A major boost to Nigeria’s automotive and clean mobility sector is underway as Chinese automotive design firm Launch Design Shanghai and Nigerian electric vehicle manufacturer Hybrid Motors Nigeria have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating electric vehicle (EV)…
Lagos Charges Residents To Participate Fully in Saturday’s Sanitation Exercise
… Says Enough Compactors, Trucks Would Be Provided To For Refuse Lagos State Government on Wednesday charged all residents across the five divisions of the state to stay back at home and participate fully in the monthly environmental sanitation exercise…
Second Nuclear Waste Shipment Arrives in Germany’s Ahaus
The “No nuclear waste in Ahaus” campaign alliance holds a vigil in front of the Ahaus interim storage facility, where the second Castor container of nuclear waste is expected. Credit: David-Wolfgang Ebener/dpa By dpa correspondents A second shipment…
When Water Returns, It Runs to Waste: Tanzania’s Costly Struggle to Fix Leaks in a Thirsty Nation
By Adonis Byemelwa In some areas of Dar es Salaam, water flows down the streets, glistening in the sun, a visible sign for residents that taps are running again after days without. Children wade through it, vendors walk around…
CAPPA Demands Urgent Govt Action Over Abereke Ocean Surge, Oil Spill
Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on the Federal Government and Ondo State Government to take immediate and coordinated action over the escalating environmental and humanitarian crisis in Abereke community, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State,…
Over 13 Million Nigerians Living with Asthma, COPD – Most Undiagnosed, LUTH Expert Warns
More than 13 million Nigerians are currently living with Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), with a significant majority unaware of their condition, according to respiratory health experts. This concern was raised by Obianuju Ozoh, a Professor of Medicine,…
Climate Change Could Kill 10 Times More People in Poor Countries, New Global Study Warns
A new global study has revealed a stark and growing inequality in the impacts of climate change, warning that low- and middle-income countries could account for more than 90 percent of heat-related deaths in the coming decades. The report, released…
Dangote Refinery Delivers Cleaner Air, Healthier Lives with High Quality Fuel – MD
Group Chief Brand and Communications Officer, Dangote Industries Limited, Anthony Chiejina; Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals (DPRP), David Bird, and Head of Administration, DPRP, Musa Bala, during a press conference at the refinery in…
Artificial Intelligence as a Preventive Environmental Control: Implications for Air-Quality and Public Health Protection
By Chinonso Godwin Okoyeaniche Air pollution remains one of the most significant environmental determinants of global disease burden, contributing to millions of premature deaths annually through respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses (World Health Organization, 2023). Traditional air-quality management systems are…
“A Fraudulent Scheme”: New Mexico Sues Texas Oil Companies for Walking Away From Their Leaking Wells
by Mark Olalde, ProPublica, and Nick Bowlin for ProPublica Co-published with Capital & Main The state of New Mexico is accusing three Texas oil executives of orchestrating “a fraudulent scheme” to pocket revenue from hundreds of oil and gas wells in New Mexico and offload…
