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Monthly Archives: January, 2017

Rising number of Americans worried about global warming, study finds

In the wake of a contentious U.S. election and despite the election of a president who has publicly described global warming as a hoax, Americans...

Environment dominates Davos 2017 talks

Environment related issues such as climate change and sustainable development rank high on the agenda at World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week. According...

Future is bright for polluted Niger Delta, says Osinbajo

Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, who is undertaking a series of interactive engagements with oil-producing communities, said on...

Lagos mega city: A paradigm in urban management

Lagos, Nigeria’s former capital city, is in an ambulatory speed to overcome its lost glory. With its new nomenclature as a mega city, Lagos...

U.S. donates $500m to Green Climate Fund

The U.S. State Department in Washington, DC on Tuesday, 17 January, 2017 announced an additional $500 million grant to support the Green Climate Fund...

Rice farmers urged to embrace Benue borrowers’ scheme

Benue farmers have been urged to key into the Federal Government funded Anchor Borrowers Programme in order to close the deficit gap in rice...

China halts coal-fired power plants in bid to curb fossil fuels use

China's energy regulator has ordered 11 provinces to stop over 100 coal-fired power projects, with a combined installed capacity of more than 100 gigawatts,...

Women, youth targeted in Oyo aquamarine mining forum

Local women and youth in Olode community in Oyo State are to be empowered on aquamarine mining, under a programme aimed at ensuring that...

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Ghana’s biosafety authority: Granting GMO import permits to be based on regulations, international best practices

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Stakeholders advocate increased budget to fight impacts of climate change

Stakeholders in the environment sector have called for increased budget allocation to fight the impacts of climate change in...

Domestic ivory markets must not be reopened – EPI Foundation

The EPI Foundation, the secretariat to the 24 African member states of the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI), has expressed...

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