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Yahoo! Japan is selling polluted whale and dolphin meat products to its unsuspecting customers

An international coalition of environmental groups is today calling on Yahoo! Japan and its parent company, the LY Corporation, to stop selling products containing whale and dolphin meat after a new investigation found high levels of toxins in some of the nearly 1,000 cetacean food items available for purchase on the massive search engine and […]

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The EU strikes a landmark agreement to prevent plastic pellet pollution across land and sea

At midnight today (9 April), the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission reached agreement on a long-awaited EU regulation to prevent plastic pellet losses in the environment, a major source of microplastics pollution. The decision came in the wake of yet another disastrous pellet spill in European waters off the English coast due […]

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EIA and campaign partners debunk attempts to stall and dilute the EU’s landmark methane legislation

EIA and six other climate campaigning organisations have issued a joint rebuttal to attempts to delay and water down a vital new regulation addressing EU methane emissions. The EU Methane Regulation, adopted in May last year, is a groundbreaking legal framework that sets out a global benchmark for methane emissions monitoring and mitigation for both […]

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Greenpeace Dakota Access Pipeline protests verdict – a call to action for environmental justice

The recent court ruling against Greenpeace, ordering it to pay more than $660 million in damages for its role in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, highlights the ongoing challenges faced by environmental organisations. This verdict underscores the need for collective action and the protection of environmental defenders worldwide. At the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA UK), […]

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EIA calls for European policymakers to maximise potential of heat pumps in climate change fight

Today, EIA and a group of European NGOs have written to the European Commission to urge it to support the roll-out of best-in-class natural refrigerant heat pumps. The initiative would be paid for from funding allocated to support those most at risk from the costs associated with the upcoming inclusion of fossil fuels for heating […]

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A deep dive into the wins and losses for wildlife and forests at CITES 78th Standing Committee

Covering one packed agenda, four interventions and six hectic days, EIA campaigners share the highlights of the 78th meeting of the Standing Committee (SC78) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Geneva.   Elephants   Asian elephants SC78 marked EIA’s first engagement at CITES on the […]