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The St. Johns Riverkeepers‘ “Save the St. Johns Tour” is sailing along, paddling to Lake Washington today traveling to the River Lakes Conservation area. On its first day, Tuesday, starting by Vero Beach, the riverkeeper tour explored the headwaters of the river, Blue Cypress Lake, which happens to be the largest concentration of osprey in… Read More
A Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday ruled that Mondivest Ltd had a stand to maintain an action against Eko Atlantic project dredgers, for damages caused to the Kuramo Waters. The judge, Justice Jude Dagat, held this view while ruling on a preliminary objection to a suit filed by Mondivest, claiming N2bn as general damages… Read More
THE National Trust’s attempts to “rewild” part of the Ullswater Valley have met with anger and criticism from local farmers. The trust wants to take one of its fields out of tenant farmers’ hands and leave it to nature as a year-round flood plain for Goldrill Beck. Neighbouring fields could also be used as an… Read More
Somali pirate kingpin Mohamed Abdi Hassan has been sentenced by a Belgian court to 20 years in prison for the hijacking of the Pompei, a 1,850 dwt Belgiansubsea rock installation vessel(designed to protect pipelines etc.), captured by pirates in April 2009 and the first ship from that country to be taken off the Somali coast…. Read More
Essential dredging work at the country’s largest port, Santos, is in danger after the Special Ports Ministry, or SEP, canceled a contract with local dredging outfit EEL, necessitating the institution of draft restrictions in the harbor. “We have so many top-class, farcical soap operas going on in Brazil these days, and this one in Santos… Read More
WELCOME to Forest City, the residential island more than 10 square kilometres in size, with no cars and lush vegetation. It’s one of four sand banks built by Malaysia in the narrow sea separating it from Singapore as part of a $60 billion project. The neighbouring nation is none too happy about the new piece… Read More
State-owned oil firm Petrobras is reportedly considering a voluntary layoff program to reduce headcount by 12,000 positions, according to the paper O Estado de Sao Paulo. The plans are to be formally announced next month, company sources say, as part of a strategy for operations through 2020. The firm’s executives reported general plans for layoffs… Read More
Metro Vancouver is trying to figure out the best way to persuade the federal government to launch an environmental review of the bridge proposed to replace the Massey tunnel, after staff said it didn’t have enough information on the $3.5-billion project to make a compelling case. Directors on Metro’s intergovernmental committee asked staff Wednesday to… Read More
Massport and one of the largest shipping companies in the world plan to test the limits of Boston’s Conley Terminal in the coming weeks, bringing in the largest container ship in the port’s history. “It’s a challenge, like anything else,” said Thomas Glynn, chief executive of Massport. “They wouldn’t be giving us the challenge if… Read More
A Puget Sound shipping terminal crucial for exporting Crow Nation coal appears headed for denial, said U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont. Zinke said he expects the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to abort a yearslong environmental study of Gatetway Pacific Terminal and reject the project as Washington’s Lummi Nation requested in January 2015. The proposed… Read More
General Electric has issued a final rejection of the Environmental Protection Agency’s $613 million proposal to clean chemicals from a western Massachusetts river. The Berkshire Eagle reports GE Vice President for Global Operations Ann Klee said in the rejection letter posted Wednesday that the company’s position is “clear and unchanged.” The EPA had proposed cleaning… Read More
An overflow crowd of more than 350 concerned citizens turned out for a public forum on Tuesday night in support of the EPA proposal for the cleanup of the Housatonic River. But they also want to be clear that they oppose any plan to dump the PCB-tainted material in their community. The meeting, led by… Read More
Somali al Shabaab fighters have seized a small port in the semi-autonomous Puntland region, the latest sign of a resurgence in activity by the Islamist militants in the Horn of Africa nation. A series of offensives last year by the African Union force AMISOM and the Somali National Army had driven al Shabaab out of… Read More
The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) has described as a rip-off government’s $633 million contract with Conti for the dredging of the Odaw River, and wants government to come clean on the matter. AFAG asked why a 75-kilometer stretch of the Niger River in Nigeria costs $210 million dollars, and the 12-kilometer Odaw River would… Read More
The Western Canadian province of Alberta is blessed with abundant oil reserves, while an oil refinery located in the Eastern Canadian province of New Brunswick seeks delivery of that oil, via pipeline. However, several mayors of towns and cities located in the province of Quebec oppose the pipeline carrying oil through their towns. The town… Read More