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National Youth Council unveils Fursa vs Virus challenge winners
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1307, August 20, 2020 (EAT)
Four groups of youth emerged winners of the Fursa vs Virus challenge; a competition by the National Youth Council (NYC) seeking to empower youth to de...
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How group in Lamu is using solar energy to change agriculture
By Citizen Reporter,
1717, December 16, 2019 (EAT)
Food security has been a conversation that has now become a global concern especially when we factor in the climatic instability caused by global warm...
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Centum sets aside Ksh.2.1 billion in anticipated losses from Amu Power
By Kepha Muiruri,
1734, November 28, 2019 (EAT)
Centum Investment has set aside Ksh.2.1 billion as provision for the eventuality of a loss from its funding of the distressed Amu Power Company. Th...
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Environmental Tribunal stops Lamu coal project, orders fresh assessment
By Dzuya Walter,
1737, June 26, 2019 (EAT)
The National Environmental Tribunal has stopped the controversial Lamu coal project and at the same time revoked the license issued to Amu power plant...
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In “climate apartheid”, rich will save themselves while poor suffer – UN report
By Reuters,
1055, June 26, 2019 (EAT)
The world is on course for "climate apartheid", where the rich buy their way out of the worst effects of global warming while the poor bear the brunt,...
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Chinese worker killed in clashes at Bangladesh power plant
By Reuters,
2009, June 19, 2019 (EAT)
Clashes erupted between Bangladeshi and Chinese construction workers at a Chinese-funded power station in southern Bangladesh on Wednesday in which a ...
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Power from Kenya’s planned Lamu plant could cost 10 times more than estimated – Study
By Reuters,
1916, June 12, 2019 (EAT)
Electricity from a coal-fired power plant due to be built in Kenya by a Kenyan-Chinese consortium will cost consumers up to 10 times more than planned...
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South African government sued over coal and industrial air pollution
By Reuters,
1705, June 11, 2019 (EAT)
South Africa’s government has failed to tackle high air pollution levels in an area which is home to coal-fired power stations and refineries, a law...
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Zimbabwe faces worst power cuts in three years, mines hit
By Reuters,
1953, May 13, 2019 (EAT)
Zimbabwe’s state power utility imposed the worst rolling blackouts in three years on Monday, with households and industries including mines set to b...
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List of notable politicians in latest Parastatal appointments
By Citizen Reporter,
1614, May 8, 2019 (EAT)
Former Mukurweini MP Kabando wa Kabando and former Lamu Woman Rep Shakila Abdalla have been appointed as chairpersons of two Parastatals. Kabando ...
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South Korea steps up shift to cleaner energy, sets long-term renewable power targets
By Reuters,
1115, April 19, 2019 (EAT)
South Korea plans to boost the share of its energy output generated from renewable sources to as much as 35 percent by 2040, a draft revision to gover...
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While Washington fiddles, many states facing up to threats of climate change
By VOA,
841, April 3, 2019 (EAT)
When Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey introduced their Green New Deal resolution, Markey said it would be "the greatest blue-...
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Study: China bucks shift away from coal fired power
By VOA,
935, March 29, 2019 (EAT)
China restarted construction on more than 50 gigawatts (GW) of suspended coal-fired power plants last year, bucking a global shift away from fossil fu...
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Study: China bucks shift away from coal-fired power
By VOA,
1122, March 28, 2019 (EAT)
China restarted construction on more than 50 gigawatts (GW) of suspended coal-fired power plants last year, bucking a global shift away from fossil fu...
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Pork for pollution? South Koreans fight smog with grease
By Reuters,
810, March 21, 2019 (EAT)
Whenever dust particles hang thick in the air in South Korea, sales of pork rise. This quirky correlation in Asia’s fourth-largest economy, where...
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Environmentalists seek tougher EU curbs on balkan coal power plants
By VOA,
1947, February 20, 2019 (EAT)
Environmentalists urged EU policymakers on Tuesday to take a tougher stance on air pollution from coal power plants in the Western Balkans, blaming th...
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Peru launches ‘sustained’ crack-down on Illegal mining in Amazon
By VOA,
1244, February 20, 2019 (EAT)
Peru on Tuesday launched a new, "sustained" effort to uproot illegal gold mining in one of the Amazon's most biodiverse corners, sending 1,500 police ...
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Morocco looks to French as language of economic success
By Reuters,
2055, February 18, 2019 (EAT)
Morocco’s economy is getting lost in translation. With so many students dropping out of university because they don’t speak French, the governmen...
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North Korea looking for home-grown, sanctions-proof energy
By VOA,
1601, February 15, 2019 (EAT)
Power-strapped North Korea is exploring two ambitious alternative energy sources, tidal power and coal-based synthetic fuels, that could greatly impro...
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Rwanda signs $400M deal to produce methane gas from ‘killer lake’
By VOA,
1620, February 6, 2019 (EAT)
Rwanda said on Tuesday it had signed a $400 million deal to produce bottled gas from Lake Kivu, which emits such dense clouds of methane it is known a...
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