Africa: Fresh Wave of Climate Protests to Target Gas Ahead of Cop26 Summit

Wakanda News Details

Africa: Fresh Wave of Climate Protests to Target Gas Ahead of Cop26 Summit

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Fridays For Future and Extinction Rebellion climate protests are set to resume in coming weeks ahead of November's COP26 summit

Source: allAfrica.com

You may also like

ACLU Statement on President Trump’s Dismissal of the Disproportionate Police Killings of Black People - Milwaukee Community Journal

WASHINGTON — When asked in an interview today why Black Americans are “still dying at the hands of law enforcement in this country,” President Donald Trump responded: “So are white people. So are white people. What a terrible question to ask. So are white people,” Trump told CBS News senior

fave

Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper

US Fossil Fuel Use Drops Big In 2020 As Exit From Coal Continues – The Omaha Star

The last time the United States used this small amount of fossil fuels, baggy shorts were just coming into fashion, “Seinfeld” was the new hit TV sitcom and grunge-band Nirvana had its first chart hits. It was 1991, and it was the last time the U.S. consumed less than 73 quadrillion British thermal

fave

Source: Omaha Star

Exxon to begin reinjecting gas into well

Exxon to begin reinjecting gas into well -after flaring around two billion cubic feet

fave

Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Mozambique: International Energy Agency Says No Future for Mozambique Gas

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Mozambique's gas fields cannot be developed if global warming is to be kept to 1.5º above pre-industrial levels, according to a dramatic International Energy Agency (IEA) report published Tuesday (18 May). The IEA is part of OECD and thus represents

fave

Source: allAfrica.com

Celebrity Chef Nik Fields Launches Seasoning Blends In Response To Goya Boycott

Celebrity chef Nik Fields is expanding her food brand to include original Adobo and Sazon seasoning in response to the recent Goya protests.

fave

Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

(2000) Harold Ford, “Keynote Address at the Democratic National Convention"

In 2000 at the National Democratic Convention in Los Angeles where Vice President Al Gore, Jr., won the Democratic Nomination for President, fellow Tennessean, Congressman Harold Ford of Memphis, gave the Keynote Address. That address appears

fave

Source: Black Past

National name: République de Côte dlvoire

fave

Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Exxon’s flaring equivalent to loss of 4,642 hectares of forest

Exxon’s flaring equivalent to loss of 4,642 hectares of forest -would be valued at US$24M under forest pact with Norway

fave

Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

$1 million provided by Atlanta Gas Light to help low-income customers pay | Atlanta Daily World

Low-income natural gas customers to receive $1 million in energy assistance support from Atlanta Gas Light ATLANTA – Aug. 4, 2020 – Under a mechanism created by the Georgia Public

fave

Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

Current government officials

fave

Source: Fact Monster - Black History

(1959) Nnamdi Azikiwe Addresses the NAACP Convention on the Organization's 50th Anniversary

Nnamdi Azikiwe, by now the best know nationalist leader in Nigeria, addressed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at its 50th anniversary celebration at the Polo Grounds, New York City, July 19, 1959. His speech appears

fave

Source: Black Past

Jul

19

1959

The Statue Of A Slave Trader Toppled During A Demonstration Has Been Replaced By A Sculpture Of A BLM Protester - Blavity

Where the statue of a British slave trader once sat is a sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester.

fave

Source: Blavity News

Gas leak detection and repair programme already in place, Exxon says - Stabroek News

With an energy researcher warning of the potential environmental harm that could result from natural gas at Exxon’s Liza-1 project in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana, the company has assured that it has already implemented a leak detection and repair programme that utilises the latest

fave

Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Nipsco names Mike Hooper as company president | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC (NIPSCO), a subsidiary of NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI), announced on May 2, 2020 that Mike Hooper has been named senior vice president and president of NIPSCO, responsible for delivering safe and reliable service to the nearly 1.2 million electric and natural

fave

Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Monday Night Politics: Meet the candidates

