Center for Biological Diversity: WASHINGTON Environmental groups sued the United States International Development Finance Corporation, or DFC, today for illegally exempting itself from the Sunshine Act, which requires multi-member federal agencies to open deliberations to the public. The DFC provides billions of dollars in financing each year to international projects, including fracking and environmentally destructive road-building.
WASHINGTON Environmental groups sued the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) today for illegally exempting itself from the Sunshine Act, which requires multi-member federal agencies to open deliberations to the public. The DFC provides billions of dollars in financing each year to international projects, including fracking and environmentally destructive road-building.
The Trump administration exempted the agency from the Sunshine Act in April 2020, despite the fact that the DFC’s predecessor agency, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, or OPIC, was subject to the act. In response to the litigation, the DFC has claimed that the Sunshine Act does not apply to it, meaning DFC is under no obligation to notify and hold public meetings.
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“Ghost nets” from unknown origins drift among the Pacific's currents, threatening sea creatures and littering shorelines with the entangled remains of what
“Ghost nets” from unknown origins drift among the Pacific Ocean’s currents, threatening sea creatures and littering shorelines with the entangled remains of what they kill.
Lost or discarded at sea, sometimes decades ago, this fishing gear continues to wreak havoc on marine life and coral reefs in Hawaii.
Researchers are now conducting detective work to trace this harmful debris back to fisheries and manufacturers, and that requires extensive analysis on vast numbers of ghost nets.
The major concern is that derelict gear, long after it has gone adrift, keeps killing fish and other wildlife such as endangered Hawaiian monk seals, said Drew McWhirter,