f the modal share of urban rail in African cities increases to 10% in 2030 and 20% in 2050, compared with the baseline scenario of 1% today, one gigaton of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions could be avoided between 2023 and 2050, says rail mobility solutions group Alstom in a new report titled ‘The Role of Urban Rail in Sustainable Africa’. This is equal to 32% of Africa’s total greenhouse-gas emissions in…
The Federal Government has selected Ethiopian Airlines (ET) Consortium as preferred bidder for Nigeria Air. The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika made this known during a media briefing on Friday in Abuja. According to him, ET scored 89 per cent out of 100 as regards the technical bid and 15 out 20 as regards financial bid. Sirika explained…
Project is the largest dam removal and river restoration effort in US history. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved the removal of four dams on the Klamath River in Oregon and California. The Nov. 17 decision to surrender the license on the dams is the final decision needed to allow the history-making project to move forward. With the action, the…
