Environmental Investigation Agency US
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This #BlackFriday, put your money towards a cause that matters. If you still need to get ready for the holidays, you can even make your donation to EIA in honor of a loved one: https://eia.org/giving-tuesday/
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This #BlackFriday, put your money towards a cause that matters. If you still need to get ready for the holidays, you can even make your donation to EIA in honor of a loved one: https://eia.org/giving-tuesday/
#GivingTuesday - the biggest celebration of generosity of the year - is coming up on December 2nd! Stay tuned to learn more of the ways that EIA US is protecting our environment with intelligence. We can't do what we do without your support: https://eia.org/giving-tuesday/
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
#GivingTuesday - the biggest celebration of generosity of the year - is coming up on December 2nd! Stay tuned to learn more of the ways that EIA US is protecting our environment with intelligence. We can't do what we do without your support: https://eia.org/giving-tuesday/
What happens at CITES #CoP20 will determine whether decades of progress against poaching and illegal wildlife trade will continue. EIA campaigners will be there to ensure that the voices of wildlife, communities, and frontline defenders are heard.
https://eia.org/blog/standing-at-a-crossroads/
https://eia.org/blog/standing-at-a-crossroads/
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
What happens at CITES #CoP20 will determine whether decades of progress against poaching and illegal wildlife trade will continue. EIA campaigners will be there to ensure that the voices of wildlife, communities, and frontline defenders are heard.
https://eia.org/blog/standing-at-a-crossroads/
https://eia.org/blog/standing-at-a-crossroads/
As #COP30 continues, 180 civil society organizations with the Notre Terre Sans Pétrole campaign urge the DRC to back up its commitment to being a climate solution country by protecting the Congolese people and environment from the threat of oil expansion.
https://ow.ly/gl3P50XtK8U
https://ow.ly/gl3P50XtK8U
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
As #COP30 continues, 180 civil society organizations with the Notre Terre Sans Pétrole campaign urge the DRC to back up its commitment to being a climate solution country by protecting the Congolese people and environment from the threat of oil expansion.
https://ow.ly/gl3P50XtK8U
https://ow.ly/gl3P50XtK8U
"Without us, Indigenous peoples, there is no possible solution to the climate crisis," says AIDESEP president Jorge Pérez Rubio. As guardians of the largest forests on the planet, "our voice and proposals must be heard in global forums such as COP30."
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"Without us, Indigenous peoples, there is no possible solution to the climate crisis," says AIDESEP president Jorge Pérez Rubio. As guardians of the largest forests on the planet, "our voice and proposals must be heard in global forums such as COP30."
A delegation of 35 Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon are at UNFCCC #COP30 with AIDESEP to share a comprehensive proposal to build a better future for all life on Earth, based on human rights, self-determination, and ancestral wisdom.
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A delegation of 35 Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon are at UNFCCC #COP30 with AIDESEP to share a comprehensive proposal to build a better future for all life on Earth, based on human rights, self-determination, and ancestral wisdom.
You know what's REALLY scary? Climate change. Deforestation. Mass extinction.
We've turned that fear about the future of our planet into determination to protect it. This #Halloween donate to help us shine a light on dark environmental crimes: https://eia.org/donate
We've turned that fear about the future of our planet into determination to protect it. This #Halloween donate to help us shine a light on dark environmental crimes: https://eia.org/donate
October 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
You know what's REALLY scary? Climate change. Deforestation. Mass extinction.
We've turned that fear about the future of our planet into determination to protect it. This #Halloween donate to help us shine a light on dark environmental crimes: https://eia.org/donate
We've turned that fear about the future of our planet into determination to protect it. This #Halloween donate to help us shine a light on dark environmental crimes: https://eia.org/donate
This week, our colleagues at JWCS are hosting an ivory-free music event in Tokyo to promote using alternative materials for Japanese musical instruments. Sera Creations has developed an alternative that creates a sound nearly identical to ivory. https://www.jwcs.org/en/now/913/
October 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This week, our colleagues at JWCS are hosting an ivory-free music event in Tokyo to promote using alternative materials for Japanese musical instruments. Sera Creations has developed an alternative that creates a sound nearly identical to ivory. https://www.jwcs.org/en/now/913/
In June, executives from Daigo Ivory were arrested for ivory trade fraud – the company and key executives were accused of advertising elephant ivory as mammoth ivory on Yahoo! Auctions, an internet auction platform that banned elephant ivory sales in 2019.
October 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
In June, executives from Daigo Ivory were arrested for ivory trade fraud – the company and key executives were accused of advertising elephant ivory as mammoth ivory on Yahoo! Auctions, an internet auction platform that banned elephant ivory sales in 2019.
The Fall edition of our quarterly newsletter just dropped 🍂
From tracking wildlife trafficking networks to exposing mercury smuggling operations, check out the highlights from our last three months of tackling environmental crime and injustice around the world: https://ow.ly/q43e50XcFI0
From tracking wildlife trafficking networks to exposing mercury smuggling operations, check out the highlights from our last three months of tackling environmental crime and injustice around the world: https://ow.ly/q43e50XcFI0
October 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The Fall edition of our quarterly newsletter just dropped 🍂
From tracking wildlife trafficking networks to exposing mercury smuggling operations, check out the highlights from our last three months of tackling environmental crime and injustice around the world: https://ow.ly/q43e50XcFI0
From tracking wildlife trafficking networks to exposing mercury smuggling operations, check out the highlights from our last three months of tackling environmental crime and injustice around the world: https://ow.ly/q43e50XcFI0
A new report from @patrolthemovie.bsky.social and @rewildorg.bsky.social exposes how Nicaraguan slaughterhouses are sourcing cattle from illegal ranches in protected areas and Indigenous territories - and how US household name companies may be serving up this "conflict beef" to unwitting consumers.
