Monthly Archives: November, 2019

Drawbacks of emerging extreme GMO variants – Bassey

Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Nnimmo Bassey, in a presentation at a Media Training on Promoting Nigeria’s Biosafety in Lagos on Tuesday, November 26,...

Forum builds youth climate advocates’ creative capacity

About 25 youth representatives across Nigeria gathered in Lagos on Friday, November 22, 2019 at a forum that set out to build their creative capacity and...

Reps call for water infrastructure audit across Nigeria

The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Water Resources to carry out a comprehensive audit on water infrastructure across the country. This was sequel...

New EU chief promises to fight climate risks

Germany conservative Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 promised to fight the threat of climate change while expanding economic growth as EU lawmakers...

Namibia records 51 poaching cases in 2019

Spokesperson of the Namibia Environment and Tourism Ministry, Romeo Muyunda, on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 said the country recorded 51 poaching incidences since January. Muyunda said that,...

Cross River Assembly constitutes committee on disaster management, human welfare

The Cross River State House of Assembly has constituted a special committee on Humanitarian Crises and Disaster Management. Speaker of the Assembly, Mr Eteng Jonah-Williams, who announced...

Groups call for probe into alleged approval of EIA certificate to Okomu Plc

Some civil society groups, led by the Environmental Rights Actions/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), has called on the Minister for Environment, Dr. Mohammed Mahmoud, to...

From Nigeria to Canada: climate change, youth and a bridge to cross

I was still a child the first time I heard of Canada. This was in 1995, during the controversial execution of the Ogoni-born Nigerian activist, Ken...

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TotalEnergies strikes new oil discovery offshore Congo

Energy major, TotalEnergies, has announced a new hydrocarbon discovery on the Moho license offshore the Republic of Congo, marking...
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Almost half of European freshwater fishes at risk of extinction – IUCN

The updated European Red List of Freshwater Fishes – the most comprehensive assessment in 15 years – reveals little evidence of...

Ottmar Edenhofer re-elected Chair of EU climate advisory board

The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change, which began its second four-year term at the end of March...

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TotalEnergies strikes new oil discovery offshore Congo

Energy major, TotalEnergies, has announced a new hydrocarbon discovery...

Almost half of European freshwater fishes at risk of extinction – IUCN

The updated European Red List of Freshwater Fishes – the most...