by Nnimmo | Mar 12, 2020 | Analysis, Biosafety, Climate Change, Culture, Environment, Governance, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
The world is in the grip of a virus that could change many things. Coronavirus, that tiny, invisible organism, has reminded humans that there are things that are simply not under our control. The virus has attacked the rich and the poor, the powerful and the weak. It...
by Nnimmo | Mar 6, 2020 | Alternatives, Analysis, Climate Change, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Culture, Development alternatives, Dirty Energy, Environment, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
The world has been fatally seduced by petroleum. Multiple oil spills continue unabated in the oilfields of the Niger Delta. While the oil companies claim that they have bettered their sense of responsibility by detecting and remediating oil spill sites, these largely...
by Nnimmo | Feb 28, 2020 | Alternatives, Analysis, Culture, Development alternatives, Environment, Policy, Stories
Let’s look at activism, academia and politics. A conference on the intersection of academics and activism was recently held as part of events marking 40 years of the Right Livelihood Awards. It provided an excellent platform to mingle with ageing activists as well as...
by Nnimmo | Feb 21, 2020 | Analysis, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Culture, Development alternatives, Dirty Energy, Environment, Governance, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth, Stories
Will Ogoni be Cleaned? Recent news making the rounds is that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and their oil company partners, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), Total Exploration and Production of Nigeria (TEPNG) and Nigerian Agip Oil...
by Nnimmo | Feb 6, 2020 | Biosafety, Environment, Food, Policy
The announcement of the nomination of the President of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Agnes Kalibata, as the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General to the 2021 UN Food Summit is very troubling. It is not a shock because of the person of...
by Nnimmo | Jan 23, 2020 | Analysis, Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Culture, Environment, Food, Governance, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth
The tide of GMOs and deadly herbicides creeps on unsuspected consumers as they are literally being ambushed in the night. Twenty countries, including Togo and Malawi, have placed a ban on the use of glyphosate containing herbicides based on health and environmental...
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