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We all know the science. The United States and the world as a whole must reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent or more by 2050 in order to significantly reduce the risks posed by unabated climate change. Intensifying droughts and heat waves, inundation of coastal economies brought on by sea level rise, and increasing wildfires and extreme weather events across the United States are only some of those intensifying risks. While an 80 percent reduction may sound like a Herculean task, a new report from the Risky Business Project, From Risk to Return: Investing in a Clean Energy Economy , finds that achieving that reduction is both technically and economically feasible—and creates a huge business opportunity. WRI led the analysis underlying the report. In reducing the country’s emissions and capitalizing on the clean energy transition, the United States needs to move from its heavy dependence on fossil fuels towards wide-scale use of electricity wherever possible...

Although it is known that fruits are very good for your body, there are combinations that could be fatal. Yes, as you hear, despite their wonderful properties, various studies have shown that eating more than two of these foods at the same time, can cause discomfort in the case of adults, and, in the case of infants it can be fatal. If you do not want to make a terrible mistake, then you have to remember the listed foods that you should never combine no matter what. Banana and pudding – this combo creates stomach heaviness in adults, slowing down the mind and increasing the production of toxins. In case of infants, it may be fatal. Orange with carrot – Although this combination is very popular in places where they sell natural juices, intake of both things at once produces heartburn, excess bile reflux and heartburn, as well as damage to the renal system, which is the origin of more serious diseases. Pineapple and milk – the presence of bromelain causes he body to ...

Practically every ingredient in this recipe juice has powerful anticancer properties. Cancer is one of the greatest modern scourges for mankind. Some people have been subjected to terribly toxic to try to curb the onslaught treatments, but still takes thousands of victims every year. However, several studies have shown that a completely natural remedy made with ginger root can be more effective against certain cancers that harmful interventions of chemotherapy and radiation. In 2007, the “BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine” published a study that demonstrated the ability of ginger to fight ovarian cancer, which is the most deadly cancer of the female reproductive system, according to the American Cancer Society. Ginger works by blocking cancer growth, limiting their ability to spread. “Ginger inhibits growth and modulates the secretion of angiogenic factors in ovarian cancer cells,” says the study. “The use of dietary agents such as ginger may have...

I think we lost because our time was simply up, and no amount of deceptive campaign promises could keep us in power. No amount of monopolization of the media space could save us. No amount of money could stop our defeat. No amount of local and international celebrity endorsements could help us. And no amount of vote buying could stand the irresistible hurricane of change that shook our nation on Wednesday. I will urge my party members to stop the “blamestorming” that has started so that we brainstorm on how to get ourselves out of the mess we have put ourselves in. The future of our great party looks gloomy and we have to start work on how to get ourselves out of what appears like an eternal stay in opposition. In life, when you are hit by the subduing blow of misfortune, you have two options. You can allow that blow to crush you. You can also move on with the enormous lessons such misfortunes often present. I cannot immediately tell my next move in life, politics and ...

If you were a kid right now, would there be anything about renewable energy that would be attractive to you? All of the conversation around energy is actually pretty stale and boring — even for adults! And since kids are the future of the renewable energy industry, it’s imperative that we don’t overlook this fact and discover ways to engage them. Five Ways to Get Kids Excited About Renewables If you want to get kids excited about renewable energy, you have to take a back door approach. You can’t just bring up the topic and shove it down their throats. This is how you turn them off from the topic. Instead, you need to make it fun, engaging, and age-appropriate. Here are a few ideas to get you started: 1.    Find Online Resources Kids are visual and they love doing things on tablets and mobile devices. If you can find a way to curb their YouTube watching habits and make their screen time a little more educational, then you should. Thankfully, there are ...

By CHRIS SULEIMAN, Abuja National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC)  Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has declared war on a newspaper owned by the National Leader of the party Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over the reported comment attributed to the National Chairman. A statement signed by Chief of Staff to the APC National Chairman Edwin Ikhinmwin, described the reports by the Nation Newspaper as libelous misrepresentation of the National Chairman’s comments at Thursday’s mega rally the Party held ahead of Saturday’s legislative re-run elections in Rivers State. “The Newspaper in its front page report (published Friday, December 9, 2016), titled:“Rivers rerun: APC tells supporters to fight back” falsely quoted the APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun as calling for a “fire for fire approach” and calling on APC supporters to “shoot” and “kill”during the Rivers re-run election. “The libelous comments are clearly a most wicked fabrication and are also at odds w...

