By Godwill Arthur-Mensah Accra, July 9, GNA – Alhaji Baba Seidu Issifu, the Minister of State in charge of Climate Change and Sustainability, has…
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Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipal to observe two-day general clean-up exercise
By Emmanuel Gamson Takoradi, July 9, GNA – The Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly (EKMA) in the Western Region is to observe the two-day national general clean-up exercise as…
Government urged to introduce tougher penalties for indiscriminate dumping of refuse
By Dorothy Frances Ward, GNA Kumasi July 09, GNA – Dr. Owusu Fordjour Aidoo, Lecturer at the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD),…
Volta intensifies disinfection campaign to prevent post-flood disease outbreaks
By Michael Foli Jackidy, GNA Ho (V/R), July 9, GNA – The Volta Regional Environmental Health and Sanitation Unit has intensified disinfection, disinfestation and public health interventions…
Flood-hit Weta Irrigation Scheme faces collapse, farmers warn
By Michael Foli Jackidy, GNA Weta (V/R), July 9, GNA – Farmers under the Weta Irrigation Scheme (WIS) have appealed to the Government to urgently rehabilitate the facility, warning that…
Ketu North Assembly announces two-day clean-up exercise to improve sanitation
By Michael Foli Jackidy, GNA Dzodze (V/R), July 8, GNA – The Ketu North Municipal Assembly has announced a two-day clean-up exercise scheduled for…
Ho Assembly assigns institutions to key locations for sanitation exercise
By Michael Foli Jackidy, GNA Ho (V/R), July 8, GNA – The Ho Municipal Assembly has assigned public institutions, security agencies, educational institutions and…
Improving air quality, health: New Investment Case highlights urgent need for coordinated action
By Florence Afriyie Mensah Kumasi July 08, GNA – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with support from Breathe Cities, has launched an “Investment…
23 sanitation offenders convicted as KMA revives ‘Samansaman’ exercise
By Yussif Ibrahim, GNA Kumasi, July 08, GNA – An ongoing special sanitation task force made up of technocrats and security personnel from the…
Akatsi South sets July 10 for municipality-wide clean-up exercise
By Agbaxode Emmanuel Akatsi (V/R), July 7, GNA – The Akatsi South Municipal Assembly has scheduled a municipality-wide clean-up exercise for Friday, July 10, to mobilise residents to improve environmental sanitation…
Science-driven conservation critical to Africa’s sustainable future – Prof Debrah
By Kamal Ahmed Somanya (E/R), July 5, GNA – Professor Edward Wiafe Debrah, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD), has called…
Ghana’s annual waste generation to hit over 8 million metric tons by 2050-GCEC
By Dennis Peprah Sunyani, (Bono), July 4, GNA-Ghana’s annual waste generation is expected to jump from 4.75 million metric tons in 2025 to 8.55 million…
Rotary, Rotaract, Mawuleme Movement lead cleanup in Ho
By Michael Foli Jackidy Ho (V/R), July 04, GNA – The Rotary and its junior partners, the Rotaract Club of Ho, in collaboration with…
Environmental Health Analyst appeals for posting of trained officers to strengthen flood prevention efforts
By Michael Foli Jackidy, GNA Ho (V/R), July 3, GNA – Mrs Edem Degboe Gakpetor, Ho Municipal Environmental Health Analyst, has appealed to the…
SSF Academy to establish monthly fisheries dialogue platforms to strengthen co-management
By Laudia Anyorkor Nunoo, GNA Tema, July 03, GNA — The Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF) Academy is to build the capacity of fishers to serve as community facilitators…
Rotary, Mawuleme Movement lead cleanup to prevent flooding in Ho
By Michael Foli Jackidy, GNA Ho (V/R), July 3, GNA – The Rotaract Club of Ho, in collaboration with the Mawuleme Movement and with…
Lithium Exploration: FoN report reveals right violations of farmers
By Isaac Arkoh, GNA Cape Coast, July 03, GNA – A five year research report tracking the impacts of lithium exploration by the Atlantic…
GMet forecasts moderate rainfall over weekend
By Jibril Abdul Mumuni Accra, July 2, GNA – The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has forecast moderate rainfall across parts of the country on Friday and…
GNA’s Solomon Gumah selected for CJID storytelling fellowship
Tamale, June 30, GNA – Mr Solomon Gumah, a Stringer at the Tamale office of the Ghana News Agency (GNA) has been selected for the 2026…
Ghana plants 1.3m trees as Rainforest Alliance Report highlights growing regenerative
Accra, June 30, GNA-Farmers, local authorities, and businesses across Ghana in 2025, positioned the country as one of the strongest examples of regenerative agriculture in action, according…