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350Africa lauds NedBank’s withdrawal from coal

NedBank, one of Africa’s largest financial services provider, officially ended its financing of coal-burning electricity projects after years of campaigning from local groups. With the public release of its...

admin - April 5, 2019

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No new gas policy without zero flare, says NNPC

The Group Managing Director, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, says no new gas project will be approved without zero gas flare modalities. Baru disclosed...

admin - April 3, 2019

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EU lawmakers to vote on single-use plastic ban

The European Union is expected to ban single-use plastic products, a growing problem in the world’s oceans, after a vote by EU lawmakers on Wednesday, March...

admin - March 27, 2019

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Government urged not to resume oil exploration in Ogoniland

A resolution by the Nigeria government to resume oil exploration in Ogoni, River State, has attracted the attention of a team of activists, who...

admin - March 19, 2019

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China to host World Environment Day 2019 on air pollution

Head of Chinese delegation, Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment, and Joyce Msuya, Acting Head of UN Environment, on Friday, March 15, 2019 jointly...

admin - March 15, 2019

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Russia to probe environmental impact of Lake Baikal bottling plant

Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 promised a government inspection of a water-bottling plant under construction at Lake Baikal that has raised...

Michael Simire - March 12, 2019

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Urgent action needed to tackle chemical pollution, says UN

Countries will not meet the internationally agreed goal to minimise the adverse impacts of chemicals and waste by 2020, meaning that urgent action is required to...

admin - March 11, 2019

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Group seeks review of remediation techniques for Ogoni cleanup

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), has appealed to the Federal Government to revisit the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report on Ogoniland...

admin - March 7, 2019

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