Big Oil to Benefit From Biden’s Carbon Capture Tax Credits: Report
As the U.S. moves to invest in climate solutions, is the money going toward projects that will meaningfully reduce emissions and transition the nation's...
‘Criminally Insane’: Subsidies That Harm the Environment Reach $2.6 Trillion Per...
Governments across the world now spend a total of $2.6 trillion per year on subsidies that harm the environment, jeopardizing global climate and biodiversity...
EU Crisis Official Warns of ‘Climate Breakdown’ Amid Deadly Wildfires and...
With the Portuguese government declaring a "state of calamity" over wildfires that have killed at least seven people, and the daily lives of ...
Report Reveals How US Taxpayers Are Unwittingly Subsidizing Climate Lies
A report published Wednesday identifies nearly 140 "climate disinformation organizations" in the United States financed by wealthy donors who receive massive subsidies from the...
New Report Lays Out How US Can Address Its ‘Fair Share’...
A coalition of climate campaigners on Tuesday published a proposal "for how the U.S. can play a bigger role in tackling the global climate...
Honduran Environment and Anti-Corruption Activist Juan López Killed
Environment and anti-corruption activist Juan López was killed in Tocoa, Honduras on Saturday in the latest attack on environmental defenders in the country. López,...
Deadly Flooding in Europe Shows ‘Dramatic Consequences’ of Climate Change
Extreme flooding has claimed the lives of at least seven people in Central and Eastern Europe and forced thousands to flee their homes over...
Leak at First CO2 Injection Site in US Exposes Dangerous Folly...
Environmental groups said Friday that a newly reported leak at the first CO2 injection site in the United States highlights the threat—and false promise—of...
Democrats Introduce Federal Bill to Make Climate Polluters Pay
United States Sen. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. Jerry Nadler on Thursday announced the introduction of legislation that would require Big Oil firms to...
Biden Urged to ‘Follow the Facts’ as Study Shows LNG Emissions...
More than 125 climate, environmental, and health scientists and researchers on Thursday implored the Biden administration to "follow legitimate science and reject the expansion...
Report Details Wave of Lawsuits Targeting Climate Crimes of Big Oil
An increasing number of climate lawsuits filed against fossil fuel companies in the last decade could put a dent in the business model of...
Kenyan-built mobile money platform disrupts traditional banks’ hold in Eswatini
Mandla Nxumalo, managing director of InstaCash A Nairobi-designed digital wallet service is nipping at the heels of Eswatini’s mainstream banks and telcos, proving that...
Juliana Plaintiffs Urge Supreme Court to Reverse Trump Judges’ Dismissal of...
Demanding that the U.S. Supreme Court correct "an egregious error" by the Trump-appointed judges who dismissed their landmark case in May, the 21 plaintiffs...
Groups Say Trump Threat Is Dire, But Harris Must Prove She...
Up until the very last question of the debate between U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump Tuesday night, American voters...
The South African entrepreneur who found opportunity in plastic pipes
Kgomotso Lekola
Interview with Kgomotso LekolaFOUNDER AND CEO, BT INDUSTRIAL GROUP
Lives in: South Africa
After making a three times return on his previous venture, South African...
‘Simply Unacceptable’: Nearly 200 Environmental Defenders Killed in 2023
Almost 200 people were killed in 2023 for attempting to protect their lands and communities from ecological devastation, Global Witness
revealed Tuesday.
This raises the...
Pacific Islands Push ICC to Recognize Ecocide as International Crime
Campaigners against ecocide, the destruction of nature, applauded what one leader called a "key moment" in the fight to protect the natural world and...
From Nigeria to Kenya: Entrepreneurs turning Africa’s plastic waste into wealth
Kieran Smith, the CEO of Mr Green Africa, at its recycling factory in Nairobi, Kenya. From Nigeria to Ethiopia and Kenya, these three entrepreneurs...
Brazilian Judge Orders Slaughterhouses and Ranchers to Pay for Harming Amazon
A Brazilian judge on Thursday ordered two slaughterhouses and three ranchers to pay $764,000 in combined penalties for trading cattle raised in a protected...
In Rich Nations, 72% Say Climate Damage Should Be ‘Criminal Offense’
Nearly two-thirds of people living in the world's largest economies believe it should be "a criminal offense" for decision-makers in government or big businesses...
50 Arrested in Final ‘Historic’ Summer of Heat Protest at Citibank
Closing out a "historic" summer of civil disobedience—but with no plans to back off their demands that Wall Street divest from planet-heating fossil fuels—the...
