By Kingsley Mamore Dambai (O/R) Feb 17, GNA – The Regional Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee on Sanitation (RICCS) has pledged to intensify monitoring of sanitation…
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Climate Crisis: Ghana pursuing sustainable ecotourism as solution
Albert Oppong-Ansah Accra, Feb. 17, GNA – Ghana is pursuing a sustainable ecotourism development agenda as one of the local solutions to addressing climate…
Good Environmental practice is critical to healthy living – NCCE
By Daniel Agbesi Latsu Kadjebi (O/R), Feb. 15, GNA – Mr. Setriakor Gagakumah, the Deputy Oti Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic…
Planetgold Project launched to curb unsafe use of chemicals in mining
Accra, Feb. 11 GNA – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Friday launched an initiative that seeks to minimise the risk of using chemicals, especially mercury, in mining activities in the small…
Possible earthquake: We need to condition ourselves and prepare
Albert Oppong-Ansah, GNA Accra, Feb. 10, GNA – Mr Isaac Kuuwan Mwinbelle, the Acting Director General of the Ghana Geological Survey Authority (GGSA), says…
Support local communities to adapt to climate, Government told
By Elsie Appiah-Osei Accra, Feb 10, GNA – Participants at a multi-stakeholder workshop on climate change adaptation have urged the government to engage and…
25 people prosecuted for environmental-sanitation-related offences
By Rabiatu Abubakr Atogna Accra, Feb. 08, GNA – Twenty-five people in the Krowor Municipality of the Greater Accra Region have over the last…
Forum on Life without Plastics held in Tamale
By Albert Futukpor Tamale, Feb. 6, GNA – Stakeholders at a forum on “Life without Plastics” have expressed need for businesses to adopt biodegradable…
Let’s protect water bodies from pollution – Okyeame Annor
By Daniel Agbesi Latsu Dodo-Fie (O/R), Feb. 5, GNA-Okyeame Paul Kofie Annor, Chief Linguist to the Paramount Chief for Dodo Traditional Area, Dasebre Oduro…
Bamboo Eco-Tech City to construct 3,500 housing units at Abbankrom
By Victoria Agyemang Abbankrom (C/R), Feb 4, GNA – The sod has been cut for the construction of 3,500 bamboo housing units at Abbankrom…
Tema GNFS records hike in electrical fires
By Ibrahim Mohammed Saani Ashaiman, Jan. 30, GNA – The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has expressed worry over increasing cases of electrical fires. …
Wassa East Taskforce seizes two trucks, burns others used for illegal mining
By Mildred Siabi-Mensah Takoradi, Jan. 26, GNA – The Wassa East District Taskforce in the Western Region has retrieved trucks used for illegal mining…
Assembly to enforce bylaws in Kasoa to address sanitation
By Simon Agbovi Kasoa (C/R), Jan 24, GNA – The Awutu-Senya-East Municipal Assembly is to rigorously enforce bylaws on sanitation to address issues on…
KMA constructs over 600 household toilets in 2022
By Florence Afriyie Mensah Kumasi, Jan. 24, GNA – The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) in 2022, built over 600 household toilet facilities under the…
Implement ‘Don’t cut, don’t burn’ policy for total national reforestation — Bishop
By Benjamin Akoto Sunyani, Jan. 11, GNA – Most Reverend Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, the Catholic Bishop of Sunyani has underscored the need for the…
Tema Metropolitan Assembly works to ensure clean environment
By Quansah Mavis Tema, Jan. 8, GNA – The Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) is working to maintain a clean and healthy environment through regular…
Cross border fire threatens climate change projects in Guan District
Agnes Boye-Doe Lipke Bala (O/R), Jan. 5, GNA – Climate resilient campaigners in the Guan District of the Oti Region have asked government to…
Fighting Climate Change: The need to consider traditional conservation practices
Agnes Boye-Doe Goviefe Todzi (V/R), Dec. 28, GNA – Forest fringe communities in the Afadzato South District of the Volta Region have called on…
World Vision calls on Agotime-Ziope residents to ensure environmental cleanliness
By Caleb Kuleke Segbale (V/R), Dec. 21, GNA – Madam Salomey Yeboah, the Agotime-Ziope Area Programmes Manager, World Vision Ghana, has called on residents…
Global Fund Launches the Reef+ Knowledge and Finance Accelerator programme
By Yussef Ibrahim Kumasi, Dec. 21, GNA-The Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) has launched the Reef + Knowledge and Finance Accelerator programme to…