A global treaty that seeks to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury has from today, August 16, come into force. Ghana’s environmental group, Abibiman...
Four Nigerian women are taking legal action in the Dutch courts against Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell accusing it of complicity in the 1990s executions of their husbands by the Nigerian military,...
Under a leaden sky in oil-rich southern Nigeria, young men hang around with nothing to do, covering their noses from the noxious fumes of the polluted swamp. The sight in Bodo, some 40 kilometres (25...
A rare Afghan marsh that was once a royal hunting ground is set to come under the official protection of the UN environment agency, with the aim of saving hundreds of migratory bird species. On the...
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation on Tuesday called on Ghanaians to segregate waste to aid easy recycling that would ensure a green...
The Nigerian city of Port Harcourt used to be known as "The Garden City" because of its soaring palm trees and green open spaces. But since late last year, black soot has been falling from the sky,...
Latest: Dangers posed by the littering of plastic bags and surface mining (galamsey) I had wanted to wait until you had been sworn in before addressing this letter to you. But the “Ayarigasation”...
A UK High Court ruling that two Niger Delta communities devastated by oil spills cannot have their claims against Shell heard in the UK could rob them of justice and allow UK multinationals to commit...
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) says Ghana is likely to miss out on the January 2017 deadline for the reduction of sulphur content in diesel from 3,300 parts per million (ppm) to 50 ppm....
Africa faces a surge in internal and cross-border migration in the coming years due to increased climate change and its impact on life and livelihood. According to the United Nations Environment...
This year’s U. N. climate change conference may not be as impassioned as last year’s in Paris, where more than 100 heads of states attended to ensure that a sweeping agreement was sealed, but the...
The United Nations Environment Programme, (UNEP), has ruled out possible job losses in an attempt to reconfigure national refineries to meet acceptable standards for sulphur contents for diesel....
My dear reader, this article is characterized with a long digression because it is more or less a commentary on James Karuga’s (a freelance Reuter journalist) article. If heaven was to be an...
Indiscriminate destruction of biodiversity across the country spurred the Vice-Chancellor of University of Uyo and Shell Professorial Chair on Biodiversity and Climate Change, Professor Kingsley...
President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled his visit to Ogoni land in Rivers state.
The president was scheduled to travel to the state to inaugurate the process of cleaning up the area.
Although no...
