Tag: pollution
Ogoni clean-up: FG achieves remediation of 635 hectares of contaminated shorelines Environment
By Vivian EmoniThe Federal Government says it has achieved remediation of 635 hectares of contaminated shorelines covering about 2,196 intertidal in Ogoniland, Rivers State.The...
Secondary School Students Dazzle Engineers at NSE Ota Maiden STEM Competition, Win Prizes
By Isqil Najim and Ade BajomoThe Maiden Edition of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Competition for Secondary Schools organized by the Nigerian Society...
Environmental crisis: FG seeks UN interventions on Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project
By Vivian Emoni
The Federal Government has called on the United Nations (UN) to assist in addressing Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) and Great Green...
Study reveals sunlight can help dissolve oil into seawater
by Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionThe 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill was the largest marine oil spill in United States history. The disaster was caused...
Indonesia’s capital is sinking, polluted and now moving
By EDNA TARIGAN and NINIEK KARMINItodayJakarta is congested, polluted, prone to earthquakes and rapidly sinking into the Java Sea. Now the government is leaving,...
Soot: Rivers declares 19 kingpins of bunkering, illegal refineries wanted
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared 19 persons wanted for operating illegal crude oil refining sites responsible for the soot pandemic in the...