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Decision celebrated by forest products industry, unions, musicians, and conservationists; bill would have threatened American jobs, boosted illegal logging CONTACT: Deborah Lapidus, [email protected], 703‐967‐5741 Glenn Hurowitz, [email protected], 917‐386‐3571 July 25, 2012—The Republican leadership cancelled a vote originally scheduled for this week in the House of Representatives on H.R. 3210, the “RELIEF Act.” A broad coalition of forest products […]

Under the Vienna Convention, the Montreal Protocol has been tasked with responsibility for controlling ozone-depleting substances (ODS) and dealing with any “adverse effects” arising from their elimination. Without question, the negative impact and contribution to global warming arising from using HFCs as alternatives to ODS qualifies as an “adverse effect ” that is a direct […]

Internet Giant Urged To Ban All Sales of Whale and Dolphin Products WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hundreds of whale products for sale on the Japanese website of Internet search engine company Yahoo! show how the California-based company profits from the venture, according to a new report released today. “Killing for Commerce,” released by the Environmental Investigation […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A unique alliance of musicians, former Bush administration officials, and forest products industry executives provided testimony for a congressional hearing today in support of the U.S. Lacey Act and in opposition to two controversial proposed bills to weaken the law. Held by the House Natural Resource Committee’s Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of an ongoing effort to bring about a global phase‐out of HFCs, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has filed a formal petition asking the Environmental Protection Agency to require an end for nearly all uses of the most commonly used fluorocarbon in the US, HFC‐134a. The filing seeks to withdraw federal approval for most […]

MONTREAL – The 66th Meeting of the Multilateral Fund (MLF) concluded with clear signals that HFCs are increasingly unacceptable as substitutes for ozone depleting substances (ODS) being phased out under the Montreal Protocol. Last week’s actions by the MLF to implement the first phase of the global HCFC phase‐out reinforce a growing international trend to only approve and […]