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INVESTIGATION: Gas flares, poisoned lives, regulatory failures in Nigeria’s oil fields

From disappearing fish in Akwa Ibom to polluted rainwater in Bayelsa, communities living beside Nigeria's oil facilities are confronting the human consequences of methane, a potent but largely invisible greenhouse gas. The post INVESTIGATION: Gas flares, poisoned lives, regulatory failures in Nigeria’s oil fields appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .

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From disappearing fish in Akwa Ibom to polluted rainwater in Bayelsa, communities living beside Nigeria's oil facilities are confronting the human consequences of methane, a potent but largely invisible greenhouse gas. The post INVESTIGATION: Gas flares, poisoned lives, regulatory failures in Nigeria’s oil fields appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .

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    INVESTIGATION: Gas flares, poisoned lives, regulatory failures in Nigeria’s oil fields

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    From disappearing fish in Akwa Ibom to polluted rainwater in Bayelsa, communities living beside Nigeria's oil facilities are confronting the human consequences of methane, a potent but largely invisible greenhouse gas. The post INVESTIGATION: Gas flares, poiso INVESTIGATION: Gas flares, poisoned lives, regulatory failures in Nigeria’s oil fields

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