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PRESS RELEASES
The following items may be of particular interest to media professionals. Most are press releases although we do occasionally include some of the briefer news stories from this site if we judge them to be of potential interest to the media. This page contains the 30 most recent press releases, for older stories please use the search option below.
UN Delays Action on Carbon Market Scandal 30 July 2010. A coalition of environmental NGOs warned today that the UN CDM Executive Board is avoiding immediate and necessary action to address scandalous gaming of the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism because of conflicts of interest in the Board. A report due for release this evening regarding the controversial HFC-23 projects will reflect the insistence by Japanese, Chinese and Indian Board members to allow the continuation of the flawed methodology.
EU BAN ON ILLEGAL TIMBER IS PASSED Important first step towards shutting down the timber barons must now be backed up with stiff penalties 6 Jul 10 No Title 6 Jul 10 No Title Press Release: 2 Jul 10 CDM Panel Calls for Investigation over Carbon Market Scandal
Blog from the 62nd annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission EIA campaigners report on a crucial meeting of the IWC to discuss proposals to resume commercial whaling
Companies Urged to Reject HFC-23 Credit Trade Carbon credit value means greenhouse gas is made just for destruction
UK COULD BE FORCED TO PAY HALF A MILLION FOR COMMERCIAL WHALING The London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today revealed that proposals to resume commercial whaling under the International Whaling Commission (IWC) for a 10-year period could cost European tax payers more than £5.6 million.
Exclusive Interview with Oscar Winning Director Louie Psihoyos, Director of The Cove talks to EIA on Dolphins
EIA's latest report on illegal tiger trade, as featured on National Geographic
EU ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE PROPOSES PROHIBITION ON ILLEGAL TIMBER Campaign group welcomes draft law as ‘the toughest yet’ Campaign Update: 30 Apr 10 Indonesian Indigenous Peoples Alliance Requests UN Probe into Rights Abuses and Land Grabbing in Papua Plantations Project In November 2009, EIA and Telapak released “Up for Grabs” – a report and film detailing rampant deforestation and exploitation of indigenous peoples in the plantations and agriculture boom in Papua and West Papua provinces in Indonesia.
IWC Chair proposes expanded whaling in Europe The Chair and Vice-Chair of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) have posted a ‘Proposed Consensus Decision to Improve the Conservation of Whales’ on the website of the IWC after two years of discussion on the Future of the IWC.
TIGER FILM SCOOPS PRESTIGIOUS FESTIVAL AWARD ‘Eco Crime Investigators’ wins Best News category at Montana Campaign Update: 9 Apr 10 Let's stop people scamming billions from the carbon market It was a loophole that most of us thought had been sewn up. But new research shows that companies are continuing to cash in on the 'super' greenhouse gas HFC-23
IVORY SALES VETO ‘THE RIGHT DECISION’ Environmental group welcomes rejection of downlisting proposals
EU, China and India thrash out deal on tigers An agreement reached at a UN meeting on wildlife trade in Doha could see countries treating illegal trade in tiger parts as seriously as arms and drug trafficking, but campaigners have cautioned that words must be turned into action.
MPs CALL FOR LEGISLATION TO TACKLE CLIMATE-DAMAGING SUPERMARKET REFRIGERATION MP Clive Efford is visiting one of the latest London supermarkets to adopt climate-friendly refrigeration to highlight his call for the Government to face up to its responsibility to tackle emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) from supermarkets.
THE DEADLY TRADE IN IVORY ESCALATES Proposed ivory sales a major threat to elephant conservation
JAPAN’S SEAS RUN RED IN ANNUAL PORPOISE HUNT New footage of the largest cetacean hunt in the world
CHILLING FACTS: SUPERMARKET REFRIGERATION SCANDAL UNCOVERED Report exposes damage caused by supermarket refrigeration in the UK.
EIA wary of China's latest Tiger tactics EIA 's skeptical of China's recent move to back down from legalising Tiger trade.
WHO and FAO discuss health risks to consumers of whale, dolphin and porpoise meat for the first time – Japan is one of the most affected countries Geneva/Tokyo: This week the World Health Organisation WHO and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are holding an expert consultation on the risks of fish consumption and – encouraged by a coalition of environmental groups – for the first time the health risks associated with consuming contaminated meat and blubber from whales, dolphins and porpoises (cetaceans). 8 Jan 10 No Title
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 to eliminate a group of greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
EU’s Failure to Ban Imports of Stolen Timber Undermines Efforts to Tackle Deforestation at Copenhagen Copenhagen, 14th December 2009: Lack of political will from the Swedish Presidency of the European Union and the majority of other member states to prohibit trade in illegal timber in the EU threatens plans to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) warned today. Announcement: 8 Dec 09 Putting the Brakes on Drivers of Forests Destruction: A Shared Responsibility The briefing explains how a proposed UN mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) will not work without efforts to address and regulate the global markets that act as drivers of deforestation.
An Unparalleled Opportunity for Copenhagen: Eliminate HFCs Announcement: 26 Nov 09 EIA responds to enforcement errors in pro tiger-farming publication EIA Senior Investigator Justin Gosling responds to Brendan Moyle's article in the Global Crime Journal
New Japanese government urged to ban poisonous whale and dolphin products A worldwide alliance of environmental and consumer organisations today called on the Japan’s new government to take urgent action to stop the hunt of toothed cetaceans and ban the sale of contaminated whale, dolphin and porpoise products for human consumption in Japan.
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