House of Representatives, yesterday, said the country is currently losing $750 annually to gas flaring. House Committee on Gas Resources Chairman, Nicholas Mutu, stated this at an investigative hearing organised by the joint Committee on Gas Resources, Environment and Climate Change on “the need to end gas flaring in Nigeria and
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The Electricity market and industry has undergone significant structural changes, in the last three decades. Before this period the electricity market was monopolistic, with the exception of the United States and Japan that allowed privately owned vertically integrated monopolies. The electricity market was monopolistic for a reason – the nature
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A new ship powered only by lithium-ion batteries is coming to Japan’s coastline. The 60-meter-long tanker will be the first all-electric vessel of its kind when it launches in Tokyo Bay next year, its developers say. The “e5” tanker is the latest in a small but growing fleet of vessels that
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Facebook has begun rolling out new features that protect journalists in Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Kenya and other countries from online attacks. Journalists who are Facebook users can voluntarily register with Facebook in order to receive safety and security features that help further protect their Facebook profiles. Facebook is also offering registered
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As an entrepreneur or a startup founder, if there is only one agreement you can ask from a corporate lawyer for your company, what will that agreement be? They are many business agreements out there. Let’s do some guessing game. Are you going to choose an employment agreement? Non-disclosure agreement? Non-compete
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The company selected to be the new broadband provider would manage the entire switching process on behalf of the client. Ofcom believes the so-called 'One Touch Switch' will not only make the process less hassle, but also enable people to take advantage of the best deals. It would also prevent a gap
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In an effort to curb the rise in overall carbon vehicle emissions, the state of California recently announced a plan to ban new sales of gasoline-powered vehicles in less than 15 years—if the current governor's order holds strong. Now, thanks to supercomputers funded by the National Science Foundation such as Comet
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Ant Group has agreed on a restructuring plan with Chinese regulators under which the fintech giant will become a financial holding company, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said, potentially easing founder Jack Ma’s regulatory woes. The plan calls for putting all of Ant’s businesses into the holding company,
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“Organs-on-a-chip” system sheds light on how bacteria in the human digestive tract may influence neurological diseases. In many ways, our brain and our digestive tract are deeply connected. Feeling nervous may lead to physical pain in the stomach, while hunger signals from the gut make us feel irritable. Recent studies have
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There is an old adage “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” This couldn’t be truer as the utility industry looks to the near- and long-term future. On the one hand, it is fairly predictable what the utility industry will look like in 2021 – much as
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