Tag: Nigeria
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Bootleg oil refining photographed in Niger Delta
Samuel James captures must-see photos of bootleg oil refining taking place in Nigeria's Niger Delta.
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ExxonMobil Oil Spill in Nigeria Stretches for 20 Miles, Worst Since Company Came to Country
...And yet the director of local operations apologizes that the spill has caused "inconveniences."
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"Delta Boys" Documentary Goes Inside Nigeria's Anti-Oil Militancy
TreeHugger talks with documentary filmmaker Andrew Berends about his latest project, slated for iTunes release October 15.
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Reviving Rivers And Weaving Traditions In Nigeria
The generations-old art of weaving is dying off in th town of Angiama. So are the area's rivers and streams, which have become choked with invasive water hyacinth. But Nigerian industrial designer Alafuro Sikoki has a plan to help resuscitate them both.
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Hope Fades for Oil Spill Cleanup in Nigeria
Last year, UNEP released a report calling for a $1 billion cleanup fund for years of oil spills in the Niger Delta, but eight months later, there is little more than silence on the issue.
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Nigerian Villages Take Shell to Court Over Oil Spills in Groundbreaking Case
Lawyers representing 35,000 villagers filed suit in London, alleging that Shell's slow response to a 560,000 barrel oil spill has destroyed their local economy.
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1 Reversible Dress Can Be Worn in 10 Flattering Ways
Nigerian designer Adebimpe Adebambo's 'One Leaf' dress puts a fresh twist on reversible fashions.
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Fishing Suspended in Nigeria As Cleanup After Offshore Shell Spill Continues
Nigerian officials have suspended fishing off the coast of Nigeria following the area's worst oil spill in over a decade.
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Nigeria's Worst Offshore Spill in a Decade Expands While Shell Says Spill Is Contained
While Shell says the spill not make it to shore, fishing communities along the coast are saying otherwise.
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Source of Shell Nigeria Leak Confirmed
The source of this week's oil spill off the coast of Nigeria, likely the country's worst offshore spill in more than a decade, has been confirmed.
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Shell Oil Spill in Nigeria Is Likely the Worst In a Decade
Shell announces that up to 40,000 barrels of crude oil was spilled off the coast of the Niger delta.
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Amnesty Urges Shell to Start Cleaning Up Decades of Oil Spill Damage in Nigeria
Decades of oil spills have wreaked havoc on Niger Delta communities.
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Documents Reveal Shell Paid Nigerian Military to Suppress Protests
Interesting news from The Guardian this week: oil giant Shell worked with the Nigerian military and with mobile police to suppress protests against its oil activities in the 1990s, according to court documents that were
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Shell Accepts Liability For Nigerian Oil Spills For First Time - Region Will Take 30 Years To Clean Up
If you thought the Gulf Oil Spill was bad, and it was, that was nothing compared to what's been happening for years on a sadly regular basis in Nigeria. After long denying responsibility, Shell Oil has finally
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Shell Emissions Up by 9% Last Year, Natural Gas Flaring Up 32%
Royal Dutch Shell has released a sustainability report for 2010 showing that its direct greenhouse gas emissions rose by nine percent, and natural gas flaring—a wasteful practice that contributes its own
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Shell Denies Allegations in Nigeria, Where an Exxon Valdez-sized Spill Occurs Annually
Despite a long history of blatant environmental and human rights abuses in Nigeria, Shell denied in a Dutch public hearing this week allegations of using "nontransparent, inconsistent and misleading figures" regarding the causes of oil
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To Determined Young Social Innovators, the Highest Tech Is Low
Mention social good to generation Y -- or other generations for that matter -- and the focus easily turns to high tech innovation. It's an angle emphasized by big events like TED, which emit a steady feed of technology-heavy ideas.
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Friends of the Earth's Nnimmo Bassey Wins 2010 Right Livelihood Award
"For revealing the full ecological and human horrors of oil production and
