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The Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment to a Noiseless Lagos through stricter enforcement of noise pollution regulations during and after the Yuletide season. Addressing a press conference on Monday, the Honourable Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, emphasized the need for stakeholders’ compliance to create a safer, peaceful, and healthier environment for residents. Mr. Wahab acknowledged the festive nature of the season, characterized by celebrations, music, and other social activities, but stressed the adverse effects of unregulated noise on health and environmental well-being. “While this season is unique for its festive activities, we must prioritize the quality of life and well-being of all residents. Unchecked noise pollution endangers public health and the environment,” he noted. The Commissioner announced the implementation of key measures to curb noise pollution, including: The Commissioner called on all residents, businesses, and visitors to embrace the Noiseless Lagos policy, emphasizing that the government is committed to creating a quieter, healthier, and more livable city. Mr. Wahab commended Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat, for their reform policies under the T.H.E.M.E.S Plus agenda, which prioritize environmental sustainability and a cleaner Lagos. In concluding his address, the Commissioner thanked members of the press for their continued support and urged all stakeholders to join hands with the government in achieving a Noiseless Lagos. “Together, we can build a sustainable, livable, and peaceful Lagos that will remain a pride to us all,” he stated, wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Igbega Ipinle Eko, Ajumose Ni O!”
NoneBOSTON — Forty years ago, Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie rolled to his right and threw a pass that has become one of college football’s most iconic moments. With Boston College trailing defending champion Miami, Flutie threw the Hail Mary and found receiver Gerard Phalen, who made the grab while falling into the end zone behind a pair of defenders for a game-winning 48-yard TD. Flutie and many of his 1984 teammates were honored on the field during BC’s 41-21 victory over North Carolina before the second quarter on Saturday afternoon, the anniversary of the Eagles’ Miracle in Miami. “There’s no way its been 40 years,” Flutie told The Associated Press on the sideline a few minutes before he walked out with some of his former teammates to be recognized after a video of The Play was shown on the scoreboards. A statue commemorating Doug Flutie's famed "Hail Mary" pass during a game against Miami on Nov. 23, 1994, sits outside Alumni Stadium at Boston College. Famous football plays often attain a legendary status with religious names like the "Immaculate Reception," the "Hail Mary" pass and the Holy Roller fumble. It’s a moment and highlight that’s not only played throughout decades of BC students and fans, but around the college football world. “What is really so humbling is that the kids 40 years later are wearing 22 jerseys, still,” Flutie said of his old number. “That amazes me.” That game was played on national TV the Friday after Thanksgiving. The ironic thing is it was originally scheduled for earlier in the season before CBS paid Rutgers to move its game against Miami, thus setting up the BC-Miami post-holiday matchup. Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie rejoices in his brother Darren's arms after B.C. defeats Miami with a last second touchdown pass on Nov. 23, 1984, in Miami. “It shows you how random some things are, that the game was moved,” Flutie said. “The game got moved to the Friday after Thanksgiving, which was the most watched game of the year. We both end up being nationally ranked and up there. All those things lent to how big the game itself was, and made the pass and the catch that much more relevant and remembered because so many people were watching.” There’s a statue of Flutie winding up to make The Pass outside the north gates at Alumni Stadium. Fans and visitors can often be seen taking photos there. “In casual conversation, it comes up every day,” Flutie said, when asked how many times people bring it up. “It brings a smile to my face every time we talk about it.” A week after the game-ending Flutie pass, the Eagles beat Holy Cross and before he flew off to New York to accept the Heisman. They went on to win the 49th Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Day. Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie evades Miami defensive tackle Kevin Fagan during the first quarter of a game on Nov. 23, 1984, in Miami, Fla. “Forty years seem almost like incomprehensible,” said Phalen, also standing on the sideline a few minutes after the game started. “I always say to Doug: ‘Thank God for social media. 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(AP) — Brock Purdy threw one short pass in the open portion of practice for the San Francisco 49ers as he remains slowed by an injury to his throwing shoulder that has already forced him to miss a game. Purdy spent the bulk of the session of Wednesday's practice open to reporters as either a spectator or executing handoffs outside of one short pass to Jordan Mason. Purdy hurt his shoulder during a loss to Seattle on Nov. 17. He tried to throw at practice last Thursday but had soreness in his right shoulder and shut it down. He missed a loss to Green Bay but was able to do some light throwing on Monday. His status for this week remains in doubt as the Niners (5-6) prepare to visit Buffalo on Sunday night. Purdy isn't the only key player for San Francisco dealing with injuries. Left tackle Trent Williams and defensive end Nick Bosa remain sidelined at practice Wednesday after missing