In The Iraqi City Of Sulaymaniyah, A Group Of Volunteers Is Planting Trees To Help The Local Community Live In A Better Environment
Almost all schools in Kenya use high-emission, wood-burning fuel to cook food for students. But a government campaign ahead of this year’s Earth Day (April 22) aims to transition schools to cleaner fuels by the end of this year
Highly crowded Lahore city in Pakistan has the same crowding issues of many urban environments. To help ease the problem, the government plans to build a new city just to the North, but that has some residents worried
The European Union says Bosnia-Herzegovina has the continent’s deadliest pollution. The district of Bukinje is so badly affected by a local coal-fired power station that its mayor says nobody wants to live there
US President Joe Biden has ordered a pause on the construction of the US-Mexico border wall that was a key part of President Trump’s agenda. Environmentalists say a flurry of construction during Trump’s final days in office created a cascade of environmental problems
Florida is known for its beaches but keeping them clean is hard work
Nigeria’s government has announced a natural gas expansion program to urge vehicle owners to convert their gasoline engines to run on the cheaper and cleaner-burning natural gas
Wood and charcoal burning account for 50% of household energy consumption in Senegal, contributing to air pollution and deforestation
A new World Bank report says Ghana’s annual deforestation rate is around 3.51%, meaning the country loses at least 315,000 hectares of its forest a year, costing about $400 million annually. To help reverse the damage, a Ghana project is promoting sustainable forestry through timber, seedling and essential oil sales and educational tours
Uganda and Tanzania in September signed an agreement to build what they say will be the world’s longest heated oil pipeline, a $3.5 billion project that will run from southwestern Uganda to Dar es Salaam. Ugandan authorities say those affected will be compensated but rights groups worry that few details have been announced. Environmental activists warn the oil project, run by French Company Total and Chinese company CNOOC, also puts Uganda’s nature reserves and ecosystems at risk
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