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The Goldman environmental prize winners 2020 – in pictures

The Goldman environmental prize winners 2020 – in pictures

The Goldman environmental prize honours the achievements of grassroots activists in six continents, recognising their efforts to protect natural habitats and push for political change, often at great personal risk Plastic in paradise: Goldman prize winner’s fight to protect Bahamas Continue reading…

The Goldman environmental prize winners 2020 – in pictures

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Book review: Who Killed Berta Cáceres? by Nina Lakhani Berta Cáceres was a Honduran political activist, fighting for environmental and indigenous rights. She was murdered in 2016 by hired assassins.

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Nemonte Nenquimo: The indigenous leader named ‘environmental hero’

Nemonte Nenquimo: The indigenous leader named ‘environmental hero’

Nemonte Nenquimo is one of the six environmental leaders to be awarded this year’s Goldman Prize. from BBC News – World https://ift.tt/2Jw9JyI via IFTTT

Nemonte Nenquimo: The indigenous leader named ‘environmental hero’

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Ghanaian environmentalist wins 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize A Ghanaian environmental champion, Ezekiel Chibeze, has been announced as the recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize 2020, citing his commitment to pushing for good governance in Ghana’s environmental sector and for his climate leadership in Ghana, across Africa and globally. The Goldman Environmental Prize is the world’s foremost award honouring grassroots environmental activists. Ezekiel… Ghanaian environmentalist wins 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize

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This Extremely Rare Bird Is Half Male, Half Female (Pictures)

This Extremely Rare Bird Is Half Male, Half Female (Pictures)

Researchers at a nature reserve in Pennsylvania discovered a truly odd bird – one with both male and female feather coloring.

Rose-breasted grosbeaks are sexually dimorphic, meaning males and females have different color plumage.

Males have black wing feathers, pink wing pits and breast spots that give it its name, while females have brown wings, yellow wing pits and no patches on their chest.

But a…

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From Food Waste to Roadways: Using Compost to Improve Soil Conditions and Tree Success Along Highways

From Food Waste to Roadways: Using Compost to Improve Soil Conditions and Tree Success Along Highways

Planting trees along highway roadsides is a good way to increase tree coverage in cities, but getting trees to grow here and maintaining these plantings over time can be difficult. Reducing soil compaction and adding organic material, such as compost, can improve roadside soils and support tree growth in these areas. A 5-year study in Ontario recently found that loosening up the soil and mixing…

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The Guardian: “Intensive farming worldwide threatens Paris climate accord …”

The Guardian: “Intensive farming worldwide threatens Paris climate accord …”

A farmer in Malawi checks her maize crop that is struggling as a result of the worst drought in three decades. CREDIT Neil Palmer (CIAT) Guest essay by Eric Worrall According to the Guardian, agricultural fixation on providing high yield affordable food, instead of paying more attention to GHG emissions associated with farming, is endangering […]

The Guardian: “Intensive farming worldwide…

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Scientists Discover 24 Planets With Conditions More Suitable For Life Than Earth

Scientists Discover 24 Planets With Conditions More Suitable For Life Than Earth

Scientists from Washington State University have discovered 24 planets outside our solar system that they believe may have conditions even more suitable for life than Earth

Scientists from Washington State University have discovered 24 planets outside our solar system that they believe may have conditions even more suitable for life than Earth

The planets include those that are older,…

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Slow Poison: Travails of Ogoni communities drinking toxins – nine years after UNEP report

Slow Poison: Travails of Ogoni communities drinking toxins – nine years after UNEP report

On August 28, 2020, the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) tweeted that water supply to Ogoniland would begin before the end of the year. Abiose Adelaja Adams, Bertha Fellow, drew crude oil out of water wells in some Ogoni villages, and finds that nine years after the UNEP report, the people are still drinking toxins, […]

Slow Poison: Travails of Ogoni communities drinking toxins –…

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Over 350 Pilot Whales Dead In Australia's Worst Stranding In History

Over 350 Pilot Whales Dead In Australia’s Worst Stranding In History

Nearly 380 pilot whales have been confirmed dead off the coast of Tasmania as rescuers battle to save the remaining few that are still alive in one of the world’s largest ever mass strandings.

Authorities have confirmed that a total of more than 470 of the marine creatures were discovered on Wednesday morning about five kilometres south of the original stranding site at Macquarie Harbour, the…

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Thousand of Birds Drop-down from the Sky in New Mexico

Thousand of Birds Drop-down from the Sky in New Mexico

Biologists at New Mexico State University are trying to find out why hundreds of thousands of migratory birds have been found dead across the state.

The mystery started August 20 with the discovery of a large number of dead birds at the US Army White Sands Missile Range and White Sands National Monument, according to Martha Desmond, a professor at the university’s department of fish, wildlife…

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Environment for us : my little initiative to save it. Every body knows that environment conservation is must . Every body knows that we should save energy or electricity.

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Nobel prize-winning economics of climate change is misleading and dangerous – here’s why John O’Nolan/Unsplash, FAL Steve Keen, UCL While climate scientists warn that climate change could be catastrophic, economists such as 2018 Nobel prize winner William Nordhaus assert that it will be nowhere near as damaging.

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BBNaija: Erica Disqualified, Lucy Evicted From Big Brother Naija — AFRICAN ENTERTAINMENT In a shocking twist in Big Brother Naija Erica was disqualified and Lucy evicted after spending seven weeks in Big Brother’s house.

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How three Presidential Amnesty Programme coordinators looted N712bn – Panel — DailyUpdates The presidential panel, which investigated alleged corruption in the Presidential Amnesty Programme for Niger Delta militants has turned in a damning report indicting three former coordinators of the Federal Government initiative for allegedly looting and misappropriating a whopping N712 billion allocated to rehabilitate and reintegrate members of the armed groups into the society. The report, […] via How three Presidential Amnesty Programme coordinators looted N712bn – Panel — DailyUpdates

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Tiwa Savage Reveals She Lived In A Home For Poor People In New York — AFRICAN ENTERTAINMENT Tiwa Savage has narrated that she once lived in a shelter home meant for poor people with drug addiction-related issues in New York because she had little or no money.

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Gunmen attacks community in kaduna, kills 3, kidnap 2 otthers — DailyUpdates By Achadu Gabriel, kaduna Again, gunmen suspected to Fulani militias have attacked Buda community of Adara in Chikun local government Area of Southern kaduna in kaduna state, killing one Rev.