EIA has released a new report exposing leading U.S. retailers such as Walmart, Publix, and Safeway as doing little to meet public commitments to phase out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), some of the most potent greenhouse gases (GHGs), used most commonly in refrigeration and air conditioning systems. Beyond the Dirty Dozen, a follow up to EIA’s 2013 […]
Today the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) released a new report that aims to serve as a resource for U.S. officials and procurement officers to incorporate HFC-free procurement into existing policies and programs to mitigate federal emissions of HFCs, a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) also known as hydrofluorocarbons. The report, “An Initial Guide to HFC-free Procurement […]
Today the Environmental Investigation Agency released a briefing that highlights a significant deficit in implementation and enforcement within the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and its Annex on Forest Sector Governance. Illegal logging in Peru and the associated trade remains a serious and unabated problem. In 2007, in response to the crisis of illegal logging […]
This is the 2015 Supplement to EIA’s 2014 report, Putting the Freeze on HFCs: A Global Digest of Available Climate-Friendly Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies. It is an overview of available technology alternatives to hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are extremely potent greenhouse gases. EIA continues to collect case studies from around the world of energy efficient […]
Developing countries have the opportunity to make transitions to HFC-free technologies leading to reduced HFC emissions as well as significant gains in energy efficiency from substantially improved technologies in the refrigeration and air conditioning sectors. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Center for Science and Environment (CSE) have come together to help bring a broad […]
Deforestación por Definición – informe resumido en español. La versión completa en español estará disponible pronto. EIA has launched a new investigative report, Deforestation by Definition, exposing the ongoing and looming threat of illegal deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon due to installation of agro-industrial monoculture plantations, such as palm oil. Through analysis of Peruvian and […]