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

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Communities near Nigeria's oil fields in Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa face severe environmental and health impacts due to gas flares and methane emissions. Regulatory failures compound these issues, resulting in disappearing fish populations and polluted rainwater.

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.