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Improving Greenhouse Gas Accounting: Recommendations for the world’s newest development finance institution

Appropriately addressing climate change represents ground zero for any development institution to be effective today and in the future. To be the best institution that it can be, the DFC must comprehensively integrate the climate emergency into its core functioning.

Petition for Judicial Review

Petition for judicial review of agency action and associated environmental review, regarding Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Comments on Kampachi Farms Permit

The EPA must address impacts to human health and the environment and endangered and threatened species, concerns regarding red tide, and threats from increasingly intense storms in the region.

Holmes Beach, FL Resolution Opposing Marine Finfish Aquaculture in Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Offshore aquaculture will put Florida's environment, beaches, marine resources and local economies at risk; therefore, the Holmes Beach Mayor and City Commission express its opposition to these activities.

Comments on FARTF Outline

The draft outline makes clear that the federal government’s current focus is on efficiency and predictability for aquaculture industry participants and investors.

Comments on Draft NSPFA Outline

The draft outline – titled “Ensuring Sustainable and Responsible Aquaculture Production in the United States” – fails to acknowledge the socio-economic, public health, and environmental problems associated with marine finfish aquaculture.

Adding Fuel to the Fire: Export Credit Agencies and Fossil Fuel Finance

The Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) of G20 countries continue to be a significant source of support for fossil fuel projects around the world.

Dirty Secrets in Pallone’s “Clean Energy” Plan

This framework should really be called the Dirty Future Act. In every way possible, Pallone’s proposal fails to address the climate crisis, which is extremely disappointing considering the congressman considers himself to be an environmental leader.

Velella Epsilon Offshore Aquaculture Facility

The proposed Velella Epsilon project is an offshore fish farm that involves the concentrated cultivation of finfish in net pens, pods and cages. These industrial ocean fish farms allow free exchange between the cage and surrounding ecosystem.

OPIC Rovuma LNG Comments

OPIC and its successor, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), aim to provide finance in order to alleviate poverty, but it remains unclear how Rovuma LNG will actually accomplish this.