Big Oil Wields Influence on Universities, Delaying Green Transition: Study
The fossil fuel industry seeks to obstruct climate action by using money to influence research and establish ties at Western universities, raising concerns about...
From Kenya to Ghana: Where this investor sees Africa’s best opportunities
Nimrod Gerber Interview with Nimrod GerberMANAGING PARTNER, VITAL CAPITAL Lives in: Cyprus Nimrod Gerber is the managing partner at Vital Capital, an investment...
US DOE Approves New Fortress Energy LNG Export Despite Climate Risks
Despite the strong links between liquefied natural gas and harms to public health and the planet, the U.S. Department of Energy has approved the...
‘You Cannot In Fact Do Both’: Biden Slammed for Bragging About...
Climate campaigners this week rebuked recent claims by U.S. President Joe Biden—and Vice President Kamala Harris, the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee—that the United...
‘Big Win’: UK Won’t Defend Fossil Fuel Projects in North Sea
Climate campaigners celebrated Thursday after the United Kingdom's new Labour government announced it will not legally defend decisions to allow controversial offshore drilling in...
‘Colossal Waste’: US Leads Way in Public Spending on False Climate...
Among the world's wealthiest countries, the U.S. leads the way in spending public money on so-called climate "solutions" that have been proven to "consistently...
Beyond Plastics Offers Next President Agenda to Protect Public Health and...
The group Beyond Plastics on Wednesday expressed hope that the next U.S. president "is up for the challenge" of reversing course on the annual...
Republican AGs Urge Supreme Court to Halt Biden Methane Rule
Two dozen Republican-led states on Tuesday asked the right-wing U.S. Supreme Court to pause the Biden administration's rule intended to slash methane emissions by...
To Defeat Trump, Sunrise Mobilizes to Reach 1.5M Young Voters in...
The Sunrise Movement on Tuesday launched a campaign program in support of Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, aiming to reach 1.5 million...
‘What Real Eldership Looks Like’: 29 Senior Climate Protesters Arrested at...
The "Summer of Heat on Wall Street" protests continued Tuesday with at least 29 elders arrested while blocking Citibank's New York City headquarters to...
Pacific Islands Summit Highlights Disproportionate Climate Impacts
As more than 1,500 delegates from over 40 nations gathered in Tonga for the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, climate defenders on Monday...
US-Trained Military in Uganda Targets Oil Pipeline Protesters
Police and soldiers from Uganda's U.S.-trained army cracked down on demonstrators at two Monday protests against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, continuing the...
Shut Out of Treaty Summit, Campaigners Call for Elimination of Plastic...
Amid concerns over the exclusion of Indigenous leaders, environmental advocates, and scientists from a four-day summit beginning Saturday in Bangkok to help advance a...
Outrage Brewing Over Starbucks CEO’s Private Jet ‘Supercommute’
Green groups' anger percolated this week after it was revealed that Brian Niccol,
Starbucks' new CEO, will "supercommute" approximately 1,000 miles between one of...
In Samoa, UN Chief Says Low-Lying Island Nations Face ‘Annihilation’ by...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned in Samoa on Thursday that low-lying Pacific island nations face the threat of "annihilation" from rising sea levels,...
Disrupting Punchbowl News Event, Climate Advocates Say Exxon ‘Should Have No...
Climate campaigners on Wednesday called out and even disrupted a Punchbowl News event on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago because...
Gulf Coast Advocates: 2024 Election Is ‘Inflection Point’ for Climate Justice
A second Trump presidency would be a "complete disaster" for the global climate and for Gulf Coast communities bearing the brunt of the buildout...
Arctic Warming Threatens to Set Off Toxic ‘Mercury Bomb,’ Study Warns
A study published Thursday in Environmental Research Letters warns that Arctic warming could unleash toxic mercury currently contained in rapidly thawing permafrost, potentially threatening...
‘Public Health Emergency’: Report Calls for Multi-Agency Action to Address PFAS...
Environmental Working Group, a research and advocacy nonprofit, released a roadmap on Thursday calling for a comprehensive government program to address the PFAS contamination...
Over 1,000 Disaster Survivors Demand DOJ Probe Into Big Oil Climate...
Over 1,000 survivors of extreme weather events on Thursday demanded a federal investigation into Big Oil's role in perpetuating the climate crisis, adding to...
Climate Experts Rebuke Musk Over ‘Dumbest’ Interview With Trump
Elon Musk thinks he knows more about climate issues than the entire staff of a major international newspaper, but on Wednesday, experts on the...
