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  • For Obama, Global Warming Trumps National Security 6 Jan 2010 06:30 GMT
    ... Fidel Castro to be ... For Obama, Global Warming Trumps National Security On Christmas Day, a Nigerian-born terrorist named Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to ... — to assess the hidden complexities of environmental change." This project, the Times reports, "has ...

  • Nigerian Authorities Begin Clean-up of Polluted Niger Delta 31 Dec 2009 18:52 GMT
    ... the state. First is the use of environmentally friendly technology, no carbon economy….” In Nigeria, ... environmentally friendly technology, no carbon economy….” In Nigeria, a major plan is underway to clean ... flaring and oil spills and cleaning up polluted rivers and farm lands. The initiative is ...

  • World Travel Watch: Smog in Hong Kong, Heavy UK Snowfall and More 6 Jan 2010 17:21 GMT
    ... a new air quality study by the Environmental Protection Department showed that street-level pollution reached life-threatening levels on 44 days last ... interest” are Afghanistan, Algeria, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Yemen. Travelers ...

  • Name was noticed...Stricter smog standards...Shooting death... 8 Jan 2010 04:33 GMT
    ... on his way. U.S. officials say the Nigerian man was supposed to get extra screening ... apparent ties to extremists. WASHINGTON (AP) The Environmental Protection Agency is setting stricter health standards ... tens of billions dollars annually to reduce pollution to meet the limits. ST. LOUIS (AP) ...

  • AP NewsMinute 10:54 A.M. CST - Name was noticed...Stricter smog standards...Shooting death 7 Jan 2010 18:45 GMT
    ... on his way. U.S. officials say the Nigerian man was supposed to get extra screening ... ties to extremists. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency is setting stricter health standards ... tens of billions dollars annually to reduce pollution to meet the limits. ST. LOUIS (AP) ...

  • Name was noticed...Stricter smog standards...Shooting death 7 Jan 2010 18:43 GMT
    ... on his way. U.S. officials say the Nigerian man was supposed to get extra screening ... ties to extremists. WASHINGTON (AP) The Environmental Protection Agency is setting stricter health standards ... tens of billions dollars annually to reduce pollution to meet the limits. ST. LOUIS (AP) ...

  • Environmentalists Claim Victory Over Hague Court Ruling 4 Jan 2010 16:23 GMT
    ... Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has described the ruling of a ... Netherlands, claiming their communities have been severely polluted by oil that flowed from a leaking ...

  • Dutch court to try Shell for Nigerian pollution 1 Jan 2010 04:30 GMT
    ... to try a case brought against Shell Nigeria by Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Mileudefensie). ... of the Earth Netherlands (Mileudefensie). The Dutch environmental organisation and four Nigerians took Shell and ... its subsidiary Shell Nigeria to court for polluting the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Shell ...

  • Has the WEEE recycling directive worked? 1 Jan 2010 10:11 GMT
    ... we are getting greener in terms of recycling electronic waste Unwanted, broken or obsolete electronic ... be harmful to human health and the environment. directive became UK law on 1 July ... sites here and in countries such as Nigeria. But now a scheme is in place ...

  • Dutch court to take on Shell Nigeria cases 30 Dec 2009 14:33 GMT
    ... Environmental group Friends of the Earth Netherlands and four Nigerians aim to sue Shell and Nigeria-based Shell ... that oil leaking from Shell activities has polluted their farmlands and fish ponds, and are ...

  • Nigerians win right to sue Shell in Holland 30 Dec 2009 14:50 GMT
    ... Nigerians win right to sue Shell in Holland Environmental organisation Milieudefensie and four Nigerian farmers have ... pipeline owned by its Nigerian subsidiary, which polluted farmland and woods in 2005. They argue ...

  • Pollution - Call Daewoo to Order, ERA urges FG 5 Jan 2010 13:52 GMT
    ... ENVIRONMENTAL Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), has urged the Federal Government to compel multinational company, Daewoo, to halt a ...

  • Right-wing media baselessly claim CIA has "diverted" resources to climate research 6 Jan 2010 18:58 GMT
    ... intelligence-gathering agencies to divert their resources to environmental scientists researching global warming." The headline posted on Fox Nation on ... a photo of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man who attempted to bomb Northwest Airlines ...

  • The Meaning of Copenhagen 3 Jan 2010 17:22 GMT
    ... at all levels of government, representatives of environmental organizations, and ordinary citizens from nearly 200 ... or Kuwait) but most are poor (think Nigeria or Angola). Prior to Copenhagen, OPEC floated ... helping them replace slash-and-burn agriculture with small-scale ecological farming; and in supporting them in scrapping ...

  • Rough Road to Copenhagen - the Story of a Failed Summit (2) [column] 4 Jan 2010 22:02 GMT
    ... A lot of obstacles dotted Nigeria's path to the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference. ... Senate, which had a standing Committee on Environment and Ecology appeared to have been busy on other ...


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