October 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A new report from @patrolthemovie.bsky.social and @rewildorg.bsky.social exposes how Nicaraguan slaughterhouses are sourcing cattle from illegal ranches in protected areas and Indigenous territories - and how US household name companies may be serving up this "conflict beef" to unwitting consumers.
Cylinders used to transport refrigerant gases like HFCs are an important part of the supply chain, but counterfeits and unauthorized cylinders are a growing concern that can pose major safety risks.
October 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Cylinders used to transport refrigerant gases like HFCs are an important part of the supply chain, but counterfeits and unauthorized cylinders are a growing concern that can pose major safety risks.
It's critical to open up the U.S. market to next generation climate-friendly refrigerant options.
Timely action to update U.S. standards and codes can support a smooth transition to highly efficient near-zero emissions cooling and heating.
Timely action to update U.S. standards and codes can support a smooth transition to highly efficient near-zero emissions cooling and heating.
October 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It's critical to open up the U.S. market to next generation climate-friendly refrigerant options.
Timely action to update U.S. standards and codes can support a smooth transition to highly efficient near-zero emissions cooling and heating.
Timely action to update U.S. standards and codes can support a smooth transition to highly efficient near-zero emissions cooling and heating.
Romania’s national timber traceability system is among the best in the world, providing a level of digital traceability and public transparency that far surpasses most other countries, but it still suffers from widespread fraud and noncompliance.
September 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Romania’s national timber traceability system is among the best in the world, providing a level of digital traceability and public transparency that far surpasses most other countries, but it still suffers from widespread fraud and noncompliance.
#WorldOzoneDay celebrates the world's most successful environmental treaty: the Montreal Protocol, under which countries have phased out 99% of controlled ozone-destroying chemicals. However, the work to protect the health of people and planet is far from done. @unepozone.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#WorldOzoneDay celebrates the world's most successful environmental treaty: the Montreal Protocol, under which countries have phased out 99% of controlled ozone-destroying chemicals. However, the work to protect the health of people and planet is far from done. @unepozone.bsky.social
Despite positive progress in the four years since EIA’s last investigation, our new report with @eia-news.bsky.social finds that Vietnam is still being exploited by international organized crime networks to smuggle illegal wildlife products between Africa and Asia.
September 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Despite positive progress in the four years since EIA’s last investigation, our new report with @eia-news.bsky.social finds that Vietnam is still being exploited by international organized crime networks to smuggle illegal wildlife products between Africa and Asia.
In a record-hot summer, the BBC turned to EIA’s Climate Campaign Director, Avipsa Mahapatra, to shed light on the future of cooling and the accelerating demand for air conditioning: www.bbc.com/news/article...
September 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In a record-hot summer, the BBC turned to EIA’s Climate Campaign Director, Avipsa Mahapatra, to shed light on the future of cooling and the accelerating demand for air conditioning: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Since 1972, the Marine Mammal Protection Act has defended some of the most iconic wildlife in the U.S. Today, a reauthorization bill threatens to take a sledgehammer to this landmark law and set impossibly high hurdles for conservation action.
September 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Since 1972, the Marine Mammal Protection Act has defended some of the most iconic wildlife in the U.S. Today, a reauthorization bill threatens to take a sledgehammer to this landmark law and set impossibly high hurdles for conservation action.
In July, we exposed the largest mercury smuggling operation ever recorded. This unprecedented investigation resulted in Peruvian authorities (SUNAT) seizing more than four tons of the toxic material: eia.org/report/traff...
August 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
In July, we exposed the largest mercury smuggling operation ever recorded. This unprecedented investigation resulted in Peruvian authorities (SUNAT) seizing more than four tons of the toxic material: eia.org/report/traff...
In June, our campaigners joined other NGOs and 37 countries in celebrating the launch of the High Ambition Coalition for a Quiet Ocean - a global alliance that aims to protect marine life from the harmful impacts of underwater noise pollution: www.foraquietocean.org
August 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
In June, our campaigners joined other NGOs and 37 countries in celebrating the launch of the High Ambition Coalition for a Quiet Ocean - a global alliance that aims to protect marine life from the harmful impacts of underwater noise pollution: www.foraquietocean.org
In May, we uncovered an alleged cover-up behind a deadly disaster on a Gabonese offshore oil rig, run by one of the world's largest privately owned oil companies: eia.org/report/death...
August 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
In May, we uncovered an alleged cover-up behind a deadly disaster on a Gabonese offshore oil rig, run by one of the world's largest privately owned oil companies: eia.org/report/death...
We can't stand against environmental crime without your support. For #NationalNonprofitDay, we're highlighting three investigations from the past few months that made headlines, informed law enforcement actions, and pressured decision-makers to better protect people and the planet:
August 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We can't stand against environmental crime without your support. For #NationalNonprofitDay, we're highlighting three investigations from the past few months that made headlines, informed law enforcement actions, and pressured decision-makers to better protect people and the planet:
For #WorldElephantDay, we urge Japan's Government to seize an opportunity to make effective legal changes to its species conservation law that would close the market and protect elephants around the world.
August 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
For #WorldElephantDay, we urge Japan's Government to seize an opportunity to make effective legal changes to its species conservation law that would close the market and protect elephants around the world.
Japan is the last major legal ivory market in the world, but with domestic and global calls to end the trade, why doesn't Japan simply shut it down?
August 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Japan is the last major legal ivory market in the world, but with domestic and global calls to end the trade, why doesn't Japan simply shut it down?