‘Major Power Milestone’: US Green Groups Cheer Wind, Solar Overtaking Coal
U.S. climate advocates this week are celebrating new federal data that show wind and solar have generated more power than coal during the first...
Citibank Staffer Punches Climate Activist During Protest
A climate protester was taken to a hospital bleeding on Wednesday, according to organizers, after a security guard at Citibank's global headquarters in New...
UN ‘Pact for the Future’ Decried for Not Even Including the...
A group of 77 former world leaders, Nobel laureates, and scientists on Tuesday called on United Nations member countries to reintroduce into an upcoming...
Climate Crisis Fueled Surge in UK Property Insurance Payouts, Says Industry...
A trade group for the British insurance industry said Monday that extreme weather helped drive property insurance payouts to a record quarterly high over...
Outrage as NYPD Arrests Cello-Playing Grandfather at Citibank Climate Protest
Climate campaigners expressed incredulous outrage Thursday following the arrest of a 63-year-old Extinction Rebellion activist who violated a dubious restraining order by playing a...
Fossil Fuel Industry Propaganda Blamed as Record Heat Scorches Planet
As scientists around the world on Thursday released new data about recent record-smashing heat, one United Nations adviser placed blame for the lack of...
Biden Urged to Make Export-Import Bank Stop Fueling Climate Crisis
Climate advocates on Wednesday formally urged the Biden administration to instruct the United States' export credit agency to stop financially supporting activities that...
Climate Movement Says Tim Walz for VP an ‘Encouraging Sign’
The U.S. climate movement on Tuesday celebrated Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris' choice of Tim Walz as her running mate, despite concerns about the...
Shell Slammed for ‘Planet-Wrecking’ Profits as Temperatures Soar to New Heights
A little more than a week after Earth endured its four hottest days on record, fossil fuel giant Shell announced higher second-quarter profits than...
Outrage as Senate Panel Advances Manchin-Barrasso Permitting Bill
A bipartisan energy permitting reform bill introduced last week in the U.S. Senate—and described by one campaigner as "the biggest giveaway in decades to...
7 Green Groups That Didn’t Back Biden Just Endorsed Harris as...
Progressive climate and environmental advocacy groups on Wednesday stressed the threat posed by the Republican presidential ticket and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, the...
Faith Leaders Chain Themselves to Citi HQ to Protest Fossil Fuel...
Two dozen faith leaders and their supporters were arrested on Tuesday after chaining themselves to the doors of Citigroup's New York City headquarters to...
BP Condemned Over ‘Mammoth Profits’ as Fossil Fuels Wreak Havoc on...
The London-based oil giant BP announced Tuesday that it hauled in $2.8 billion in profit during the second quarter of the year as the...
Working-Class Climate Protesters Arrested at JD Vance’s Senate Office
Eight of about 150 climate campaigners with the youth-led Sunrise Movement were arrested at a Monday protest at the U.S. Capitol office of Sen....
Trump Would Let Industry Sway PFAS Rules and Endanger Public Health,...
A second Trump administration would cripple the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ability to protect the public from toxic "forever chemicals," The Guardian reported Sunday,...
Moms and Kids Protest Fossil Fuel Expansion at Citigroup CEO’s Home
Hundreds of activists, largely mothers and their kids, protested outside Citigroup CEO Jane Fraser's luxury apartment building in New York City on Saturday, calling...
Critics of East African Crude Oil Pipeline Target AIG in NYC
The "Summer of Heat" continues—both in terms of record-breaking temperatures driven by fossil fuels and a series of nonviolent direct actions targeting Wall Street...
Mobilizing finance to build climate-resilient, sustainable African cities
In Africa, the current population of around 1.1 billion will double by 2050 and more than 80% of that increase will occur in cities....
Water Realities
In the Agrifrica Digital Magazine we covered the realities of Water from various countries. Hereunder the snapshot of a few Countries Challenges & Solutions,...
Why Water?
When we launched Agrifrica.com, we thought about the issues around the Future of Earth and our collective well-being. We discussed about the important elements...
AfDB to launch flagship publication on land reform in Africa
The African Natural Resources Centre (ANRC) of the African Development Bank Group will today launch a publication containing a series of research-based articles by...
Fura Gems again extends Mozambique ruby asset merger
The company said it provided notice to New Energy Minerals that it would push back the so-called ‘drop dead’ date
Fura Gems Inc ()(OTCMKTS:FUGMF), the...