Pollution

Pollution

LASWA, group sensitise Badagry on plastic pollution

The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) on Saturday, June 10, 2023, sensitised boat operators and residents of Badagry on the menace of plastic pollution...
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Activists react as wildfire smoke shuts down US schools, cancels games

Smoke from Canadian wildfires on Thursday, June 8, 2023, drifted south, blanketing cities in thick, yellow haze along the US East coast that has forced...
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Nigeria begins zero fossil energy emission regime – NEPZA

The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) says the licencing of Deep Blue Industrial Park in Lagos begins a regime of zero fossil energy...
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NOSDRA, stakeholders move to tackle oil spill menace

The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has called on stakeholders in the petroleum industry to take measures that would prevent oil...
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Association lists conditions to end plastic pollution, campaigner seeks legislation to regulate use

The Association for Environmental Impact Assessment of Nigeria (AEIAN) has listed four conditions to end plastic pollution in the country. Prof. Ijeoma Vincent-Akpu, AEIAN’s President,...
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World Environment Day: UNFPA calls for end to plastic pollution

The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has called for an end to environmental plastic pollution. The information is in a statement issued on Wednesday, June 7,...
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Sterling One Foundation, partners, seek collaborative action to end plastic pollution

Sterling One Foundation and its partners on Monday, June 5, 2023, called for collaborative action to end plastic pollution in the country. Mrs Olapeju Ibekwe,...
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Japan sends seawater into tunnel built for Fukushima nuke wastewater discharge

Japan has started sending seawater into an underwater tunnel built to release nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power...
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Mixed compliance greets sanitation exercise as Lagos introduces incentives for cleanest council

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