Tag:environmental justice

Pollution

Reps seek justice, livelihoods restoration for oil spill impacted communities

House of Representatives Committee on Host Communities says it is now poised to discharge its responsibility to communities affected by oil spills. Part of the...

Michael Simire - April 29, 2021

Human Welfare

Nnimmo Bassey: Environmental justice and right to life

At the Health of Mother Earth Foundation’s (HOMEF) second School of Ecology in 2021, Nnimmo Bassey, the HOMEF Director, says in this treatise that...

Michael Simire - April 6, 2021

Cover

Understanding environmental justice crucial for change, says HOMEF

The concept of environmental justice deserves clear understanding to ensure that actions taken to correct environmental harms do not inadvertently generate more problems. Health of...

Michael Simire - April 1, 2021

Cover

Forum explores implications of polluters’ judgment for environmental justice

Over the last six decades the Niger Delta region of Nigeria has been immersed in extensive environmental pollution from the activities of oil and...

Michael Simire - February 24, 2021

Gender

Forum explores narratives on environmental justice for Niger Delta women

“Community women bear the brunt of environmental cost of the relationship and transactions between large corporations and community leaders and government to explore and...

Michael Simire - December 30, 2020

Sustainable Devpt

Ojo: Tackling nation’s environmental, social dilemma

The Federal Government has been asked to establish an independent National Environmental Tribunal (INET) to try and resolve all environmental justice cases that are...

Michael Simire - April 4, 2013