In my own neighborhood, I have served as a precinct chair for over a decade and have worked to help elect strong Democratic leaders in Dallas and across the State, including County Judge Clay Jenkins, Congressman Marc Veasey, former Congressman Beto O’Rourke and many

fave

Source: The Dallas Examiner

Environmentalists cheer as Atlantic Coast Pipeline canceled | The Orlando Advocate

Following the cancellation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project, a Virginia-based environmental policy analyst says coal is the big winner in Virginia and North Carolina, two states the pipeline would have run through. “A safe pipeline is canceled, but the coal trains roll on,” said Andrew

fave

Source: The Orlando Advocate

NDEMO: Set sights on informal sector recovery

The Covid-19 pandemic is throwing a curved ball at us. It has made planning virtually impossible.

fave

Source: Business Daily

Inside Microsoft's (impossible?) mission to go carbon negative

In January, Microsoft pledged to be carbon negative (removing more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits) by 2030 and to spend US$1-billion on a climate investment fund, much of it aimed at bolstering carbon-removal tech, a nascent field with lots of big ideas but only a handful of companies

fave

Source: TechCentral

Mayor Garcetti Updates Safer at Home Order, Aligns with Gov. Newsom’s New State Directives - Los Angeles Sentinel

Monday, July 13, Los Angeles City Mayor Eric Garcetti provided updates regarding the COVID-19 escalation. He addressed new state orders closing all gyms, places of worship, offices, and personal care

fave

Source: Black News Black Press | Los Angeles Sentinel | Los Angeles Sentinel | Black News

Guyana’s democracy has weathered the storm, and the will of the people has prevailed - Stabroek News

A huge section of the Milne Ice Shelf, the last of Canada’s intact ice shelves located on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, has collapsed into the Arctic Ocean, creating an “ice island” about 30 square miles in size, larger than that of the area of

fave

Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

National name: Ityopiya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik

fave

Source: Fact Monster - Black History

National name: Al Jumhuriyah al Jazairiyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Shabiyah

fave

Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Texas leaders failed to heed warnings that left the state's power grid vulnerable to winter extremes, experts say - Dallas Examiner

By ERIN DOUGLAS, KATE MCGEE and JOLIE MCCULLOUGH The Texas Tribune As Texas faced record-low temperatures this February and snow and ice made roads impassable, the state’s electric grid operator lost control of

fave

Source: The Dallas Examiner

Judge Sends Black Teen To Juvenile Detention Center For Missing Online Homework

A 15-year-old Michigan teen was incarcerated after a judge ruled she violated her probation by not completing her online coursework.

fave

Source: Black America Web

Megan Thee Stallion Posted A Thirst Trap To Kick Off Summer 2020

Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz

fave

Source: The Urban Daily

President Bio takes to the red carpet in style to launch national tree planting

Launching the country’s national tree planting, afforestation, and reforestation project at Mortomeh in Bathurst, Freetown two days ago, 5th June 2020, this is what president

fave

Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

MSJ blames PNM and UNC for NGC 'mess' - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

BOTH the PNM and UNC are to blame for the "huge mess" that the National Gas Company (NGC) has found itself in, during their respective tenures in office.

Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) political leader David Abdulah made this statement during a virtual news conference on Sunday

fave

Source: Home - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidad and tobago

Current government officials

fave

Source: Fact Monster - Black History

As COVID cases rise, White House seeks to scrap ‘Obamacare’

The administration’s high court filing at 10:30 p.m. Thursday came the same day the government reported that close to half a million people who lost their health insurance amid the economic shutdown to slow the spread of COVID-19 have gotten coverage through

fave

Source: theGrio

Caribbean islands will need to be treated differently after COVID-19

Limited resources and economic diversification in Eastern Caribbean countries, compounded by their small size and remoteness, constrain

fave

Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

More from allAfrica.com

Kenya: Major Clash Looming as Odinga Claims Govt Mobilising Goons to Attack Azimio Protesters

