Pollution

Pollution

HOMEF urges pollution free environment in advocacy visits to govt agencies

The Niger Delta is home to one of the largest mangrove forests in the world and doubles as the region with the largest mangrove...
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ERA/FoEN, groups pledge to sustain pressure on HYPREP to deliver on mandate

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has restated the resolve of civil society groups advancing the full implementation of the United...
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Pollution

Foundation trains community members on pollution monitoring in Bayelsa

The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), an environmental rights group, on Saturday, July 15, 2023, trained 80 residents of Ogboibiri, an oil-bearing community...
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HOMEF flays destruction of seized oil tanker, tags incident ‘unacceptable environmental pollution’

The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has frowned at the recent destruction of a vessel containing stolen crude oil, saying that the act...
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Pollution

Tax suspension will make Nigeria dumping ground for plastic waste products – ERA/FoEN, GAIA

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and member organisations of the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) have expressed concern over...
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Plastic tax: Environmental group urges practice of circular economy, EPR

The Association for Environmental impact Assessment of Nigeria (AEIAN) has said that the practice of circular economy and the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) will...
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Nigerians need to do away with culture of single use plastics – Arigbabu

Reacting to the suspension of the excise tax on single use plastics, including plastic containers and bottles by President Bola Tinubu, Mr Sulaimon Arigbabu,...
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Pollution

Dirty air is the second leading cause of death in Africa, after HIV/AIDS

According to Clean Air Fund, a philanthropic initiative tackling global air pollution, the rate of exposure to dirty air is increasing with urbanisation and...
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