Cool subject, hot news! All the latest on refrigerant gases ahead of World Refrigeration Day
Here’s a quick round-up of some of the hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) news we’re reading this week
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Tag: coronavirus
EIA podcast – Is the coronavirus pandemic a warning to stop exploiting wildlife?
The coronavirus pandemic has plunged a third of the world’s population into lockdown and thrown a harsh spotlight on our dysfunctional and exploitative relationship with wildlife. Is it a warning to seriously mend our ways?
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UN flags role of China’s traditional medicine in global demand for trafficked pangolin scales
Demand for pangolin scales in China for traditional medicine drives poaching and trafficking across Africa and Asia
Tanzania’s irresponsible hydropower project is destroying a UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Government of Tanzania called on to stop construction of the Rufiji hydropower project in the Selous Game Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Indonesia aims to weaken legal timber rules behind the smokescreen of coronavirus
Indonesia is taking steps to significantly water down the rules keeping illegal timber out of its international trade – and is using the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as an excuse
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We’ve been accused of peddling ‘fake news’ – so here are the facts about China’s recommended use of bear bile
In response to those who have suggested that we shared 'fake news', here is the source of our news that China’s Government was endorsing injections which contained bile milked from bears held in captivity to treat coronavirus
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