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Yearly Archives: 2016

Smart City Lagos: Necessity of the time (2)

In my previous article published in EnviroNews Nigeria edition of Sunday, June 26, 2016, I touched on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between...

Save Great Barrier Reef, Australian leader, Turnbull, told

A group of civil society leaders from India to the USA on Wednesday 29 June, 2016 called in an open letter to the Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, to...

Lagos urged to shift stand on water privatisation

Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has asked the Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Obasa Mudashiru, to side with Lagos...

Why biosafety law should be repealed, GMOs permits overturned, by activists

Activists Nnimmo Bassey (Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation – HOMEF), Mariann Bassey-Orovwuje (Food Sovereignty Manager/Coordinator ERA/FoEN and FoE International) and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (Convener...

Greenpeace demands retailer’s total commitment to renewable energy

Greenpeace on Tuesday made a formal marriage proposal to Pick n Pay, calling on the retailer to commit to a 100% renewable energy future, and...

Carbon emissions from 2015 fires in Southeast Asia greatest since 1997

A new study of the forest and peatland fires that burned across maritime Southeast Asia in 2015 has found that the carbon emissions were the largest...

Controversial Peruvian amazon palm plantation up for sale

The Melka group has unveiled plans to sell off controversial oil palm plantations in the Peruvian amazon. Public auctions will be held in Lima,...

Solar aircraft completes Atlantic Ocean crossing

Solar Impulse, a zero-fuel aircraft powered entirely by the sun, made history last Thursday morning by completing its crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. It...

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SPP inaugurates review panel to strengthen Second Subnational Climate Governance Ranking Process

The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP)inaugurated a Review Panel on July 8, 2025, to review the methodology and...
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Building a resilient future: Climate action & community empowerment

Keynote address delivered by Nnimmo Bassey, Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), at the 3rd Niger Delta Climate...

From ridges to reefs, small island states lead with big environmental moves

From rising seas to disappearing forests, the world’s small island developing states are facing some of the fiercest fallout...

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SPP inaugurates review panel to strengthen Second Subnational Climate Governance Ranking Process

The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP)inaugurated a Review...

Building a resilient future: Climate action & community empowerment

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