly refrigeration system for supermarkets is now legally available in the United States. Hillphoenix, a leading producer of advanced refrigeration systems for supermarkets announced this week that its Advansor CO2 Booster Refrigeration System received an Underwriters Laboratories listing, the first such system that uses […]