Towards a Gas-Flaring-Free Nigeria

If we really want to save Nigeria from the impending doom of climate imbalance, the damage caused by gas flaring should not be overlooked for enjoying the billions of dollars attached to petroleum. According to the World Bank’s Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership, Nigeria is the sixth-largest gas flaring country in the world. Satellite data from Nigeria’s environment ministry shows that about 800 million standard cubic feet of gas is flared daily in the country. This disastrous pra

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