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The silent long term killer: Toxic pesticides in Kenya’s food
The use of pesticides to produce food has spurred a debate between the pro pesticides and the anti pesticides groups in Kenya. The point of contention is the proposed ban on toxic pesticides currently used in food production in Kenya.
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Book excerpt: Education for girls is essential for climate justice
Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate is fast becoming a formidable voice in the climate movement. She has shared with us an excerpt from her new book, A Bigger Picture: My Fight to Bring a New African Voice to the Climate Crisis, in which she discusses the impact African women and girls can have on solving…
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In the Ebo forest, the Oscars isn’t Dicaprio’s
This opinion piece was originally published on Al Jazeera
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Food, Water and Pasture Before Politics: Greenpeace
Nairobi, 24 January 2022: In response to recent media reports that prolonged drought and hunger have been ravaging Northern parts of Kenya leading to loss of livestock and lives, Greenpeace Africa Food campaigner, Claire Nasike has said:
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Greenpeace calls for global treaty to include the whole life cycle of plastics
In February 2022, national governments and multinationals will gather for the next session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.2)
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Major victory for Wild Coast communities: Shell interdicted from conducting seismic operations with immediate effect
28 December 2021: Today the Grahamstown High Court in Makhanda ordered Shell to immediately cease its seismic blasting along South Africa’s Wild Coast, while ordering Shell and the Minister of…
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Wild Coast interdict: Appeal filed against first Shell judgement
rgent interim-interim interdict against Shell to prevent the fossil fuel company from commencing seismic blasting along South Africa’s Wild Coast filed an application for leave to appeal the judgement made against them on 3 December 2021.
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Congo forests: Indigenous communities at the heart of the process
Either we make tropical forests the giant carbon sink that will help save the planet, or we destroy them and release the estimated 10 billion tons of carbon dioxide from these forests and, hello...climate bomb!
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Eskom air pollution decision: South Africans can safely breathe a sigh of relief
“Thanks to the National Air Quality Officer’s decision to reject Eskom’s application to postpone complying with air quality legislation, South Africans can safely breathe a sigh of relief."
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Will the courts stop Shell in the Wild Coast? Second urgent hearing to take place this week
MAKHANDA -- On Friday, 17 December, the Grahamstown High Court in Makhanda will hear arguments in application of an urgent interdict against Shell’s seismic survey along South Africa’s Wild Coast.
