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Africa’s Oil Curse, the Example of Nigeria

October 12, 2019 admin africa, africa oil, agip, air quality, chevron, co2 emissions, elf, exxonmobil, Fossil Fuels, grid, Kenya, mobil, movement for the emancipation of the niger delta (mend), natural gas, niger delta, NIGERIA, nigerian law, Oil, policy & politics, research, shell, Shipping, waste reduction, Water

Credit to Author: David Zarembka| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 02:10:43 +0000

CleanTechnica has been running a number of articles on little noted negative aspects of gas/diesel vehicles. These include hundreds of US deaths annually from carbon monoxide poisoning, oil refinery explosions, 137 US oil spills last year, what to do with old oil tankers, and the 150 gas/diesel car fires daily in the US. A common concept in Africa that is not noticed in the United States or other parts of the world is what in Africa is called “Africa’s Oil Curse.”

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Two New Coal Plants Cancelled In Botswana

October 11, 2019 admin africa, africa coal power, african politics, botswana, Coal, Fossil Fuels, grid, Kenya, lamu coal power plant, policy & politics, waste reduction

Credit to Author: David Zarembka| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 22:28:14 +0000

While the battle against coal-generated electricity is progressing nicely in the United States, Europe, South Korea, and even to a certain extent Japan, China, and India, the coal companies in some of those countries continue to have their sights on building more coal plants in Africa. Therefore, it is good news to learn that two Japanese banks, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and the Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), have withdrawn their support to finance two new 150 MW coal plants in Botswana, MorupuleB V and VI. The two coal plants were to be built by the Japanese company, Marubeni, in a joint venture with the South Korean firm, Posco Energy

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Global Shipping Is Making False Impressions About Circumventing Pollution — Billions Spent On “Cheat Devices”

October 5, 2019 admin air quality, Belgium, British, carbon dioxide emissions, chemical scrubbers, China, climate change, co2 emissions, coastal shipping, container shipping, Europe, Fossil Fuels, GERMANY, greta thunberg, HEALTH, icct, international council on clean transportation (icct), Ireland, North Sea, ocean shipping, Oil, pahs, policy & politics, port of fujairah, research, SCIENCE, scrubbers, UAE, uk, US, waste reduction, Water

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2019 19:00:25 +0000

Water goes everywhere. It reaches places and distances that other things can’t with such flexibility and ingenuity. To attach pollutants to that ingenious reach is counter to intelligence and consciousness

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Marriott Aims For 33% Reduction In Plastic Waste

September 12, 2019 admin consumer technology, hotels, marriott, Plastic, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 00:45:31 +0000

Marriott is on a mission to reduce plastic waste at an epic scale. That is only possible because Marriott uses plastic at an epic scale, and it’s not a goal of becoming 0% plastic, but it’s an effort to be lauded nonetheless