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Fossil Fuels : Serial Polluters that Nigeria should abandon
Lagos, February 14. The explosion of the Trinity Spirit Oil vessel, owned by Shebah Exploration & Production Co and managed by Sepcol has caused the death of at least three crew members. Greenpeace Africa offers its condolences to their families, and calls on African leaders to stop supporting the production of fossil fuel poison under…
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Time for Kenyatta to Demonstrate True Leadership on Climate Change Issues; Greenpeace Africa
Nairobi, 07 February 2022: President Kenyatta has been selected to chair the Committee of African Heads of States and government on climate change. In response to these developments, Greenpeace Africa campaigner, Claire Nasike
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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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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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A Global South perspective on COP26
What I saw come out of COP26 was quite frankly a death sentence for our people and the Indigenous communities across the globe. Political leaders and industrial lobbyists, instead of safeguarding our future, used their power to keep dirty business as usual.
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CAMVERT: A recurring nightmare
This illegal project is harmful to the people, to the forest, to biodiversity, to the climate - and to good governance. It only benefits a very small circle of people, including its promoter
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Massive blow for the Wild Coast: Urgent interdict denied
Court refuses to interdict seismic survey on the basis that “irreparable harm” to marine species not proved.
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#SameColonizersDifferentShip.. Seismic Surveys on the Wild Coast..
Only a few days after the Glasgow Climate Crisis meeting was concluded, we had the Amazon Warrior dock in Cape Town harbour. The Amazon Warrior is owned by Shearwater Geoservices, the company Royal Dutch Shell appointed to conduct surveys on their behalf.