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Enabling Ultra-low GWP Cooling and Heating: Updating U.S. Safety Standards and Codes

As manufacturers develop next generation cooling and heating technologies to meet growing global needs, it is critical to open up the US market to ultra-low GWP refrigerant options for the residential and commercial air conditioning and heat pump sector. Our report outlines feasible paths for US safety standards and building codes for refrigerants, with recommendations that are are practical, urgent, and consistent with international progress already underway.

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A Pivotal Player

Vietnam's ongoing fight against the illegal wildlife trade

In the first analysis of its kind since the COVID-19 pandemic, the EIA’s offices in the United States and United Kingdom uncover how Vietnam continues to be exploited by organized crime networks to smuggle illegal wildlife products between Africa and Asia. Vietnam may be the center of this web of international trafficking operations, but it cannot solve this problem alone.

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Traficantes No Dejan Piedra Sin Levantar

Lo que la mayor operación expuesta de contrabando de mercurio revela sobre el negocio de oro, las deficiencias del Convenio de Minamata sobre el Mercurio y la convergencia criminal en América Latina

La última investigación de EIA revela la mayor operación de contrabando de mercurio jamás documentada. El informe expone cómo las minas de mercurio en México, algunas presuntamente controladas por el crimen organizado, están impulsando una cadena de suministro mortal que vincula la minería de oro, la devastación ambiental y las violaciones de derechos humanos.

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Traffickers Leave No Stone Unturned

What the largest exposed mercury smuggling operation tells us about gold, the shortcomings of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, and the convergence of crimes in Latin America

EIA’s groundbreaking investigation reveals the largest mercury smuggling operation ever documented. The report exposes how Mexican mercury mines, some allegedly taken over by organized crime, are driving a deadly supply chain that links gold mining, environmental devastation, and human rights abuses.