Fungi and plants clean up California pollution
Los Angeles — In an industrial wasteland in Los Angeles, Kreigh Hampel is uprooting California buckwheat with a pitchfork... Read more
31 May, 2023
Plastic pollution: treaty talks get into the nitty-gritty
Paris — French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday warned that global plastics pollution was a “time bomb”, as diplomats began... Read more
29 May, 2023
Out of Nile, into tile: Young Egyptians battle plastic plague
Cairo – Entrepreneurial young Egyptians are helping combat their country’s huge plastic waste problem by recycling junk-food wrappers, water... Read more
18 Jan, 2023
Nigeria has a coastal litter problem: it’s time to clean up
Oluniyi O. Fadare, Obafemi Awolowo University Bottles. Plastic bags. Surgical facemasks. These are just some of the 29,029 items... Read more
30 Dec, 2022
Shell to pay 15 million euros to Nigerian farmers over pollution
The Hague – Shell said on Friday it will pay 15 million euros to Nigerian farmers to compensate them... Read more
24 Dec, 2022
Dirty Durban ocean waters vex South Africa tourist trade
Johannesburg – Untreated sewage flowing into the Indian Ocean has hoteliers in tourist hotspot Durban up in arms as... Read more
14 Dec, 2022
Tax-exempt electric motorbikes growing in West Africa
Cotonou – Beninese hairdresser Edwige Govi makes a point these days of using electric motorbike taxis to get around... Read more
1 Dec, 2022
UN experts to contribute in Zambian lead poisoning case
Johannesburg – A top South African court on Friday granted UN experts a role in proceedings against mining giant... Read more
26 Nov, 2022
A greener ride: West Africans switch on to electric motorbikes
Cotonou – Beninese hairdresser Edwige Govi makes a point these days of using electric motorbike taxis to get around... Read more
24 Nov, 2022
‘Hazardous’ smog chokes India’s capital
New Delhi – Smog in New Delhi hit “hazardous” levels on Thursday as smoke from thousands of crop fires... Read more
3 Nov, 2022
