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World Cities Day: UN-Habitat, government to upgrade slums in Nigeria

Original post from Environews Nigeria The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, says that the Federal Government is partnering with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) to implement a Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP) initiative in Nigeria. Fashola disclosed this on Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at the commemoration of the 2017 “World Habitat

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Visionscape Sponsors Lagos Fashion and Design Week To Promote Sustainable Fashion

Original post on PM News Visionscape, an environmental utility group, has thrown its weight behind the 2017 edition of Lagos Fashion and Design Week (LFDW) as one of the official sponsors of the event scheduled for October 25-28 at Eko Atlantic, Lagos. Lagos Fashion and Design Week (LFDW) is a multiday fashion event platform that

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Germany set to pay customers for electricity usage as renewable energy generation creates huge power surplus

Original post on Independent German power producers are poised to pay customers to use electricity this weekend. Wind generation is forecast to climb to a record on Sunday, creating more output than needed and driving electricity prices below zero, broker data compiled by Bloomberg show. It would be the first time this year that the average price for a

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Renewable energy is creating US jobs twice as fast as any other industry

Original post on Quartz Even as some people would like to see a rebirth of the coal industry in the US, it’s renewable energy that keeps generating good news. Over the next decade, jobs for solar panel installers and wind turbine technicians will grow twice as fast as any other occupation, according to a Bloomberg analysis of the US Bureau

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Chile Bans Plastic Bags in 100+ Coastal Areas

Original post on Ecowatch Chilean President Michelle Bachelet signed a bill Wednesday that prohibits the sale of single-use plastic bags in 102 coastal villages and towns in a bid to stop the build-up of ocean plastic and to “[take] care of our marine ecosystems.” An estimated eight million tons of plastic trash gets dumped into our oceans each year, literally chokingmarine life, harming

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