Press Releases
- NGO community calls on Ministers to take action to eliminate one of six greenhouse gases
NGO community calls on Ministers to take action to eliminate one of six greenhouse gases
As Ministers meet in Copenhagen desperately seeking to find a set of meaningful mitigation actions negotiators have provided the ray of hope in the form of a draft agreement to work with the Montreal Protocol...
- 41 Nations Join Island Effort for Fast Phase-out of Super Greenhouse Gases
41 Nations Join Island Effort for Fast Phase-out of Super Greenhouse Gases
The biggest news this year for climate protection could come this week when delegates from around the world meet in Port Ghalib, Egypt to weigh action on phasing out hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). Used primarily in...
- Phase down of HFCs Under Montreal Protocol Receives Huge Boost From North American Leaders
Phase down of HFCs Under Montreal Protocol Receives Huge Boost From North American Leaders
The United States joined with Canada and Mexico today in formally supporting a proposal to curtail production and use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). In materials released by the U.S. State Department, the three nations detailed a schedule that if...
- Ozone-Friendly Replacement Gases Will Be Disastrous For Global Warming, Warn Experts
Ozone-Friendly Replacement Gases Will Be Disastrous For Global Warming, Warn Experts
THE RECENT decision to accelerate the phase-out of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) – air conditioning and refrigeration gases – will in fact vastly undermine efforts to reduce global warming if proper precautions are not taken, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) warned today...
- RAW DEAL Kyokuyo, True World Foods and Japan’s Whale Hunts
RAW DEAL Kyokuyo, True World Foods and Japan’s Whale Hunts
In Japan’s history of commercial whaling, seafood company Kyokuyo Co., Ltd (Kabushiki Kaisha Kyokuyo) has been a major player. Since it began hunting whales in the late 1930s, Kyokuyo has profited from the deaths...