Africa

Nigeria May Harness Natural Gas Flares

Nigeria may start harnessing the natural gas flared off from its oil fields to produce electric power for the impoverished communities whose protests and violence have often hampered production.

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Source: Wall St. Journal, 10/20/2009

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Report: "The Dangers for Journalists Who Expose Environmental Issues"

Around the world, journalists face considerable risks when they expose environmental misdeeds. A new report from Reporters Without Borders/Reporters Sans Frontières looks at 13 cases of journalists and bloggers who have been killed, physically attacked, jailed, threatened or censored for reporting on the environment.

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"Ivory Coast Toxic-Dump Case Settled, Company Says"

"Trafigura, an independent trading company, said Sunday that it had settled a long-running toxic dumping case, agreeing to pay £950 to each of as many as 30,000 residents of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, who said they were injured by a dump in 2006."

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Source: NYTimes, 09/21/2009

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SciDev.Net's Climate Change & Insect-borne Disease

September 10, 2009: SciDev.Net (The Science and Development Network) published a spotlight on the impact of climate change on the spread of insect-borne disease that considers how countries can prepare for these changes.

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"Kenya May Lose All Its Lions in 20 Years"

"Kenya's lion population could disappear altogether in the next 20 years because of climate change, habitat destruction, disease and conflict with humans, the country's wildlife authority said on Monday."

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Source: Reuters, 08/19/2009

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"Poisonous Gas From African Lake Poses Threat To Millions"

"More than two million people living on the banks of Lake Kivu in central Africa are at risk of being asphyxiated by gases building up beneath its surface, scientists have warned."

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Source: Observer, 07/28/2009

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"Scavenging Hazardous 'E-Waste' for a Few Redeemables"

Discarded electronic devices from the U.S. and other affluent countries go to poor nations for "recycling." In Ghana and elsewhere, 11-year-olds may breathe smoke from burning plastic and smash hard drives with rocks to get at the metals they contain.

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Source: Wash Post, 07/16/2009