Kenya bans use, manufacture of plastic bags
Post Views: 1,424 The Government of Kenya on Wednesday March 15, 2017 announced a ban on the use, manufacture and
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Marshall Islands ratifies Kigali Agreement
Post Views: 1,480 The Nitijela (parliament) of the Republic of the Marshall Islands gave its approval on Tuesday February 28,
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HFC: Lagos sensitises refrigerator, air-conditioner operators
Post Views: 1,511 The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has organised One-Day seminar for the Nigeria Association of Refrigerator
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Transport sector must accelerate shift to low carbon
Post Views: 1,326 Current and foreseeable policies to mitigate carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions from global transport activity will not suffice to
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Clean-fuel cookstoves may improve cardiovascular health in pregnant women-Study
Post Views: 1,250 A new study conducted by a Chicago, United States based Nigerian medical doctor and his colleagues has
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Mercury: UN to hold first COP on Minamata Convention in Sept.2017
Post Views: 1,560 Three years and two months after the global community adopted the Minamata Convention on mercury, a global
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Nigeria, four others ban Europe’s dirty fuel imports
Post Views: 1,440 Five West African countries namely Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have agreed to ban importation
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Scientists, laureates urge Nobel Prize to divest from fossil fuels
Post Views: 1,356 Nobel Prize winners and scientists have urged the Nobel Foundation to divest its $420 million endowment from
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Scientists urge India to back plan to address pollution crisis as New Delhi chokes
Post Views: 1,333 Scientists and air pollution experts are calling for Indian government officials to back a ten-point plan to
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Group raises alarm over tobacco epidemic as parties meet
Post Views: 1,392 As the seventh Conference of the Parties (COP7) to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) kicks
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