Pollution risks worse for developing world women
Source: United Press International
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-20 13:22:52 -0700 | green-news
Addressing such pollution could save the lives of 6 million women a year...Published: May 20, 2013 at 4:08 PM Standing ankle deep in black oil in a green field in Nigeria, Donna Vorhees was startled not by the pollutant inching...
3 Billion at Risk When Cooking Meals
Source: Epoch Times
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-19 04:11:58 -0700 | green-news
While cooking can be considered a safe practice in most of the Western world, it is a potential lethal activity in other regions. Cooking a meal is the biggest environmental health risk in the world, said Radha Muthiah, executive director...
How the U.S. Government Shills for Monsanto Around the World
Source: Truthdig
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-15 14:49:04 -0700 | green-news
May 15, 2013 Thanks in part to WikiLeaks, we now know that the State Department is acting like a global sales agent for biotech behemoths such as Monsanto. According to a report released Tuesday by Food & Water Watch, American ambassadors are...
China expected to become top importer of rice
Source: China News
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-14 10:36:33 -0700 | green-news
The country's rice imports this year will surge to 3 million metric tons from 2.34 million tons a year ago, according to the report, released by the United States Department of Agriculture. Since 2012, "consumption demand for rice in China...
Natural disasters forced 32 million people from their homes last year
Source: Toronto Star
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-14 03:15:08 -0700 | green-news
Photo Save to mystar More than 32 million people were forced to flee their homes in 2012 because of disasters like floods, storms and earthquakes almost twice as many as in 2011, says a new report. Most disaster-induced displacement was...
Disasters displaced 32.4 million in 2012 — watchdog IMDC
Source: GMA News
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-13 05:37:30 -0700 | green-news
31pm Geneva Natural disasters ranging from floods to earthquakes forced 32.4 million people to flee their homes worldwide last year, watchdog group the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre said Monday...Internally displaced is a label given to individuals who remain in their...
i¿½Super-flyi¿½ threatens i¿½Ramboi¿½ cassava, food security
Source: IRIN
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-07 10:03:36 -0700 | green-news
A tiny, rapidly breeding cyanide-munching insect, dubbed a "super-fly" by scientists, is threatening the food security of millions of Africans...Cassava, a tropical root crop, is the third most important source of calories in the tropics, after rice and maize.
Visit Zoo Boise, save some wildlife
Source: The Idaho Statesman
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-05-03 00:53:51 -0700 | green-news
The facility's director transforms the meaning of a trip to see animals rbarker@idahostatesman.com Every one of Zoo Boise's 325,000 visitors annually commits an act of conservation...In 2008, Zoo Boise became the first in the nation to charge a conservation fee....
Nigeria: Gas Flaring Will End Soon - Niger Delta Minister Vows
Source: Africa Headlines
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-04-29 03:13:18 -0700 | green-news
Calabar Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Peter Orubebe has rekindled hope that gas flaring in the region will soon end. This was contained in a 15-point communique he read to journalists when President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurated a new...
Denver company wins Patent for Humanity award for solar-powered lights
Source: Denver Post
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-04-11 23:30:37 -0700 | green-news
Font Resize Nokero's low-cost solar lights have earned the Denver company a prestigious Patent for Humanity award...Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday announced Nokero as a winner of the award, which honors businesses that use patented technology to bolster global...
Nigeria: Shell Begins Pullout From Ogoniland
Source: Africa Headlines
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-04-11 02:33:03 -0700 | green-news
Shell said in a statement said the process began with bush clearing in the fourth quarter of last year, following series of engagements and consultations with the communities. It is not clear why Shell kept quiet about the decommissioning until...
Earth Day 2013 Coverage Guide
Source: Scoop
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2013-04-10 18:42:38 -0700 | green-news
The first Earth Day took place in 1970 and spawned the modern environmental movement. That national environmental teach-in, when 20 million Americans took to the streets to demand an end to environmental degradation, led directly to the creation of the...
Nigeria Is Forced To Bring Royal Dutch Shell To The Courts Of The UK
Posted by: Larry-Crehore
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2012-07-27 22:52:09 -0700 | green-news
British lawyers representing more than 11,000 Nigerians said negotiation had failed and litigation was the “only option”. An initial hearing is expected at the High Court in London this coming April. The High Court case marks the first time Shell...
Nigeria: Nimasa - Bonga Oil Spill Requires National, International Response
Source: Africa Headlines
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2012-03-01 02:00:06 -0800 | travel-news
Nimasa - Bonga Oil Spill Requires National, International Response John Iwori 30 December 2011 As efforts to clean the recent oil spillage at Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO)'s Bonga Offshore Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel continues, the...
Nigeria: Global Wind Power Investment to Hit U.S.$820 Billion
Source: Africa Headlines
Lagos :: Nigeria | updated 2012-01-22 21:44:25 -0800 | political-news
Global Wind Power Investment to Hit U.S.$820 Billion Chika Amanze-Nwachuku 22 November 2011 Cumulative investment in new wind power capacity will cost a total $820 billion between 2011 and 2017 as wind power now accounts for the majority of the...
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