GAIA is a worldwide alliance of more than 800 grassroots groups, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in over 90 countries whose ultimate vision is a just, toxic-free world without incineration.
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We are hiring: Asia Pacific Climate and Clean Energy (CCE) Campaigner
GAIA is a worldwide alliance of more than 800 grassroots groups, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in over 90 countries whose ultimate vision is a just, toxic-free world without incineration. Find out more here: www.no-burn.org. Many countries...
read moreWe are hiring: Climate and Zero Waste Finance Associate
GAIA is a worldwide alliance of more than 800 organizations and individuals in over 90 countries working for justice and a world without waste. We see waste, plastics, and their resulting pollution as a symptom of a larger, profit-driven extractive economy, and we...
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Green groups to Nestlé: “Own up, pay up, clean up your act!”
MANILA, Philippines (April 10, 2019) — A day before Nestlé’s Annual General Meeting, over a hundred activists belonging to the global #breakfreefromplastic movement trooped to Nestlé’s Philippine headquarters today to demand accountability for...
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Burning Plastic? Industrial Waste? EPA Guts The Clean Air Act
New EPA loophole threatens community health, the climate, and local economies by allowing waste burning along with coal
Concrete Troubles: A GAIA and CEM report about emissions from cement plants in India
In 2010, the Indian Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) released the “Guidelines on Co-processing in Cement/Power/Steel Industry” which gave an official sanction for co-incineration of industrial and municipal wastes in cement plants. This directive will effectively allow cement plants across India to incinerate a range of hazardous, post-production waste from manufacturing and a variety of post consumer municipal waste.
Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire
New EPA loophole threatens community health, the climate, and local economies by allowing waste burning along with coal
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