Scientists in South Africa have found a link between a particular type of malaria resistance and the likelihood of cancer metastasis. Metastasis is the spread of cancer cells to new areas of the body (often by way of the lymph system or bloodstream). Geoffrey Siwo, a research scientist and his colleagues at IBM Research Africa, Johannesburg, in their bid to solve Africa’s future health issues, found the link between a malaria resistance and cancer among the African descent. According to CNN, the team got drawn to the research due to the fast rising interaction between cancer and other diseases. Data gathered during the course of research revealed that Africans have a particular gene that’s different from other world population. The gene is medically known as Duffy Antigen Receptor (DARC). Siwo told CNN that a mutation of this gene “makes most Africans less susceptible to a type of malaria caused by [the parasite] Plasmodium vivax”. DARC encodes a protein that is used by p...

https://authenticnewsdaily.com/2016/12/13/compensation-to-fulani-investigate-el-rufai-s-violation-of-laws-of-nigeria-cedra-writes-petition-to-buhari/ Centrum Initiative For Development And Fundamental Rights Advocacy(CEDRA) has written a petition to President Muhammad Buhari, requesting that the Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nadir el-Rufai be investigated for violating Nigerian laws by compensating foreigners who attacked Southern Kaduna. In the letter signed by John Danfulani, CEDRA accused el-Rifai of only embarking on cosmetic approach in ending the killings. Below is the full letter. Federal Republic of Nigeria Aso Rock Abuja Sir, INVESTIGATE GOVERNOR NASIR AHMED EL-RUFA’I’S CONFESSIONARY STATEMENT THAT HE COMPENSATED SOME FOREIGN NATIONALS THAT HAVE BEEN TERRORISING PEOPLE AND VILLAGES IN SOUTHERN KADUNA Centrum Initiative For Development And Fundamental Rights Advocacy(CEDRA) is a Kaduna based development and rights advocacy group.CEDRA’s area of coverage ar...

Rivers Rerun: Civil Society Accuses Security Officials of Absconding With Voting Materials, Wants Investigation Civil Society groups who monitored the Rivers rerun elections have queried why Security officials took away voting materials from polling areas. In a situation room report made available to newsmen, the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to make public all incidence reports all its officials who participated in the Rivers rerun election. The Civil Society Report Reads: The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room observed the suspended elections in Rivers State held on December 10th 2016. Field observers were deployed to 5 of the LGAs with the largest proportion of elections being redone. With regards to the election atmosphere, the Situation Room issued a pre-election statement on the toxic conditions created by political parties before the poll. Reports of our observation of the Rivers State re-ru...

Coke is the most valuable brand in history, and “Coca-Cola” is the world’s second-most recognized word after “hello.” However, the beverage itself is an absolute poison to the human metabolism. Coke is very close to the acidity level of battery acid and consequently it can clean surfaces equivalent to and often better than many toxic household cleaners. It’s cheaper and easier to buy Coke in some third world countries than it is to access clean water. Coke uses “public relations propaganda” to convince consumers and entire nations that it is an “environmental company” when really it is linked to pollution, water shortages, and disease. People who consume soft drinks such as Coke have a 48% increase in heart attack and stroke risk, compared to people who did not drink the sodas at all or did not drink them every day. A study published in the journal Respirology reveals that soft drink consumption is also associated with lung and breathing disorders including asthma ...

Christopher Columbus illustrated the papaya as the “fruit of the angels”, and this is no surprise when we consider the sweet, tender taste of this fruit, with its soft consistency. The fruit is high in healthy element and provides various health benefits. It has potent anti-inflammatory residential or commercial properties which avoid major health issues, and are of terrific assistance in the treatment of health issue like wounds, indigestion, including cancer, blood sugar level level, and cardiovascular disease. However, we need to notify you that you ought to stop tossing the seeds away, as they are the healthiest part of the fruit. The papaya seeds can be taken in ground, crushed, or raw with honey, in milk, or in salad dressings. This is ways to consume them and enjoy their numerous health advantages! Detoxify your Liver These seeds have actually been frequently used in the Conventional Chinese Medication for full body cleansing, and they considerably enhanc...

  The United States Consul-General in Nigeria, Mr John Bray, on Thursday said that Nigeria would be able to overcome her current economic recession by attracting more Foreign Direct Investment.Bray gave the advice in Lagos at this year’s Annual Lecture of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Alumni Association. The theme of his keynote address was “The Challenges and Opportunities of Managing a Recessionary Economy: The American Experience.” “As the most populous country on the continent and as the largest economy in Africa, Nigeria clearly stands to gain from increasing its attractiveness to foreign investors. “As in the case for the U.S. economy, FDI offers much to contribute to Nigeria’s ability to grow its economy and increase its global competitiveness. “I hope that Nigeria will use the current recession as an opportunity to adopt and implement economic reforms to address challenges that existed before the current recession,’’ he said. Bray said that the U.S. wou...

