Monthly Archives: January, 2020

8m farmers to benefit from NIRSAL’s geo-clusters scheme

The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) says eight million farmers will benefit from its 16,000 Geo-Clusters Scheme across the country. Mr Aliyu Abdulhameed,...

Trump proposes change to environmental rules to speed up highway projects, pipelines

President Donald Trump of the United States on Thursday, January 9, 2020 proposed fundamental changes to 50-year-old regulations in an effort to speed up new mines,...

Article refutes claim that e-cigarettes are safer than cigarettes

An article <https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305424> published on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) conclusively refutes the now too often-repeated erroneous claim that e-cigarettes...

Lagos to ban single-use plastics

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) says it is set to ban all single-use plastics within its premises from January 13, 2020. General Manager, LASEPA, Dr...

South African president urged to respond to worsening drought

President Cyril Ramaphosa must take drastic steps to cope with a worsening drought that has gripped large parts of the country, opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) said...

UN places Zimbabwe among 15 global hotspots suffering food insecurity

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has placed Zimbabwe among 15 global hotspots at risk of deteriorating further into crisis if there is no rapid response...

Australians protest over climate change policy as bushfires rage

Thousands of Australians took to the streets on Friday, January 10, 2020 to protest government inaction on climate change, as bushfires ravage large swathes of the...

Australia urges quarter of a million to flee as winds fan huge bushfires

Australia urged nearly a quarter of a million people to evacuate their homes on Friday, January 10, 2020 and prepared military backup as authorities said the...

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Cobalt producer admits toxic emissions spikes, DR Congo announces inspection

Following the release of the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and PremiCongo’s groundbreaking report Toxic Transition, and allegations that the world’s...
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Group lists three steps govts can take to cut energy bills

As volatile energy prices continue to spike, driven in part by geopolitical instability and gas market shocks, governments face...

Environmentalists kick as US agrees to pay TotalEnergies $1bn to drop offshore wind project

The Trump administration will pay $1 billion (€860 million) to the French energy giant TotalEnergies SE to walk away...

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Cobalt producer admits toxic emissions spikes, DR Congo announces inspection

Following the release of the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)...

Group lists three steps govts can take to cut energy bills

As volatile energy prices continue to spike, driven in...