last week's game. Williams was using a scooter to get around the locker room as he deals with a left ankle injury. Bosa has been out with injuries to his left hip and oblique. Bosa said the week off helped him make progress and that he hopes to be able to take part in individual drills later in the week. Bosa wouldn't rule out being able to play on Sunday. "It’s feeling a lot better,” Bosa said. “Still need to get better before I’m ready to go. This week will be big and I’ll know a lot more in the next couple of days.” Running back Christian McCaffrey has been able to play, but isn't back to the form that helped him win AP Offensive Player of the Year in 2023 after missing the first eight games this season with Achilles tendinitis. McCaffrey has 149 yards rushing in three games back with his 3.5 yards per carry down significantly from last season's mark of 5.4. But he is confident he will be able to get back to his usual level of play. “When you lose and maybe you don’t jump out on the stat sheet, your failures are highlighted,” he said. “I’m happy I’m out here playing football and I just know with time it will come.” Coach Kyle Shanahan said he has liked what he has seen from McCaffrey, adding that there hasn't been much room to run in recent weeks. But Shanahan said it takes time to get back to speed after McCaffrey had almost no practice time for nine months. “Guys who miss offseasons and miss training camp, usually it takes them a little bit of time at the beginning of the year to get back into how they were the year before, let alone missing half the season also on top of that,” Shanahan said. “I think Christian’s doing a hell of a job. 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The Bali representative for Indonesia's ruling political party has slammed his own country's decision to return the remaining members of the Bali Nine to Australia. Nyoman Parta from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, which has held power in the House of Representatives since 2014, said Indonesia would appear weak if it released the drug smugglers at a foreign country's request. The five members of the group who are still behind bars in Indonesia will be returned to Australia following a discussion at this month's APEC meeting in Peru between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and new Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto. 'Do not let this country appear weak by ignoring existing laws on the grounds of international cooperation, then repatriating foreign prisoners to their country,' Mr Parta said in a statement to the Indonesian House of Representatives. He warned that doing so, while it it did promote international diplomacy, could 'break the legal system in Indonesia'. Australians Matthew Norman, Martin Stephens, Si Yi Chen, Scott Rush and Michael Czugaj are serving life sentences in Indonesia after they were arrested in 2005 as they attempted to smuggle 8.3kg of heroin strapped to their bodies from Bali. Among the remaining members of the nine, Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen died from cancer in 2018 and Renae Lawrence was released in the same year after her life sentence was reduced to 20 years on appeal. The masterminds of the drug plot, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, were executed by firing squad in... Brett LackeyTaking stock of the 3-10 Patriots at the bye: Rodney Harrison's POV, injury updates, more
LOOMING CRUNCH The Malampaya natural gas fields, which currently supply around 30 percent of Luzon’s energy consumption, are expected to be depleted by 2025 to 2027. MANILA, Philippines — The seventh Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) in the United Nations’ (UN) 2030 Agenda is focused on providing affordable and clean energy for all people. As the core of agriculture, business, communications, health care, education, transportation, and everything else in daily modern life, access to energy has become ever more critical. In the year 2021, over 91 percent of the global population had access to electricity, an increase from 87 percent in 2015. Unfortunately, according to the UN, progress on SDG 7 is not fast enough to keep up with its targets. At the current global pace in prioritizing access to affordable energy, around 660 million people will still lack access to electricity and almost two billion people will still have to rely on polluting fuels and technologies for cooking by 2030. The Philippines is still falling behind in its affordable and clean energy targets, according to the UN’s 2024 Sustainable Development Report. The country continues to face several significant challenges across the board, and progress is mostly stagnating or increasing at less than 50 percent of the required rate. Though the country is on track or maintaining SDG achievement with regard to access to electricity, the other target indicators for SDG 7 are still facing significant to major challenges, and progress on renewable energy share in total final energy consumption is decreasing alongside other stagnant indicators. As of 2021, coal and oil, which are the biggest sources of energy in the Philippines, took up 31 percent and 30 percent of total energy supply, respectively. The transport and residential sectors take up the largest portions of total final consumption at 31 and 29 percent, respectively. The country is also facing a mounting energy crisis, with the Malampaya natural gas fields, which currently supply around 30 percent of Luzon’s energy consumption, expected to be depleted by 2025 to 2027, according to the International Trade Administration. In an attempt to help combat the country’s high energy consumption and design a more sustainable energy blueprint for the future, the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) introduced the National Renewable Energy Program (NREP) for 2020 to 2040, which builds on the NREP for 2011 to 2030. The NREP 2020-2040 sets a target of at least 35 percent renewable energy (RE) share in the power generation mix by the year 2030, and growth to at least 50 percent by 2040. It aims to provide energy security (accelerating the exploration and development of RE resources), sustainable development (contributing to the SDG goals), climate change mitigation (reducing greenhouse gases and other harmful emissions), capability building (institutionalizing the development of capabilities in the use of RE systems), and inclusive growth (catalyzing solutions to cross-cutting social issues). The NREP also provides an RE power supply expansion plan via collaboration between the NREB and the Department of Energy. The Philippine Energy Program 2020-2040, the second comprehensive energy blueprint supporting the government’s long-term 2040 vision, also reiterates the energy sector’s goal to attain a future with clean energy. Under this plan, the strategic focus areas include secure and cleaner energy, adaptive environments, stronger investments, resilient and secure energy infrastructure, strategic alliances with international communities, and strengthened partnerships with the attached agencies. GREEN RIDE Japan’s Shinkansen trains will begin sourcing 10 percent of the electricity used for its operations from non-carbon emitting renewable energy sources by 2027—the first time the famed trains are to be powered by renewable energy. —Photo from the Government of Japan website Japan, the Asian country with the highest ranking in the overall SDG Index Ranking, provides good examples of energy conservation and sustainability. Ranked 18th out of 166 countries, Japan is on track to meet three out of four of the SDG’s target indicators, but still faces significant challenges with regard to renewable energy share in total final energy consumption. The Energy Conservation Act in Japan, which was enacted in 1979, helps to promote the effective and rational use of energy in the country. Having undergone several revisions in light of natural crises, the act covers energy management in the industrial, commercial, residential, and transport sectors, as well as energy efficiency standards in appliances and vehicles. In 2023, the act underwent an amendment that helped gear its direction more toward accomplishing SDG 7. Under this amendment, the definition of “energy”—which previously only referred to oil, natural gas, coal, heat (fossil-derived), and other sources of energy derived from these sources—was expanded to include all forms of non-fossil energy. It also required large-scale energy consumers to submit regular reports on non-fossil energy usage, as well as mid- to long-term plans for non-fossil energy transition by target year 2030. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) also launched its Green Power Island Program in 2021, following the end of the Hybrid Island Program. The program aims to accelerate the process of integrating renewable energy, reinforce the capacity of local electric utilities, introduce power system stabilization measures, and promote private investment. The new program builds on its predecessor by utilizing renewable energies, storage batteries, and other facilities to achieve the optimal operation of power supplies and maintain stability and economic viability. The Hybrid Island Program, which ran from 2016 to 2021, sought to create a framework that allowed hybrid power generation systems to be maintained and managed within countries or regions through the development of solar, hydro, and other renewable power generation facilities—a system now carried over to the Green Power Island Program. Japan has also incorporated renewable energy solutions into technologies and systems applicable to its peoples’ daily lives. In 2023, the West Japan Railway Co., or JR West, announced that it would switch 10 percent of the electricity used for its Shinkansen operations to non-carbon emitting renewable energy sources by the year 2027. This move falls in line with the goal of reducing carbon emissions in Japan by 2050, and would mark the first time that Shinkansen trains in Japan are to be powered by renewable energy. The second highest-ranking Asian country on the SDG Index, South Korea has made significant strides toward accomplishing SDG 7. Though major challenges remain relating to renewable energy share in total final energy consumption, South Korea has achieved and maintained most of SDG 7’s targets and remains on track overall. As of 2024, South Korea ranks 33rd out of 166 in the UN Sustainable Development Report. South Korea has also set a target of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050. While its energy sector is dominated by a strong dependence on fossil fuels and energy imports as well as a high share of coal-fired power generation for industrial energy, the country hopes to achieve to evolve by substantially increasing the share of renewable energy sources, gradually phasing out coal, and significantly improving energy efficiency through technological innovation and digitalization. As of 2022, oil and coal make up the largest sources of energy in Korea, at 36 percent and 26 percent of the country’s total energy supply, respectively. Coal also accounts for the largest source of energy generation in Korea as of 2022, making up 33 percent of the country’s total generation. In 2019, South Korea launched its Third Energy Master Plan, the country’s top-level energy policy overlooking mid-to-long-term energy policies and goals for the next 20 years. Its main objective was to reduce the country’s total energy consumption by around 14 percent by the year 2030, coinciding with the SDGs’ target year. Beyond that, the master plan also aimed to reduce energy consumption by 17.2 percent by 