Category : Environment News

Shoe Factory closed over pollution and unsafe working conditions

An arrest warrant was issued after the managers failed to appear in court to answer to charges of pollution and poor working conditions...

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NEMA shuts five companies over pollution

The exercise is meant to weed out companies discharging untreated waste water into sewer lines or the environment that mainly ends...

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Three Companies in Nairobi shut down for Toxic Emissions

The other reasons put forward were that workers at the facility did not have protective gear, lack of records of stock emissions or...

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Factories on notice over Water Pollution

Tobiko said there should be no excuse for individuals or entities to discharge waste or effluent into Lake Victoria.

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Nanyuki School to replace Asbestos Roof

Inhaling of asbestos fibres increases the risk of developing serious chronic health problems such as asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma.

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Hydrogen fuel cell trains to run on British railways from...

The railways need to decarbonise and the Government has rightly set out a goal to eliminate diesel rolling stock by 2040.

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Kenyan Company to provide German PV Solar Technology to...

The manufacturing industry is being urged to adopt clean and renewable energy sources like solar to cut costs and become more energy...

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Plastic Bags Ban in Kenya

As of August 28, 2017, the ban on "the use, manufacture and importation of all plastic bags used for commercial and household packaging"...

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Gas Samples from Nyeri Borehole submitted for Testing

The officers suspect that it could be carbon dioxide, butane or methane. They have however ruled out hydrogen sulphide, which is poisonous...

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Danger as Kisumu residents scoop fuel from leaking pipeline

Petrol is highly flammable while diesel does not release a large amount of flammable vapour which could lead to an explosion

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Court upholds ban on plastic bags

A three judge bench declined to quell the gazette notice which effected the ban on plastic bags in August last year.

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Ethiopia: Government Suspends Gold Mine License following...

The protesters claimed that the discharge from the company has caused skin irritation, complications in women's delivery, child illness...

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