by Nnimmo | Jul 28, 2016 | Analysis, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Culture, Environment, Food, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth, Stories
Government says the Superhighway is essential as an evacuation route for the proposed deep sea port on the Atlantic coastline. What we are not told is where the goods (or indeed, what goods) would be evacuated to! Will the Superhighway be used to evacuate imported...
by Nnimmo | Jul 28, 2016 | Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
Eco-Defenders Resolve to Monitor Ogoni Clean-Up On the implementation of the clean-up, the consultative meeting noted that the Federal Government has demonstrated significant commitment in commencing the clean-up of Ogoniland in response to the recommendations of the...
by Nnimmo | Jul 26, 2016 | Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Culture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
What can go wrong has gone wrong Environmental monitoring is often carried out to ensure that standards are maintained to ensure environmental and human health. In other words, we monitor to ensure that nothing goes wrong, and so that we detect when anything goes...
by Nnimmo | Jul 25, 2016 | Analysis, Biosafety, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Food, Poetry, Stories
New edition of your Eco-Instigator is here! The second quarter of 2016 was a roller-coaster season. Highlights include the continued struggles to save our last remaining rainforests in the Cross River axis of Nigeria. Threatened communities (Edondon, Okokori, Old and...
by Nnimmo | Jul 14, 2016 | Analysis, Corporate Capture, Culture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Food, Militarism, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
The National Assembly and the Ministry of Petroleum Resources occupy key vantage points to leverage calm in the oil fields of the Niger Delta. They can make this happen by having communities take their place as true stakeholders in the management of oil revenues. This...
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