KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The machete-wielding men lodge themselves deep inside forests for weeks at a time, felling trees that will be incinerated into pieces of charcoal. Because they often work at night and target…
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Appalachia’s main industry is dying and some workers are looking to a new economic promise after Trump’s proves empty. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump puts on a miners hard hat during a rally in Charleston,…
MIDDELBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — South Africa’s coal mining heartland has the worst air quality in the world, according to a recent study by environmental group Greenpeace. The 12 large coal mines in this area make it…
Ghana is one of Africa’s biggest gold producers – and that’s taken a heavy toll on its environment thanks partly to widespread illegal small-scale mining. But expert Yaw Britwum Opoku tells DW why things are…
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — On any given day, plumes of noxious smoke rise above the Agbogbloshie dump site in Ghana’s capital, Accra. The billowing black smoke comes from the many informal e-waste recyclers who take…
The Trump administration is planning to strip Obama-era pollution protections from thousands of US streams and millions of acres of wetlands, in a move environmentalists warn will harm vital wildlife and could allow pollution into…
LAMU, Kenya (Reuters) – Kenyan islanders have built a boat made entirely of recycled plastic collected during clean-ups of the ocean to highlight the growing menace of plastic waste that ends up in the sea….
New coal plants in Africa are largely being paid for by China and developed countries that are turning away from the technology at home. Here’s why. Related news: Kenya: Investors Fight General Electric Plan to…
NEW YORK — A group of investors in U.S. conglomerate General Electric (GE) has publicly opposed its plans to buy a stake in a Kenyan coal-fired plant, claiming the project would damage the environment and…
ABIDJAN — The world’s top cocoa producer Ivory Coast plans to build a 60 to 70 megawatt (MW) capacity biomass power generation plant running on waste from cocoa pods, part of its aim of developing…