The grim task of clearing hundreds of washed-up whale carcasses was under way in New Zealand Tuesday, with the beach closed over fears the bodies will fill with gas and explode as they decompose. The sands at Farewell Spit where the nearly 700 pilot whales beached in one of the largest mass strandings ever in … Read more
A GNA feature by Godwill Arthur-Mensah Lower Dixcove (W/R), Nov. 9, GNA – The discovery of crude oil in commercial quantities in Ghana in 2007 and subsequent production of the commodity in 2010 initially brought joy and high expectations from Ghanaians, especially the residents of the Western Region. The people had high prospect of employment … Read more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has raised red flag over the increasing deaths of whales along the coast, saying Ghana risks oil sanctions if adequate measures are not instituted to curb the trend. It said there has been a remarkable increase in the incidence of the beaching of whales and dolphins on the coast of … Read more