Kenya: Police Must Use All Means Including Force to Restore Sanity - Cherargei

Tanzania: Tz Calls for Strong Measures to Combat Illegal Diamond Trade

Tanzania: Jnia Ushers in 1.15bn/ - Modern Restaurant

Tanzania: PM - Govt Puts More Thrust to People-Centred Projects

East Africa: Wishlist as Region Looks to Revamp Roaming Framework

Tanzania: Ministry Announces 1bn/ - Award Packed for Local Researchers

Kenya: Heighted Security in Nairobi Ahead of Azimio Protests

South Sudan: Born in the Unlucky Generations of South Sudan

Kenya Railways Suspends Operations Over Looming Monday Protests

Tanzania: Minister Says Blue Economy Is 'Game Changer' for Zanzibaris

West Africa: Cameroon, Gabon Reinforce Travel Restrictions After Equatorial Guinea Confirms Marburg Cases

Rwanda: Teachers Decry Lack of Books on Genocide Studies

Rwanda: Longer Maternity Leave Sparks Public Debate

Central African Republic: Situation in Central African Republic Worrisome, Research Group Says

Rwanda Among Countries With Cheapest Electricity Tariffs - Report

Rwanda First African Country to Fully Integrate Drone Technology in Fighting Malaria

Africa: Acceleration and Integration - A Progressive Approach for Saving Lives and Livelihoods

Africa: UN's Nuclear Agency and Food and Agriculture Wing Announce Key Commitments to Tackle Global Water Crisis

Africa: Ramadan - UN Chief Calls for Solidarity As Month of Giving Begins

Africa: UN Water Conference - Reducing Cross-Border Tensions

Africa: US Vice President Harris Begins Visit to Africa, the 'World's Future'

Africa: What You Should Know About the Shroom Boom and the Potential Psychedelic Shift in Mental Healthcare

Africa: Egypt's Diplomatic Campaign Against GERD Is a Threat to Africa's Progress

Africa: UPDF Kills 20 ADF Rebels in Surprise Attack

Africa: US Vice President Kamala Harris Kicks Off Africa Trip

South Africa: Premier Group Returns to the JSE After an 18-Year Hiatus

Zimbabwe: Six Zanu-PF Supporters Perish in Lorry Accident

Namibia: Vehicle Carrying 15 Pupils Overturns in Omusati

South Africa: Moosa 'Mosie' Moolla (1934-2023) - - Revolutionary, Leader, Democrat and Elder Statesman

South Africa: Land Equity a Hot Topic At the Conference On South Africa's Constitution

Zimbabwe: Chinotimba, Nduma and 3 Ministers Fall in Zanu-PF Primaries

Zimbabwe: Business Mogul Rudland Threatens to Sue Al Jazeera, Demands Public Apology

Zimbabwe: Don't Vote for Those Dogs - Zapu Chair Says to Supporters

West Africa: The U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability 10-Year Strategic Plan for Coastal West Africa

Liberia/South Africa: It's Do or Die for Bafana Bafana When They Face Liberia in Monrovia

Nigeria: Time to Punish Electoral Offenders

Nigeria: President Muhammadu Buhari, Tinubu, Olarenwaju, Others Mourn Diya

South Africa: Motshekga Questions Details of Death of Langalam Viki, Says Police Investigating

South Africa: Condolences for Eastern Cape Flood Victims

Zimbabwe: Chaos! Zanu-PF Officials Caught With Box Full of Filled-in Ballot Papers

South Africa: Proteas Stun West Indies With T20 Record Chase

Nigeria: 2023 Elections, Divisive Politics, and National Reconciliation

South Africa: SA Reserve Bank Expected to Hike Interest Rates Again On March 30 - By At Least 25 Basis Points

South Africa: Millions Paid to Buy Alternative Power Sources for Ministers - South African News Briefs - March 27, 2023

Western Sahara: Colombian President Asks Spain to Invite Western Sahara to Ibero-American Summit

Tanzania: What Saudi Airline Scheduled Flight to Jnia Means

Kenya: Former Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua Appointed to KCB Board of Directors

Tanzania: Kabwe Port Lifts Cross-Border Trade

Tanzania: Global Water Crisis - Tz Calls for Scaled Up Action

Cuisine Facts

Lifestyle Facts

Blackfacts BETA RELEASE 11.5.3
(Production Environment)