ENVIRONMENT

Chevron announced an agreement to join the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD). Chevron’s involvement aims to help support GCMD’s efforts to develop potentially scalable lower carbon technologies – including those that enable the use of ammonia as a maritime fuel – and the commercial means to enable their adoption. The GCMD is an independent, non-profit organization, established with support ...

The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, said its investigations have shown a rising spate of oil spills caused by sabotage and theft. NOSDRA, in a statement in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, indicated that three incidents investigated within the past few days were traced to sabotage. According to the statement signed by ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said it will be committing $100 billion to tackle climate change challenges in Nigeria and other developing economies. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, who disclosed this yesterday in her opening remarks at the World Government Summit, said a good start would be for advanced economies to meet (or exceed) the goal of providing $100 ...

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has commended the Akwa Ibom State Government over its lawsuit against ExxonMobil Producing Unlimited to stop the multinational corporation from divesting its onshore and shallow offshore assets in the state without the consent of the government and people of the state. In a statement issued from its international headquarters in Benin ...

The Federal Government has warned that it would no longer condone any form of criminality on the nation’s oil and gas facilities and installations, saying that crude oil thieves, pipeline vandals and illegal refiners have their days numbered. The warning came from the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva; Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor and ...

The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), on Tuesday assured of speedy completion of ongoing clean-up of the Ogoni land in honour of the memories of the Ogoni 13 freedom fighters. Project Coordinator, HYPREP, Dr Ferdinand Giadom, who gave the assurance to journalists in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, said the 13 Ogoni martyrs would be the first consideration in all decisions ...

The Federal Government, alongside European Union and Germany, yesterday in Abuja, released the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) targeting to address bottlenecks in the renewable energy sector and enable the country to meet the targets of adding 9,000 megawatts of electricity to the national grid through the renewable sector before 2030. The document developed by key agencies with critical ...

Leading Energy and infrastructure conglomerate, Sahara Group, has urged developed countries to embark on intentional technological investment in sustainable projects in Africa and other developing economies to enhance global efforts towards achieving a low carbon world. Director, Governance and Sustainability, Sahara Group, Ejiro Gray, said energy access must be a critical part of the ongoing energy transition conversation, especially in ...

Shell in a move to avert disruption of operations has agreed to diague with host communities over the non-execution of electric power project. The four communities include the Kolo-Creek Cluster Development Board in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa on March 8 threatened to ground operations at Shell’s oilfields over the failure to provide them with electricity. The 14- ...

Dr. Giadom is a holder of Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Environmental Geology and Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology, both from the University of Port Harcourt, and Master of Philosophy Degree in Environmental Management from Rivers State University. Dr. Giadom has over 20 years of experience in the conduct of impact assessment and baseline studies of Brownfields and Greenfields, ...