By Solomon Gumah, GNA Tamale, May 26, GNA – Afri-Youth and Empowerment Centre for Peacebuilding (EMCEP), both youth advocacy organisations, have organised a debate…
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Step up law enforcement against open defecation — M-CODE to Assemblies
By Benjamin Mensah, GNA Accra, May 26, GNA – The Media Foundation Against Open Defecation (M-CODE) is calling on the Metropolitan, Municipal and District…
World Vision, stakeholders launch Fifth ‘Triple S’ Challenge
By Benjamin Mensah, GNA Accra, May 26, GNA – The World Vision Ghana (WVI-G), a child-focused Christian humanitarian organisation, and some partners have launched …
Landowners urged to invest in forest plantations
By Charles Tawiah Nkawie (Ash), May 24, GNA – Landowners in the Atwima enclave have been urged to invest in forest plantations as a…
Gov’t, Tullow Oil plc sign US$90 million Emissions Reduction Purchase Agreement
By Godwill Arthur-Mensah Accra, May 23, GNA – Tullow Oil plc has announced a financial investment of approximately US$90 million over a period of…
Poor sanitation in communities is a source of concern — Prof Asamoah-Gyadu
By Emmanuel Nyatsikor, GNA Gomoa Feteh (C/R), May 23, GNA – The Very Reverend Prof. Johnson Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, President of Trinity Theological Seminary, on…
Ghana loses USD 54billion annually to environmental degradation – EPA
Accra, May 22, GNA – An economic assessment on the cost of environmental degradation in Ghana is valued at USD 54billion annually, Dr Kingsley…
Ghanaians asked to embrace more climate change adaptation measures
Mildred Siabi-Mensah/Faustina Memsah Sekondi, May 22, GNA – Mr Shine Fiagome, Western Regional Director of the Environmental Protection Agency has encouraged Ghanaians to embrace…
Some 10 SHSs in Oti sensitised on climate change
By Kingsley Mamore Dambai (O/R), May 21, GNA – The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMET) has launched the Green Climate Clubs initiatives in some selected…
Illegal mining threatens water security in Central Region – GWCL cautious
By Isaac Arkoh Cape Coast, May 17, GNA – The Ghana Water Company Limited has bemoaned the continuous destruction of water bodies through illegal…
Youth groups appeal to political parties to prioritise climate change in manifestos
By Solomon Gumah Tamale, May 16, GNA – A total of 25 youth groups in the Northern Region have appealed to the various…
National Plastic Action Partnership to promote inclusion across plastic value chain
By Patience Gbeze/Edward Dankwah, GNA Accra, May 16, GNA – Madam Ophelia Mensah Hayford, the Minister Designate, for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI),…
Sanitation Ministry presents equipment to MMAs and schools
By Samuel Dodoo Accra, May 16, GNA – Madam Seyram Alhassan, a representative of the President at the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources,…
Integrated Recycling and Compost Plant commissioned in Ho
By Samuel Akumatey Ho, May 11, GNA – A state-of-the-art solid waste treatment plant for the Volta Region has been commissioned in Ho for…
Rapid population growth, emission rapidly degrading air quality-EPA
Accra, May 07, GNA- Madam Selina Amoah, Acting Director, Environmental Quality Unit, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), says rapid population growth, urbanisation, and emissions from…
World Press Freedom Day: Mahama highlights media’s role in fighting environmental degradation
Accra, May 5, GNA – As part of activities marking this year’s World Press Freedom Day, former President John Dramani Mahama, flagbearer, National Democratic…
Ten million Canadian dollar SIGRA project launched; women, girls and vulnerable to benefit
By Joyce Danso, GNA Accra, May 01, GNA – A 10-million Canadian Dollar project dubbed “Strengthening Investments in Gender Responsive Climate Adaptation” (SIGRA) has…
Environmental pollution affects fish consumption – experts
By Laudia Sawer Tema, April 27, GNA — Some experts in the marine sector have expressed worry that environmental pollution will affect the quality…
STMA fines sanitation-related offenders
By Emmanuel Gamson Takoradi, April 27, GNA – The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) has arrested and fined some individuals for violating the Assembly’s sanitation…