ENVIRONMENT

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) on Monday, September 5, 2022, said it was investigating a report of an oil spill from its asset at Ogboinbiri in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. An operational mishap on Aug. 24 at Diebu Creek Flowstation, operated by SPDC, discharged a yet-to-be ascertained volume of crude into the environment. ...

Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba, among other experts, have called for continuous collective efforts and urgent action to safeguard the African continent from climate change. In a statement from the Communication and External Relations Department, African Development Bank (AfDB) on Thursday, September 1, 2022, Ondimba made the call at the 2022 Africa Climate Week which opened in Libreville, Gabon on ...

The Federal Government on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, said plans were underway to build a 2.5 Megawatts (MW) hybrid solar power plant in the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna. This information is contained in a statement issued in Abuja by Mr Iyali Peter, Special Adviser, Media to the Minister of State Power. Peter quoted the Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar ...

…………$10 Billion per Annum till 2060…… Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, departed Abuja for the U.S. to seek global partnerships and support for Nigeria’s recently inaugurated Energy Transition Plan. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. Osinbajo is leading ...

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mallam Mele Kyari, has said that the firm was reducing its carbon footprints by massive reduction in gas flaring in its operations. The pledge is coming against the backdrop of Nigeria’s adoption of 2060 as a suitable date for its net zero transition as African leaders seek ...

Lima on Monday, August 22, 2022, signed a motion calling for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, a global mechanism that aims to explicitly address the source of 86 percent of the CO2 emissions that cause climate change: fossil fuels. fossils. The motion was approved unanimously by all 39 city council members. Fossil fuel pollution from a coal power station Lima councilor, ...

The Shell Petroleum Development Company has discharged five barrels of crude oil from its Trans Niger Pipeline into Bodo community in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State, following an operational failure. This was contained in a report of a Joint Investigation Visit (JIV) signed by the host community, the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, SPDC, and the ...

As the construction of large-scale wind and photovoltaic power bases accelerates, China’s new energy sector is expected to have greater growth potential this year amid efforts to achieve “dual carbon’’ goals. The construction of wind power and photovoltaic base by China Huadian Corporation with a total installed capacity of one million kilowatts is progressing in full swing. The project was ...

Director, Centre for Climate Change and Development at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ebonyi State, Prof. Chuwumerije Okereke, says climate change will cost Nigeria $460 billion by 2050, if action is not taken to mitigate its effects. Okereke made the disclosure on the sidelines of the ninth international Lagos Climate Change Summit held recently in Lagos. ”Climate change is costing ...

Innovative biomass projects across the UK have been awarded £37 million in funding, as the government drives forward its plan to scale up domestic renewable energy. Increasing the growth of elephant grass (miscanthus), farming seaweed off the North Yorkshire coast, and increasing the harvesting capacity for willow are among 12 projects receiving a share of £32 million funding under Phase ...