In a letter delivered to House Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Schumer today, more than 400 scientists and health professionals urged Congress to reject the energy permitting reform bill released yesterday by Senator Joe Manchin. The letter cites grave public…
AIR POLLUTION: LSMOH Partners LASEPA, UrbanBetter on Clean Air Campaign
September 7 is International Day of Clean Air Air Pollution remains the most insidious disease causing factor globally In its bid to protect the Lagos state environment and the welfare of residents, the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) and…
#WorldCleanAirDay: C21st to participate in #Cityzens4CleanAir campaign
C21st Programme Assistant selected as RUN Leader in Lagos September 7 is annual World Clean Air Day Breathing clean air is fundamental human right The Centre For 21st Century Issues (C21st), has joined the rest of the world to raise…
Shell: We are Investigating Peremabiri Oil Spill in Bayelsa
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) on Monday, September 5, 2022, said it was investigating a report of an oil spill from its asset at Ogboinbiri in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. An operational mishap…
Oyo Govt begins new waste management operation, Group kicks
In a bid to address the menace of improper waste disposal in Ibadan, Oyo State capital and its environs, the state government has flagged off an intensive door-to-door waste evacuation operation. Mr Adey Adewuyi, the Waste Management Consultant in the…
Ukraine’s Nuclear Power Plant loses connection link once again
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has once again lost the connection to its last remaining main external power line, but the facility is continuing to supply electricity to the grid through a reserve line, the International Atomic Energy Agency…
Bayelsa Community calls for urgent intervention in continuous oil spillage
The Peremabiri community in Bayelsa on Friday decried the continuous unattended oil spillage in the area. Mr Return Koma, Chairman, Peremabiri Community Development Committee, decried this in a statement to newsmen in Yenagoa. According to him, a petroleum development company has been insensitive over…
Air Pollution Kills Millions Every Year: Action Needed
An estimated seven million people die every year from indoor and outdoor air pollution. That’s more than died from Covid-19 over the last two years. Often invisible, air pollution receives little attention compared with other public health emergencies, but the threats to health are every bit as real
Crude Oil Theft: Figures Claimed By NUPRC, NNPC and Stakeholders are Outrageous, And Impractical – Chief Of Naval Staff
There is a significant miscalculation in determining how much Nigeria is losing in terms of oil theft because oil losses due to other factors are often lumped together as theft. Meaning that the figures given by Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission…
Lagos loses 22,500 children to air pollution in 2021 – LASEPA
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) says that 22,500 children died from air pollution in the state in 2021. It stated that the figure was 75 per cent of 30,000 people who died in 2021 in the state due to the…
