corporation - Blogs - TheBlackList Pub2024-03-28T10:34:39Zhttps://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/corporationAfrica Rejects Europe's 'Dirty Diesel'https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/africa-rejects-europe-s-dirty-diesel2017-05-13T21:00:00.000Z2017-05-13T21:00:00.000ZNana Baakan Agyiriwahhttps://www.theblacklist.net/members/NanaBaakanAgyiriwah<div><div style="text-align:left;" dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"></div><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jqplLWyHUYw/WQjMo_uvFeI/AAAAAAACncQ/GHm8qrZ0cHQsojVTIsavZ4hV4qt4PYqpACLcB/s1600/Africa%2Brejects%2BEurope%2527s%2BDirty%2BDiesel.png" target="_blank"><img width="320" class="align-left" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jqplLWyHUYw/WQjMo_uvFeI/AAAAAAACncQ/GHm8qrZ0cHQsojVTIsavZ4hV4qt4PYqpACLcB/s400/Africa%2Brejects%2BEurope%2527s%2BDirty%2BDiesel.png?width=320" alt="Africa%2Brejects%2BEurope%2527s%2BDirty%2BDiesel.png?width=320" /></a>In this video, we take a look at the circumstances surrounding the import of substandard petroleum into Africa from European Countries, the impact of the use of this fuel on the health and well being of the population in Africa, particularly West Africa, the efforts put forth by "Public Eye" as Swiss NGO and the cooperation of African Countries among themselves to establish changes in the standards of fuel allowed to be used.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:center;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;text-align:center;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;text-align:center;"><iframe width="560" height="315" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DIZPBAhHZNQ?wmode=opaque"></iframe></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;text-align:center;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">We look at the growing populations, traffic congestion, political and health, implications, and how tougher regulations can and should be implemented.</div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"><br /> Original Source for this story: <a href="http://www.dw.com/en/africa-rejects-europes-dirty-diesel/a-38627434">http://www.dw.com/en/africa-rejects-europes-dirty-diesel/a-38627434</a></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">Reprinted in: <a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201705010718.html">http://allafrica.com/stories/201705010718.html</a></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;"></div><div style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14pt;margin:0in;">This Video: <a 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