Geneva, Switzerland, September 3, 2019 – Leaders of the small island developing states of Barbados, Saint Lucia and Vanuatu, ministers, senior government officials and experts will affirm global trade policy’s integral role in fighting the climate crisis at the first-ever United Nations Trade Forum slated for 9 to 13 September.
Category: Energy
ENGIE Acquires Mobisol, Becomes Africa’s Market Leader In Off-grid Solar
Paris, France, September 3, 2019//-ENGIE expands its decentralized energy offering in Africa through the acquisition of Mobisol, a pioneer of off-grid solar solutions.
First Fossil Trails Of Baby Sea Turtles Found In South Africa
Baby sea turtles head for their natural habitat. noga f/Shutterstock Charles Helm, Nelson Mandela University and Martin Lockley, University of Colorado Denver September 3, 2019//-Baby sea turtles are cute. They fascinate us as they dig out of their sandy nests and make a run for the sea.
Time To Make Energy Work For Africa
September 2, 2019//-It is long past time that we made energy work for Africa. It is past time that Africa’s natural resources benefited Africans; that every African had access to electricity; and that the wealth created by oil and gas would lead to the sustainable development of African economies.
Ghana: Prices Of Fuel Go Up Triggering General Increase Of Prices
Accra, Ghana, September 2, 2019//-Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) in Ghana have increased prices of various petroleum products in the country which is expected to trigger general price hikes.
Report: Water and Sanitation Subsidies Need to Better Benefit the Poor
Stockholm, Sweden, August 28, 2019// – Water and sanitation subsidies are disproportionately benefitting the better-off, according to a new report from the World Bank.
Impersonation Hits BOST Board, Strange Name John Kweku Akyene Duncan Pops Up
Accra, Ghana, August 28, 2019//-Barely after few days of the resignation of the immediate past Managing Director of Bulk Oil Storage and Transport (BOST) Company Limited over alleged corrupt practices, the state-owned company has been caught in another embarrassing scandal.
Noble Energy Makes New Equatorial Guinea Petroleum Discovery
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, August 28, 2019/ — Noble Energy has made oil discovery in Block I, located in Equatorial Guinea’s offshore sector.
Kenya: Uhuru Flags Off First Crude Oil Shipment
August 26, 2019//-Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta arrived at the port of Mombasa to flag off the inaugural shipment of Kenya’s crude oil on Monday.
Plants Are Going Extinct up to 350 Times Faster Than the Historical Norm
Plant extinctions have skyrocketed, driven in large part by land clearing and climate change. Graphic Node/Unsplash, CC BY-SA Jaco Le Roux, Macquarie University; Florencia Yanelli, Stellenbosch University; Heidi Hirsch, Stellenbosch University; José María Iriondo Alegría, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos; Marcel Rejmánek, University of California, Davis, and Maria Loreto Castillo, Stellenbosch University Earth is seeing an […]