2035, and 18.6 percent by 2040, below the projected business-as-usual level. In 2020, South Korea introduced the Korean New Deal, which planned to invest around $144 billion in creating 1,901,000 jobs by the year 2025 and transform the country’s economy into a greener, more digitized and sustainable one. Among its main policies was the Green New Deal, which placed emphasis on renewable energy, green infrastructure, and innovation in the green industrial sector, and accelerating the country’s transition toward a low-carbon eco-friendly economy. Under this deal, around 73.4 trillion won, with 42.7 trillion won from the treasury, would be invested for green infrastructure, renewable energy, and fostering the green industry by 2025. The green car subsidy program also offered up to $17 million for subsidies to people purchasing electric cars in 2021, as well as up to $33.5 million for hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles. Subscribe to our daily newsletter By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy . Sources: doe.gov.ph, trade.gov, iea.hboards.sdgindex.org, cdn.climatepolicyradar.org, undp,org, iea.org, English.moef.go.kr, jica.go.jp, youtube.com, jaif.or.jp, asiaeec-col.eecj.or.jp, meti.go.jp, climate-laws.org, un.org, sdg.neda.gov.phTwo major automakers are joining forces to survive
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Alex Ovechkin has a broken left fibula and is expected to be out four to six weeks, an injury that pauses the Washington Capitals superstar captain’s pursuit of Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record. The Capitals updated Ovechkin’s status Thursday after he was evaluated by team doctors upon returning from a three-game trip. The 39-year-old broke the leg in a shin-on-shin collision Monday night with Utah's Jack McBain, and some of his closest teammates knew it was not good news even before Ovechkin was listed as week to week and placed on injured reserve. “Everyone’s bummed out,” said winger Tom Wilson, who has played with Ovechkin since 2013. “We were sitting there saying: ‘This is weird. Like, it’s unbelievable that he’s actually hurt.’ It’s one of those things where like, he’s going to miss games? I’ve been around a long time, and it’s new to me.” Ovechkin in his first 19 seasons missed 59 games — and just 35 because of injury. Durability even while throwing his body around with his physical style is a big reason he is on track to pass Gretzky’s mark of 894 goals that once looked unapproachable. “He doesn’t go out there and just coast around,” Wilson said. “He’s played 20 years every shift running over guys and skating. He’s a power forward, the best goal-scorer ever maybe, and he’s a power forward that plays the game really hard.” Ovechkin surged to the top of the league with 15 goals in his first 18 games this season. He was on pace to break the record and score No. 895 sometime in February. “You know when goal-scorers start scoring, it’s dangerous,” said defenseman John Carlson, who has been teammates with Ovechkin since 2009-10. “There was a bit of that in the downs that everyone was feeling about it too, of course. We see him coming to the rink every day, we know what’s at stake. You never want anyone to get injured, but there’s a lot to it and certainly he was playing his best hockey in years.” AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl
An online promotion campaign and nighttime safety plan topped the agenda at the first meeting of Ottawa's new nightlife council, members say. The meeting earlier this month gave newly-appointed nightlife councillors an opportunity to meet and discuss the city's first nightlife action plan , member Eric Vance told CBC's Ottawa Morning on Monday. Vance, who is also a drag performer and co-owner of Glittershaker Events, said it's important for Ottawa to have a central online resource for event promotion. "We hear a lot of the time, that event sounded so great but we really didn't know it was happening," Vance said. "I think the online resource for promotion ... that's a really great way for people to find out about events." Vance is part of the new team of volunteer nightlife councillors assembled by the City of Ottawa and nightlife commissioner Mathieu Grondin in an effort to reverse Ottawa's image as the "city that fun forgot." City of Ottawa nightlife commissioner Mathieu Grondin was hired in June from a role promoting Montreal's nightlife. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press) The nightlife council was greenlit last year as part of a nightlife action plan to develop and promote a "more vibrant, diverse, inclusive, viable, safe, and well-managed nightlife." Vance said in addition to larger organizations such as Ottawa Tourism, members representing "the little guys who make some really great stuff happen" also appeared. 'Spirit of celebration' Rachel Weldon, director of Ottawa arts non-profit Debaser, attended the meeting. Although Weldon acknowledged that some people might be fatigued by family commitments during the holidays, she said nightlife can still thrive. "Everybody's budget is a little bit stretched tighter this time of year, and they have other social events," said she said. "But there is also a spirit of celebration in the air." 'The city fun is about to remember': Meet Ottawa's new nightlife commissioner Ottawa's night mayor is building a nightlife council Like Vance, Weldon often works on smaller scale events that range up to 1,000 people. She hopes by bringing a voice for those events to the nightlife council, she can help artists and cultural workers carve out a better career in nightlife. "We're looking for a better industry for the people who participate in it, who make it run," she said.The secret medicines hiding in your kitchen cupboard – from immunity boosting stock cubes to skin soothing peanut butter