Environmental Investigation Agency US

10/12/2026

For thousands of years, the Ahtna Athabascan people have lived along the rivers of Alaska’s Cook Inlet watershed.

This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we’re learning from the Chickaloon Native Village’s work to restore fish habitat and protect the salmon runs that sustain their community. By restoring rivers and advocating for healthy upstream fish populations, their work helps support the endangered Cook Inlet belugas downstream, which depend on abundant prey to survive.

Indigenous knowledge and leadership are essential to safeguarding these waters, and the wildlife and communities that call them home. Learn more about their work: https://ow.ly/y2kn50ZWO3N

10/06/2026

Last week, 3 Cook Inlet belugas were found dead. Every death matters for this critically endangered population. Necropsies (animal autopsies) and research need sustained federal support so we can better assess beluga whale health and understand why they are struggling to recover. https://ow.ly/h8Rw50ZV7G6

Two of the belugas have been towed to shore for further investigation, but one has yet to come ashore. NOAA Fisheries is asking for anyone that sees the whale to call their 24-hour hotline.

09/25/2026

EIA applauds the Dutch authorities’ seizure of more than 375 tonnes of suspected illegal azobé timber from Gabon. This dense hardwood is used in bridges, lock gates, railway sleepers, and waterfront structures - but illegal logging in source countries raises significant risks for European importers.

With new EUDR requirements starting on 30 December 2026, Gabon must roll out its new national timber traceability system, the SNTBG, developed with EIA’s support, nationwide. The system requires that all Gabonese timber operators register every step in their supply chains using the SNTBG mobile application, providing real-time traceability and GPS tracks back to the origin, allowing exporters to prove where their wood came from and meet EU requirements.

Read the article: https://ow.ly/IKe750ZRCrr

Read more about our traceability and transparency work in Gabon:https://ow.ly/cMK150ZRCrp

Dutch authorities have seized 375 tons of illegally sourced tropical hardwood from an importer. The azobé wood came from Gabon, but the importer could not demonstrate that the trees had been legally felled, according to the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA).The NVWA’s ...

09/25/2026

A new report from the Mazingira Pour Tous Consortium provides further evidence of the pollution and public health crisis facing communities living near Tenke Fungurume Mining in southern DRC. The report echoes the findings of the Toxic Transition investigation published by EIA and PremiCongo in March of this year.

The research from Resource Matters and Mazingira Pour Tous found dangerously high sulfur dioxide levels, up to 3.7X the World Health Organization’s 10-minute threshold, near TFM’s 30K plant, alongside widespread respiratory and eye symptoms, in the Manomapia community in the DRC.

These findings reinforce the urgent need for action to protect communities living with the impacts of industrial mining.

Read the report from the Mazingira Pour Tous Consortium: https://ow.ly/e0tv50ZRaYg

Read our Toxic Transition report: https://eia.org/report/toxic-transition/

Pollution de l’air à Fungurume : Manomapia suffoque sous l’usine 30K? Publié le 21 septembre 2026 Rapport Lualaba Pollution environnementale Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM) Mazingira pour Tous - rapport pollution TFM (PDF) Partenaires associés Mazingira pour tous L’usine 30K de Tenke Fungurume...

09/24/2026

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Shipping noise disrupts marine life. Today and every day, EIA is pushing for maritime policy to become meaningful action. We advocate for binding, enforceable measures to make our oceans quieter to protect vulnerable species. Learn more about our work https://ow.ly/wJ2X50ZRePN

09/22/2026

EIA’s Rhino Campaign works to disrupt the illegal trade in rhino horn and strengthen policies that will reduce rhino poaching and illegal trade. Learn more about our work https://ow.ly/fuv950ZQhYh

09/16/2026

This , we celebrate nearly 40 years of the Montreal Protocol and 10 years of its Kigali Amendment, demonstrating what sustained global cooperation can achieve in protecting the ozone layer and the climate. But securing the full benefits of this landmark treaty requires continued vigilance and action to prevent illegal trade in these harmful substances.

EIA’s latest Illegal Trade Bulletin looks back at decades of our investigations that exposed the global black market in ozone-depleting substances (ODS) and the lessons they hold for the ongoing hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) phase-down.

From mislabeling and fraudulent documentation to the exploitation of transit routes and weaknesses in national controls, EIA’s investigations have shown how smugglers adapt their methods.

Strong enforcement against illegal trade and emissions of harmful substances is critical to keep the ozone layer on its path to recovery and deliver the climate benefits of the Kigali Amendment. The Montreal Protocol has shown what global cooperation can accomplish. We must apply the lessons learned over the past four decades to safeguard these achievements in the years ahead.

Read Issue 11 of EIA’s Illegal Trade Bulletin: https://eia.org/blog/illegal-trade-bulletin-issue-11/.

09/04/2026

This National Wildlife Day, we are celebrating the incredible wildlife that makes our planet so extraordinary.

We all know rhinos, elephants, and belugas to be icons of the natural world. While they are vital to healthy ecosystems, they continue to face devastating threats from poaching, the illegal wildlife trade, and human pressures.

Today and every day, EIA is working to protect elephants, rhinos, and Cook Inlet belugas. Help us continue this work by donating today to support our efforts to protect these species and the places they call home. https://ow.ly/ckmQ50ZJBH8

08/28/2026

EIA has been working with Code4Nature and our Liberian civil society partners LICSATDUN, CS-IFM, and MFGAP to develop and implement a transparent traceability system to track chainsaw-milled timber from community forests to domestic markets in the nation’s capital, Monrovia.

This work shows how simple mobile app technology can bring effective transparency and traceability at a low cost, even in remote and complicated environments. Systems like these are an essential first step towards bringing inclusive forest governance to empower local communities to manage and protect their precious forest resources.

Many thanks to the UK government and EFI for their ongoing support for this important work! Learn more about this exciting project here: https://interactive.eia.org/tracing-timber-in-liberia/

08/12/2026

that EIA investigative insights contributed to the 1989 ban on international ivory trade? While the world has made great strides to protect elephants since then, domestic ivory markets continue to fuel poaching by keeping demand for their tusks alive.

This , learn more about our efforts to push Japan - the world's last remaining major domestic ivory market - to finally join the rest of the world in protecting elephants by shutting down the trade: https://www.stopjapanivorytrade.org/