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President Obama’s Climate Change Policy and the Global Race for Renewable Energy

U.S. President Barack Obama, in June unveiled a climate change action plan detailing how his administration intends to take the lead on climate change, in the States and around the world. He also gave a speech concerning climate change that

A Humble Nigerian Carpenter Rethinks Latrines

Lately, Martin Dewaun Iyo’s humble carpentry business has seen a buzz of activity in what is normally a slow trade in cabinets and doors. Mr. Iyo has invented a new product – a ventilated drop-hole cover for the latrine. It

World Bank: What Climate Change Means for Africa, Asia and the Coastal Poor

As the coastal cities of Africa and Asia expand, many of their poorest residents are being pushed to the edges of livable land and into the most dangerous zones for climate change. Their informal settlements cling to riverbanks and cluster

Animal Facts

Animal: multicellular organism that obtains energy by eating food. With over 2 million known species, and much more awaiting identification, animals are the most diverse form of life on earth. They range in size from 30m (100ft) long to microscopic

Solar Energy Systems: Power for a Greener World

By Olatunji Adetunji Since the late 90’s the use of solar panel to convert the solar energy (HEAT ENERGY) of the sun into electrical usage, has been believed to be the best alternative for renewable and green energy. The most

Make Lagos A Cooler Place For Your Kids, Plant Trees!

Have you ever stepped of your house into the Lagos heat and wished you could go back in? Do you sit in your car or bus and look at traders hawking handkerchiefs and selling cold pure water, wondering how much

Flood Control Underway in Osun State, Authorities Say

The General Manager of the Osun State Emergency Management Agency (OSEMA), Oyetunde Oyesiji has said that the government had intensified its sensitization campaign to avert flood disasters. He said that the government has been on top of the situation as

Heavy Rainfall in Southern Nigeria, Early, in 2013

Lagos and Ogun States, had their first rainfall this year, on Sunday, January 20, and afterwards. Then Calabar and several other cities in Southern Nigeria, experienced heavy rainfall too, introducing the year, with surprise of changing climate, after a precarious

On Climate Change, 2013 fears, after 2012 of Severe Weather in Nigeria

Nigeria had a though environmental year in 2012, with severe weather events experienced across the country. It affected people, places and properties causing losses of varying magnitude. Government, volunteers and organizations led response for victims, providing relief materials, shelters and

Towards Flood Control: Nigeria, Cameroon to share Environmental Data

As part of government measures to prevent future occurrence of floods that ravaged many parts of the country last year, a technical committee delegation was sent to Cameroon in December for findings on the Lagdo Dam that was reportedly opened,

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