President-Elect Trump has repeatedly claimed that climate change is a “hoax,” and has appointed notorious climate denier Myron Ebell to run the transition team for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). During the campaign, Trump advocated for “scrapping” the Clean Power Plan — the nation’s first limits on harmful climate pollution from existing power plants, which are among the United States’ very largest sources of these contaminants. Lost in this campaign rhetoric was the reality that states and companies across the country are already making cost-effective investments in transformative clean energy technologies that are rapidly reducing emissions of climate pollution across the power sector. These investments are helping deliver a more reliable and affordable electricity grid, yielding tremendous public health benefits by reducing emissions of soot and smog-forming pollutants, and driving job growth in communities around the country. The Clean Power Pla...

As the fourth busiest European port in cargo tonnage, the port is of substantial economic importance to Amsterdam and the Netherlands. More than 2,000 companies use the port and generate €6 billion in revenue per year. Companies in the port area employ 55,000 people. Like every major world port, Amsterdam has many opportunities to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). It is working on that as part of the  World Port Climate Initiative , launched in 2008 when 55 ports from around the world signed the  World Port Climate Declaration  at the encouragement of the  C40 Climate Cities Leadership Group and Clinton Climate Initiative . According to its  Vision 2030  statement, the port seeks to become “an innovative hub for [an] energy transition [and a] circular and bio-based economy” that will create jobs, new products, and economic progress. A bio-based economy primarily uses renewable biological materials―from fields, forests, and oce...

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/217371-un-ignores-buhari-seeks-record-2-7-billion-aid-7-million-nigerians-affected-boko-haram-others.html Poverty, conflict and climate change will leave 15 million people across Africa’s Sahel belt in need of life-saving aid next year, the UN said as it launched a record $2.7 billion humanitarian appeal for the region in 2017. Around 40 per cent of the money (about $1 billion) will be used to help some seven million people in Nigeria affected by the jihadist group Boko Haram’s seven-year insurgency, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The UN’s statement of about 7 million Nigerians needing help in the aftermath of the Boko Haram insurgency comes days after the Nigerian government accused the global body and other international organisations working in the north-east of exaggerating the crisis for financial reasons. “We are concerned about the blatant attempts to whip up a non-exis...

“Gentlemen of the Press, As the Senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial Zone, I hereby wish to make my assertion, and indeed, views and position of my constituency on some very vexing and serious utterances made by Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna state as it concerns the survival and wellbeing of Southern Kaduna. This is from the outcome of Newspapers’ and online captions quoting Governor Nasir el-Rufai as saying that he has had to trace some of the murderous Fulani herdsmen that have been killing defenceless, innocent Southern Kaduna natives and destroying their villages. The news sources said that after tracing them, he told them that he was also a Fulani man and paid them sums of money to stop the massacre, burning and tearing down of scores of communities in Southern Kaduna. That not done with, the governor also uttered a very bizarre threat that he has compiled for arrest and prosecution, names of persons asking the people of Southern Kaduna to defend t...

  Smoking cigarettes is among the most hazardous practices, and its stopping can be exceptionally hard for some people. Nicotine is the substance which causes the addiction, and it requires the body to crave for more. So the more you smoke, the more nicotine is needed. Also, when you do not go into nicotine in the body, the withdrawal phase takes place, which can be quite tough prior to your body gets utilized to the new life without cigarettes. The physical signs last for a week, however the nicotine yearnings can last longer. Yet, Stevia is a herb which can assist you stop this routine. Inning accordance with a current German study, Stevia can assist you stop drinking and smoking cigarettes, as it blocks the yearning signals for nicotine from the brain. This herb has actually been long used as a sweetener and belongs to the chrysanthemum household, belonging to Paraguay. All you require is a couple of drops of Stevia, and you have to drop them directly on ...

Nigerian researchers have found that water-based extract of bitter leaf (Vernonia amygdalina) could be used as adjuvant in the management of people living with Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). A recent study on the immunological effect of Vernonia amygdalina leaf extract and immunace® (nutritional supplement) on HIV-infected patients taking highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) found that it could serve as a nutritional supplement in an HIV-infected or immuno-compromised condition such as cancer or diabetes patients. The study published in Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine concluded: “The aqueous extract of Vernonia amygdalina (bitter leaf) and immunace or both have the immunological effect on HIV-infected patients. Therefore, we suggest that the V. amygdalina extract or immunace or both could be used as adjuvant in the management of HIV/AIDS clients.” The study was conducted by researchers from the D...