Tag:Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN)

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Bayelsa community laments as Conoil spill leaves trail of dead fish

Three months after an oil spill that occurred from a facility operated by the Consolidated Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited (Conoil) in Sangana Community,...

Michael Simire - January 3, 2021

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Fresh oil spill reported from Agip’s Ogboinbiri Well 7 in Bayelsa

Still smarting from an extensive crude oil spill that polluted their swamps and river around May/June 2020, residents of Ogboinbiri community in Apoi Clan...

Michael Simire - December 13, 2020

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Fresh oil spill in Bayelsa pollutes creek, communities

Officials of the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) have disclosed that what looks like an extensive oil spill occurred in the...

Michael Simire - November 30, 2020

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ERA/FOEN, four others advocate sustainable energy in Africa

The need to reduce climate obstacles and other environmental issues within the mother earth of Africa has been recently opted for by five strategic...

Michael Simire - November 23, 2020

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25 years after Ogoni 9: A legacy of environmental justice struggles – ERA

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) marks the 25th anniversary of the killing of Ken Saro-Wiwa and his Ogoni eight activist...

Michael Simire - November 10, 2020

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ERA urges govt to diversify resources to promote renewable energy

The Nigerian government has been told to diversify national energy sources to encourage state and non-state actors to develop mini-grid and off-grid solar energy...

Michael Simire - October 29, 2020

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Why we side with victims of Shell’s Bayelsa oil spill, by group

Comrade Alagoa Morris, Head, Bayelsa Office of the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) at a media session themed: “Resisting Regulatory Capture” on...

Michael Simire - October 22, 2020

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