Press Releases
- Environmentalists urge Obama to raise elephant poaching epidemic with Tanzania’s President
Environmentalists urge Obama to raise elephant poaching epidemic with Tanzania’s President
As President Obama visits Tanzania this week, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) urges him to press his counterpart President Jakaya Kikwete to take swift...
- US and China move dialogue forward on super greenhouse gas phase-down
US and China move dialogue forward on super greenhouse gas phase-down
As the annual US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue kicks off this week, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) applauds both governments for putting hydroflourocarbons (HFCs) on the agenda. HFCs are super greenhouse gases used primarily...
- US and China Agree to Phase Out Super Greenhouse Gases
US and China Agree to Phase Out Super Greenhouse Gases
US President Obama and Chinese President XI have agreed to work together to combat climate change by curbing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) - super greenhouse gases with global warming potential hundreds and thousands times...
- Can Obama and Xi make climate history?
Can Obama and Xi make climate history?
As the Presidents of the two countries with the highest greenhouse gas emissions in the world meet, today and tomorrow, under immense global scrutiny, EIA urges them to take the single most, cost-effective mitigation available today...
- Japanese company withdraws fin whale ‘jerky’ pet treats
Japanese company withdraws fin whale ‘jerky’ pet treats
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) and the Iruka & Kujira [Dolphin & Whale] Action Network (IKAN) welcome a Japanese...
- Iceland is killing fin whales for Japanese pet treats
Iceland is killing fin whales for Japanese pet treats
Today the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) and the Iruka & Kujira [Dolphin & Whale] Action Network (IKAN) expressed...
- SUPER Act to Slow Global Climate Change
SUPER Act to Slow Global Climate Change
Late last week, Representative Scott Peters (CA-52) introduced the Super Pollutant Emissions Reduction Act of 2013 (the “SUPER Act”) as a first step to stopping emissions of short-lived climate pollutants, to slow down the rate of climate change...
- Groups Call for U.S. Action as Iceland Violates International Whaling Law
Groups Call for U.S. Action as Iceland Violates International Whaling Law
A coalition of international animal welfare and conservation groups is calling on the Obama Administration to impose economic sanctions against Iceland after Iceland´s whaling company...
- Japan to Phase-down HFCs: Important Step to Combat Climate Change, But Not Quite There
Japan to Phase-down HFCs: Important Step to Combat Climate Change, But Not Quite There
On April 19, 2013, the Japanese Cabinet approved the revision of its fluorocarbon regulations that will fundamentally change the way high global warming fluorocarbons are produced...
- U.S. Lags Behind on Climate Change Action Again!
U.S. Lags Behind on Climate Change Action Again!
Japan has announced new legislation to phase-down the “super” greenhouse gases hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), joining the European Union and Australia in regulating and phasing down HFCs domestically...
- Montreal Protocol Deal with China Will Keep Eight Billion Tonnes of Greenhouse Gases Out of the Atmo
Montreal Protocol Deal with China Will Keep Eight Billion Tonnes of Greenhouse Gases Out of the Atmo
Once again living up to its status as the 'world's most effective environmental treaty,' the Montreal Protocol has struck a deal with China to phase-out hydrofluorocarbon (HCFC) production and so prevent eight billion tonnes...
- Amazon.com is Selling Thousands of Ivory Items as the Slaughter of Africa’s Elephants Intensifies
Amazon.com is Selling Thousands of Ivory Items as the Slaughter of Africa’s Elephants Intensifies
Amazon.com has thousands of ads for elephant ivory on its Japanese website despite such sales being banned under Amazon’s policies designed to protect endangered species...
- World’s Governments Adopt New Controls to Protect High Value Rosewood and Ebony
World’s Governments Adopt New Controls to Protect High Value Rosewood and Ebony
Efforts to conserve precious hardwoods in Asia, Africa and South America were given a critical boost today at the meeting of the 177-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)...
- Internet Giant Google Promotes the Sale of Thousands of Endangered Elephant and Whale Products
Internet Giant Google Promotes the Sale of Thousands of Endangered Elephant and Whale Products
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...
- American Supermarkets Now Have Access to Climate Friendly Refrigeration System
American Supermarkets Now Have Access to Climate Friendly Refrigeration System
Environmentalists today welcomed the announcement that a climate friendly refrigeration system for supermarkets is now legally available in the United States...
- US Trade Representative Calls for Intensification of Efforts to Address Illegal Logging in Peru
US Trade Representative Calls for Intensification of Efforts to Address Illegal Logging in Peru
The United States Trade Representative (USTR) responded to a petition submitted by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) requesting the United States government take action...
- Gibson Guitar Held Accountable for Importing Illegal Wood in Landmark Lacey Case
Gibson Guitar Held Accountable for Importing Illegal Wood in Landmark Lacey Case
In a Criminal Enforcement Agreement with the Department of Justice, Gibson Guitar Company today acknowledged responsibility for importing illegal wood into the United States and incurred penalties, totaling a minimum of $600,000...
- House leadership cancels vote on weakening illegal logging restrictions
House leadership cancels vote on weakening illegal logging restrictions
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 companies, workers, conservation groups...
- New Report Highlights How Yahoo! Profits From The Killing of Endangered Whales and Dolphins
New Report Highlights How Yahoo! Profits From The Killing of Endangered Whales and Dolphins
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...
- Musicians, CEOs, and Former Bush Administration Officials Oppose Efforts to Weaken Lacey
Musicians, CEOs, and Former Bush Administration Officials Oppose Efforts to Weaken Lacey
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...
- EPA Action Sought to Phase Out Use of Super Greenhouse Gas
EPA Action Sought to Phase Out Use of Super Greenhouse Gas
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...
- Montreal Protocol Rejects HFCs as Substitutes for Ozone Depleting Substances
Montreal Protocol Rejects HFCs as Substitutes for Ozone Depleting Substances
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...
- US Government Requested To Use Free Trade Agreement To Take Action On Illegal Timber Exports: Peru
US Government Requested To Use Free Trade Agreement To Take Action On Illegal Timber Exports: Peru
The non-profit Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) announced today that it has formally petitioned the U.S. Government to take action under the US-Peru Free Trade Agreement...
- Multi-Year Investigation Finds Illegal Wood From Peruvian Amazon Entering US in Violation of Laws
Multi-Year Investigation Finds Illegal Wood From Peruvian Amazon Entering US in Violation of Laws
A multi-year investigative report released today by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) reveals evidence that since 2008 over twenty US companies have imported millions...
- Norwegian Cancellation of Investment in Malaysian Loggers Highlights
Norwegian Cancellation of Investment in Malaysian Loggers Highlights
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) commends Norway’s divestment of its pension fund’s shares in Malaysian loggers Samling Global this week, but calls for a more comprehensive review of the fund's wider investments of over $400 million...