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Deprivation, Accommodation and Resistance

by Nnimmo | Aug 30, 2019 | Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Culture, Development alternatives, Environment, Policy, Stories

Education on Watery streets. There are some things that are better learned by personal experience than by stories we hear from other persons. However, it is also true that we do not desire to learn or experientially learn everything. There are things we would rather...

Perverse Corporate Investment Benefits

by Nnimmo | Aug 23, 2019 | Alternatives, Analysis, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Development alternatives, Environment, Policy

Let us look at forces that lock in perverse corporate investment benefits. The quality of political leadership of nations is often judged by the volume of corporate investments they are able to attract, or trigger. These investments could be from national or...

Rethink Order on Ogoni Oil

by Nnimmo | Mar 18, 2019 | Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Dirty Energy, Environment, Militarism, Policy, Uncategorized

Government Should Withdraw the Order for Resumption of Oil Exploitation in Ogoni Land. The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and We the People notes with alarm and unease the recent memo reportedly originating from the Presidency and addressed to the Group...

Between Truth and Falsehood

by Nnimmo | Mar 8, 2019 | Alternatives, Analysis, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Culture, Development alternatives, Environment, Policy, Stories

Fabulous Fake Music (or When Fake is Real). The need to deepen the interrogation of the current tensions between truth and falsehood cannot be overemphasised. With the rise of fake news and alternative facts, reality has come to be doubted. What is real could turn out...

Dying for Pieces of Copper

by Nnimmo | Jan 16, 2019 | Alternatives, Analysis, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Environment, Food, Policy, Stories

Of the ten most toxic places on earth, three are found in Africa. They are: the Niger Delta, the mining communities of Kabwe in Zambia and the Agbogbloshie dumpsite in Ghana. While Kabwe ranks as number five on the list, Agbogbloshie stands at the tenth spot. The...

A Call For Climate Common Sense

by Nnimmo | Dec 16, 2018 | Analysis, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Development alternatives, Dirty Energy, Environment

As the world hurtles towards climate catastrophe, the prime suspects keeping the world on this track are busy blocking negotiations aimed at tackling the problem. Climate crimes are not merely the ones already visible, they include the ones that will unfold, they...
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