A global treaty that seeks to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of mercury has from today, August 16, come into force. Ghana’s environmental group, Abibiman Foundation, has welcomed Minamata Convention on Mercury, which is this first new multilateral environmental agreement in over a decade, as a turning point for the … Read more
Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, undersored the need to employ more staff for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enable it to effectively perform its role. He has thus charged the soon to be inaugurated Board of the EPA to work with management within the earliest possible time, to employ … Read more
Ghanaian exporters have intensified appeals for the government to improve their lot and make them competitive ahead of the eventual implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). According to them, they should be able to stand the competition from their foreign counterparts should they operate within favourable business environments. Some of them who have been … Read more
Furhan Hussain moved to Islamabad seeking fresher air, only to find Pakistan’s leafy capital in a semi-permanent haze. Frustrated, he joined a vanguard of citizens monitoring pollution themselves amid a void in government data. Fast-growing Pakistan is home to some 200 million people and suffers from some of the worst air pollution in the world, … Read more
Mr John Pwamang, Acting Executive Director, of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday said the disposal of plastics and debris in the ocean was leading to enlargement and death of some marine wildlife through ingestion. He said human activities such as over fishing, use of inappropriate fishing gears, introduction of foreign species were the … Read more
Mr John Pwamang, Acting Executive Director, of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday said the disposal of plastics and debris into the ocean was leading to enlargement and death of some marine wildlife through ingestion. He said human activities such as over fishing, use of inappropriate fishing gears, introduction of foreign species were the … Read more
NADMO wants drivers to using lorry stations as terminals Ashanti Regional Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Kwabena Nsenkyire has cautioned drivers in the Kumasi Metropolis to refrain from turning fuel stations to lorry terminals. Kwabena Nsenkyire speaking in an with Abusua Dawuro’s Nana Ama Annor said using fuel stations as lorry terminal … Read more
The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Frimpong Boateng, has stated that the country cannot achieve its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at ending poverty and protecting the planet if the country’s biodiversity is not achieved. The Professor, who made this statement while addressing a gathering at this year’s World Environment Day Celebrations … Read more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has planted 1000 seedlings of different species on a five-acre land at Kyebi in the Eastern Region. The Acting Executive Director of EPA, John Pwamang, explained that the exercise is to promote the planting of tress on reclaimed galamsey lands and create awareness for action in the protection of the … Read more
As part of preparations to mark this year’s World Environment Day Celebrations on Monday, 5th June, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has planted 1,000 seedlings on some reclaimed ‘galamsey’ lands at Kyebi in the Eastern Region. The EPA said the activity falls in line with its mandate of preserving the lands and making them habitable. … Read more
After years of fighting to roll back Barack Obama’s policies, top US environmental official and climate change skeptic Scott Pruitt saw his efforts bear fruit Thursday when President Donald Trump announced the US exit from the Paris climate deal. Pruitt heads the Environmental Protection Agency, and has spent much of the last few months since … Read more
US environmental regulators on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against automaker Fiat Chrysler, accusing the company of installing devices on its trucks that hid harmful emissions during testing. The company kept the software’s existence from regulators during the certification process for 104,000 3.0-liter light-duty diesel vehicles, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, which filed the charges … Read more
A federal judge in California on Thursday said he would approve a $1.2 billion settlement between Volkswagen and the US authorities over the last 80,000 cars in the company’s emissions-cheating scandal. The development brought the scandal-plagued German auto giant a step nearer to closing the book on the ‘dieselgate’ affair, which rocked the company for … Read more
The US territory of Puerto Rico has the worst drinking water in the nation, and the majority of the island’s water supply is in violation of federal standards, a report said Wednesday. Nearly every person in Puerto Rico — 99.5 percent of the population — was served by water systems that had violations in 2015, … Read more
Ghana’s target of becoming the preferred tourist destination in Africa may hit a snag. This is because some members of the Ghana Hotels Association have revealed that the numerous fees charged by the various regulatory bodies are gradually kicking them out of business. They also alleged that some officers within the regulatory bodies are arbitrarily … Read more
Energy think tank Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has said it supports the emerging national consensus to deal with illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) in Ghana. A statement issued and signed by Benjamin Boakye, Deputy Executive Director of ACEP on Monday 10th April noted that the uncontrolled destruction of the environment for precious minerals, particularly … Read more
The Ghana Chamber of Mines has called on the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MESTI) to liaise with the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources (MLNR) to expedite action to resolve the long standing conflicting roles between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Inspectorate Division of the Minerals Commission (IDMC), the two … Read more
President Donald Trump declared the end of a “war on coal” Tuesday, as he moved to curb rules that underpin American emissions targets and a major global climate accord. Following through on an election promise, Trump signed an order to review some of his predecessor Barack Obama’s climate legacy, declaring an end to “job-killing regulations.” … Read more
Voluntary efficiency programmes — including one targeted for elimination by the Trump administration — have led to energy savings of up to 30 percent in commercial buildings in Los Angeles, researchers have reported. Describing their study as the first large-scale analysis of green certification schemes for big buildings, a pair of researchers from the University … Read more
US President Donald Trump will on Tuesday roll back a slew of environmental protections enacted by Barack Obama, in a bid to untether the fossil fuel industry. In a maiden trip to the Environmental Protection Agency, Trump will sign an “Energy Independence Executive Order,” a White House official told AFP. The new president will unveil … Read more