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Super Evacuation Highway

Super Evacuation Highway

by Nnimmo | July 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 t

Eco-Defenders Resolve to Monitor Ogoni Clean-up

Eco-Defenders Resolve to Monitor Ogoni Clean-up

by Nnimmo | July 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 Ogon

What can go wrong has gone wrong

What can go wrong has gone wrong

by Nnimmo | July 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 wron

Eco-Instigator #12’s Home Run

Eco-Instigator #12’s Home Run

by Nnimmo | July 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. Th

The Gap Between Solid Minerals and Oil

The Gap Between Solid Minerals and Oil

by Nnimmo | July 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 stak

GMOs Threaten our Food Security and Food Sovereignty

GMOs Threaten our Food Security and Food Sovereignty

by Nnimmo | July 11, 2016 | Analysis, Biosafety, Climate/Ecological Crimes, Corporate Capture, Culture, Food, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth

GMOs Threaten our Food Security GMOs do not necessarily yield higher than natural crops. They promote monocultures and will promote land grabbing and thus displace and impoverish small scale farmers. GMOs depend on toxic

What the Nigerian National Confab Agreed on Biosafety and GMOs

What the Nigerian National Confab Agreed on Biosafety and GMOs

by Nnimmo | July 1, 2016 | Analysis, Biosafety, Corporate Capture, Environment, Food, Policy, Rights of Nature/Mother Earth

During the 2014 Nigerian National Conference (Confab), three committees made recommendations with regard to handling of Biosafety in Nigeria and with particular reference to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). As at t