The East African Standard (Nairobi)
28 April 2008

By Joseph Murimi
Nairobi
A new strategy that will allow you to sell your plastic waste, generate income for the youth and improve the environment has been unveiled.

Players in the plastic industry have come up with a concept that will see plastic waste collected and recycled before getting to the dumpsites. The concept involves organising youths in groups and empowering them to collect plastic waste from homes and selling them to big industries for recycling. Continue Reading »

A plan to build the largest and most powerful hydroelectric dam in the world is being discussed in London.

Financiers and African politicians will look at how to finance the $80bn (£40bn) cost of the Grand Inga project.

The plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo would generate twice as much energy as China’s Three Gorges dam. Continue Reading »

The Congolese government has given an oil permit claimed by Tullow Oil to a rival consortium.

Tullow, Heritage Oil and Cohydro signed an agreement for two permits on Lake Albert, which borders Uganda, in 2006.

The oil ministry says one is invalid as the deputy minister had no authority to sign it and the president did not approve it. Continue Reading »

Mmegi/The Reporter (Gaborone)
16 April 2008

By Tumelo Setshogo
Botswana will be the first country in African to host a competition on energy saving this year. Continue Reading »

February 29, 2008

By ANDREW C. REVKIN

The growth of logging in the rain forests of central Africa appears to be posing a long-distance threat to one of the world’s most important nesting grounds for several species of rare sea turtles — the coast of Gabon. Continue Reading »