In December 2011, a search for ‘whale’ on www.amazon.co.jp yielded 147 whale products for sale. Many of these products originate from great whales, namely fin, sei, minke and Bryde’s whale, which are all protected species under the moratorium on commercial whaling established by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in 1986. These whale species are also […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Internet giant Amazon.com appears to have removed all whale products from its wholly owned Japanese website overnight, following worldwide publicity that scores of whale products were offered for sale. A new campaign launched yesterday by the Environmental Investigation Agency and Humane Society International revealed that Amazon Japan not only sells products from […]
Internet Giant Urged to Clean House and Ban All Cetacean Products WASHINGTON, D.C. – Internet marketplace giant Amazon.com is today called on to stop supporting commercial whaling by immediately and permanently banning the sale of all products from whales, dolphins and porpoises (collectively known as ’cetaceans’). Amazon.com’s Unpalatable Profits, a new report by the Environmental […]
ANAHEIM – As tens of thousands of people gather for the opening of the NAMM Show, the National Association of Music Merchants’ biggest annual event, musicians and environmental groups called on the industry to change the tune it’s singing in Washington by ending its support for illegal logging. Standing outside NAMM’s conference, renowned musicians joined […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of 16 environmental organizations are today calling on Japan to put in place stronger measures to stop the trade in illegal timber. Writing in an open letter to two Japanese trade associations, the group cites evidence that Japanese companies are importing timber from Samling Global, a company involved in illegal […]
UNFCCC CDM Approves Further Payments to HFC Producers WASHINGTON, D.C. — As UNFCCC climate negotiators meet in Durban, EIA is calling on all Parties to reject HFC-23 carbon credits following widespread evidence and CDM Executive Board acknowledgement that most of the credits do not represent real emission reductions. Last week the Executive Board of the UN Clean Development […]