LONDON: In a landmark case in the UK courts, a luxury yacht firm has been handed stiff penalties for using ‘blood’ teak imported from Myanmar on some of the vessels it builds. Sunseeker International Ltd – self-styled as “the world’s leading brand for luxury motor yachts” – is based in Poole, Dorset. Sitting at Bournemouth […]
EIA, and other civil society organizations, welcome the launch of the European Commission’s roadmap for Methane Abatement Partnerships as a first step towards reducing methane emissions across the entire fossil fuel supply chain.
LONDON: The global plastic waste trade is an environmental disaster hiding in plain sight. Undermined by exploitable loopholes and weak enforcement, the plastic waste trade fuels organised crime, drives working conditions that amount to human rights violations and is devastating to the environment and human health. In the second instalment of its two-part Dirty Deals […]
LONDON: The world’s pressing climate targets are being jeopardised by huge rogue emissions of a potent greenhouse gas. HFC-23 emissions reached a record high of 17,300 tonnes in 2019, equivalent to more than a quarter of a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide. The climate super-pollutant is produced and emitted primarily as an unwanted byproduct of […]
LONDON: Old wheelie bins discarded by UK householders may be funding organised crime and contributing to environmental injustice and human rights violations around the globe. In the first of a new two-part report, Dirty Deals, the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA UK) reveals startling evidence of how regulatory weaknesses, legal loopholes and outdated practices in […]
LIMA: The International Whaling Commission today adopted a Resolution on commercial whaling for the first time in more than 20 years, with a strong majority of countries in support. Thirty-seven IWC contracting governments voted in favour and just 12 countries – including only one whaling country, Norway – voted against. Iceland abstained and Japan, as […]