Environment

French Court Ruling against TotalEnergies’ “Net Zero” Claim and Lessons for other IOCs

By Innocent Edemhanria On 23 October 2025 a Paris civil court found that TotalEnergies made “misleading commercial practices” by advertising ambitions such as being “carbon...

Bracing up to another phase of the Ogoni Struggle

By Innocent Edemhanria Ogoniland, located in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, is home to the Ogoni people, who have long suffered the consequences of oil exploitation. Since...

President Tinubu Must Avert A Sahara Energy War on Ogoni

The unfortunate story of the Ogoni repression has too many instances of avoidable mistakes. The first was the failure of the Nigerian government to...

The Oil Gas Activity in Nigeria and the Public Radiological Safety

The oil & gas industry is the major user of radioactive sources in Nigeria. By the same token, it is also the largest producer of radioactive wastes...

Oil Gas Industry Activity and the Niger Delta Environment: The Role of Environmental Law

Practically all stages and operations of oil & gas exploration and production are accompanied by undesirable discharges of solid, liquid and gaseous wastes. They include many hundreds of individual hazardous compounds...

Oil Gas Industry Activity and the Niger Delta Environment: The Role of Environmental Law

Practically all stages and operations of oil & gas exploration and production are accompanied by undesirable discharges of solid, liquid and gaseous wastes. They include many hundreds of individual hazardous compounds...

EIA Process for WAGP Project: Concerns over Compliance with Policies and Applicable National Regulations

The flawed EIA process for the on-going WAGP is not an isolated case. It is a confirmation of the EIA practice in Nigeria, which is characterised by corruption and infraction of environmental legislation and regulations...

Businesses and Sustainable Development

Sustainable development is not a destination. It is a journey which individual businesses must undertake to conserve the earth’s resources...

Environmental Hazards Management: The Role of Stakeholders

The role of individuals, communities and non-governmental organisations as environmental ‘guards’ at local levels should be considered as an important ingredient of our enforcement regime...

Environmental Hazards Management: The Role of Stakeholders

The role of individuals, communities and non-governmental organisations as environmental ‘guards’ at local levels should be considered as an important ingredient of our enforcement regime...

Emergency Preparedness Plan in Local Communities: The Role of Stakeholders

The transport of dangerous goods within communities is increasing.  The demands for improved efficiency and increased capacity often require use of dangerous processes and substances to boost production...

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Resolving the ASUU Debacle – Once, and for all

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The ODA Is The Justice The Ogoni People Seek

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