by Nnimmo | Feb 17, 2017 | Environment, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
System Change will not be Negotiated[1] — We frequently hear calls for system change at public mobilisations, in conference halls and even in negotiation halls. The calls come as slogans, they come in anger and they come as a strong rebuke to the systemic...
by Nnimmo | Feb 9, 2017 | Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Dirty Energy, Environment, Militarism, Policy
Dark clouds over Port Harcourt. The air in parts of Port Harcourt has been darkened by soot over the past few months, raising a cloud of concerns about the attendant health impacts. Citizens in parts of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, are getting worried about the air...
by Nnimmo | Feb 7, 2017 | Biosafety, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Culture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Food, Militarism, Poetry, Policy, Stories
The year 2016 ran through so rapidly. And just as well. It had a store of horrors – extreme exploitation of nature’s re-sources, wars and repression, massive pollution, deforestation and unconscionable climate inaction. Will these let up in 2017? While you...
by Nnimmo | Feb 7, 2017 | Culture, Environment, Food, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth, Stories
The Long, winding Superhighway. The controversy surrounding the 260 km Superhighway proposed by the Cross River State government (CRSG) of Nigeria will not go away. Notably, the bulldozing of forests, farmlands and sundry properties commenced last year without an...
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