Japan’s move to kill fin whales is a ‘desperate effort’ to prop up a destructive, outdated industry
Japan is to expand its rogue whaling to hunt threatened fin whales, a move condemned by EIA as “an appalling step backwards”.
Japan is to expand its rogue whaling to hunt threatened fin whales, a move condemned by EIA as “an appalling step backwards”.
Japan’s decision to expand its rogue whaling to include threatened fin whales is today condemned by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) as “an appalling step backwards”.
Planet-threatening greenhouse gas emissions due to plastics production could be halved over the next 25 years if there is a freeze and reduction in the production of plastic polymers.
Planet-threatening greenhouse gas emissions due to plastics production could be halved over the next 25 years if there is a freeze and reduction in the production of plastic polymers, argues a new report from the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA).
As the plastics pollution crisis continues to grow by the day, so does the case for a global plastics treaty that tackles the issue head-on and seeks to reduce the production of virgin plastics.
In the (potential) final year of negotiations for a new international legally binding instrument (ILBI) to end plastic pollution, negotiators will meet for its fourth session in Ottawa, Canada from 23-29 April.