by Nnimmo | Apr 18, 2016 | Analysis, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Militarism, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
The Paris Agreement will see to the sinking of Small Island states and the roasting of Africa – a continent uniquely exposed to the vagaries of global warming. Of what use is it for poor vulnerable nations to smile at the cameras, sign up to do things that will...
by Nnimmo | Apr 14, 2016 | Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Culture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth, Stories, Uncategorized
“It’s about grabbing a part of the Earth and placing a mark of ownership on something that actually owns you. It doesn’t add up.” In this interview poet, Earth Defender and Right Livelihood Award Winner Nnimmo Bassey challenges the assumptions...
by Nnimmo | Apr 12, 2016 | Analysis, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Culture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
Oil, Power and A Sign of Hope is a book about oil, speed, corporate power and death. It is not about the oil pollution in the Niger Delta. It is rather about the severe pollution of the ground water in the oil field communities of South Sudan. And the pollution is...
by Nnimmo | Apr 8, 2016 | Analysis, Biosafety, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Culture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Food, Poetry, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
HOME RUN The turmoil in the world has continued with increasing sites of environmental and political conflagrations. As this edition of your Eco-Instigator was going to bed, the world was shocked to hear of the assassination in Honduras of Berta Caceres, the...
by Nnimmo | Apr 5, 2016 | Corporate Capture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Militarism, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
Spill and fire Oil spill at Forcados, February 2016 While no one can say that the Nigerian petroleum resources sector is known for transparency, most would readily agree that it wields a lot of power. The sector has effectively determined the political, economic,...
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