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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...

UN observes 1,000 days to MDGs closure

The United Nations and its partners around the world will next week observe the 1,000 days to the end of 2015 – the target...

BRICS and sustainable development worries

When Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, Vladmir Putin of Russia, Manmohan Singh of India, Xi Jinping of China and Jacob Zuma of South Africa met...

Bassey: 20 years of ERA’s struggle

Erstwhile Executive Director of the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), Nnimmo Bassey, has said that the secret of the organisation’s success...

Nwajiuba: How to prepare for 2013 rains

The issue As we approach the rainy season, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) has warned of possible heavy rainfall this year. Last year NIMET also...

Lagos to sink N27b in shoreline protection

The Lagos State Government is to spend a whopping N27 billion to protect choice properties lined along its restive Atlantic Ocean shoreline from Oniru...

Bayelsa backs assessment study of polluted sites

The Bayelsa State Government has announced its readiness to support the commencement of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study of communities devastated by oil...

Worry over level of sensitisation in Niger Delta

An environmental expert and rights activist in the Niger Delta, Alagoa Morris, has expressed dissatisfaction over the level of sensitisation on climate change education in the Niger...

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Reactions as Amazon stocks Jeremy Rifkin’s ‘Planet Aqua’

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Expert wants govt to invest in astronomical research facilities

An Astronomer, Prof. Augustine Chukwude, has called on the Federal Government to invest in acquiring astronomical research facilities to...

Electrifying rural Africa: The role of decentralised power generation

Decentralised power generation - typically based on solar home systems and mini-grids - is the best bet to eradicate...

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