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Why NPA Thinks Ghana Needs Some Air Pollution

Anlo Village in danger of extinction as ravaging sea washes it away

WACAM decry lack of safety engagements by mining firms following explosion

Lands Ministry declares war on illegal loggers

Hungarian President Visits Kumasi Wastewater Treatment Plant : MoU signed for 13 regions

Trees destroyed as La Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly exchange school garden for astroturf

Department of Parks and Gardens receives vehicles, equipment

Ghana seeking to formalize the handling of e-waste

Uncovered mine pits to be covered as government’s reclamation exercise enters full scale

“Noise making is a criminal offence”- Eco Conscious citizens warn

Large amount of Rosewood discovered in Volta Lake

As light from Ghana’s oil rigs hijack fish, fisherfolks warned to stay away exclusive zones

Face Mask Litter Increased Almost 9,000% During First 7 Months of Pandemic, Study Finds

Ghana to benefit from decomposition of textile waste project

Illegal miners still polluting River Ankobra despite action by Nzema East Security Council

Let's support Zoomlion to turn waste into green energy- Minister

Fishermen desert Tano Lake due to water hyacinth, pollution

Galamsey fight not over, military deployment scaled up- Government

Zoomlion, GES educate students on sanitation practices

Galamsey: Suhum-Abessim residents demonstrate over Densu river pollution

Let's deal with waste in a sustainable, timeous manner - Dr Siaw Agyepong urges world leaders

UN Global Compact and BESNet Host Green Investment Dialogue in Accra

Incorporate climate change in curriculum — PFAG

‘Gadzahuns’; the cause of tidal waves in the Volta Region?

Artisanal fishers urged government to abandon the idea of increasing industrial trawl fleet

Deteriorating state of Pra River worrying - KNUST scientists

Medical waste management facilities to be installed into IRECOP plants across Ghana

Jospong Group Participates in Waste Expo Brazil 2021

COP26: Ghana campaigns for Presidency of Climate Vulnerable Forum

Ghana’s susceptibility to climate change alarming- Prof Asiedu

Stop galamsey at Akyem Akokoaso - Youth demand

COP26: Ghana shortlisted to access part of $1bn Leaf Coalition Fund

Stop urinating in drains – Dapaah to Ghanaians as police arrest sprinter driver captured in video urinating

Jospong Group Steals Show At Ghana Business Awards

Kyebi Declaration: Government urged to link climate change action to eliminate poverty

‘Continuous Disinfection of Airports Builds Resilience To Control Covid’- Zoomlion

“Shoot And Kill Galamsyers who mine along water bodies” – MP insists

Clean Your Frontage Campaign: A boost for domestic waste collection at public places

Seaweeds choke Ghana’s West Coast, affect fishing activities: oil and gas companies stand accused?

Sakumo Ramsar Site: A sad depleting birds’ habitat

Viral video showing a ‘mysterious’ coconut with blood in it, fictional, Coconut Federation threatens to sue

Pokuase-Katapor havoc: Mountains flatten, vegetation cover removed; EPA, NADMO play ostrich

Ghana Navy Averts Pirate Attack On Fishing Vessel Afko 805

Ghana Industrial Trawlers Association begins vaccination for Seafarers

Ghana Tuna Association to collaborate with Ghana Navy to fight piracy

Illegal mining threatens food production in Western North Region - Director of Agric

Footprints of illegal mining pits: Amaadaa residents clash with community mining operators

World's largest miners pledge net zero carbon emissions by 2050

Children born in 2020 will see spike in climate disasters, study says

E/R: GNASSM arrests 13 illegal miners, 60 mining equipment burnt

Ramsar sites - 'We need to crack whip on encroachers’- Minister

Airport Monthly Disinfection Operation Must Be Sustained- Zoomlion

Community engagement needed to address plastic waste menace- CUTS Ghana

Ghana Army claims victory over galamsey fight but environmental group describes celebration premature

Sea turtles: Can these great marine migrators navigate rising human threats?

Minerals Commission withdraws Shaanxi’s registration, orders it to leave sites

Danger looms, as sand winning activities in Adzido Landing Beach threaten livelihood

Fisherfolks fight back as Fisheries Ministry suspends premix fuel to 4 communities

51% of Kumasi households do not have access to improve toilet facilities

Ghana artisanal fishers launch a wakeup call against “unhealthy competition” and new approach to fight IUU

The hidden cost of plastic, as humanity produces more than 200 million tonnes of plastic waste annually

Group petitions Gov’t over animal cruelty, but MP thinks dog meat fulfils protein needs

Work of EPA, GWCL questioned as court halts cement factory at McCarthy Hill

Radiation from microwave ovens not harmful — Atomic Energy Commission

Every waste count: A young Ghanaian woman using organic waste to produce animal feed and fertilizer for farmers

Managing Covid-19 Vaccine Vials: Zoomlion and other stakeholders storm Ashanti Region

EJF Report: Human rights abuses and illegal fishing threaten Ghana’s coastal communities but gov’t disputes report

Bagre Dam spillage: We may temporarily shut down Nawuni water intake plant – GWCL

Light Fishing: Canoe fishermen angry over government threat to burn canoes

EPA Facilitates Workshop On Climate Adaptation And Gender Mainstreaming In The Mole Landscape

A Rocha Ghana’s 500,000 Seedling Capacity Nursery submerged as floods cause havoc in UWR

“We don’t need bauxite exploration in the Atewa Forest”- Okyenhene affirms

New Juaben South MP threatens to shut down churches, pubs over noise making

Auditor-General’s report indicts Minerals Commission, EPA for not enforcing regulations on reclamation

Galamsey is back!!! River Ankobra is highly polluted again, CSO’S shocked at rate of impunity [VIDEO]

Lake accidents: Over 21,000 tree stumps removed from Volta Lake- GMA

Closing Policy Gaps and Practice: Government Urged To Review Climate Change Adaptation Plan

Marine Police fail to unravel where about of missing fishing observer

E/R: Galamsey pit caves in on two SHS students

World Drowning Prevention Day: Ghana’s Artisanal Fishers demand policy on Safety and Security

Fisheries Enforcement Unit Impounds Monofilament Nets in Western Coastal Areas

Is the high price of noise meter working against ending noise pollution in Ghana?

Illegal miners taken over Ghana Rubber Estate Limited plantation– GAWU Gen. Secretary

Ahafo: 5 persons injured after clashing with police over Newmont concession

Foreign vessels defy Ghana’s closed fishing season, storm Keta and Saltpond marine waters

Fire Service Has been Selling Water from the Hydrants Meant for fighting fire to the Public- GWCL

Up to 410 million people at risk from sea level rises – study

Weija: Alleged security officials providing security for illegal sand winners arrested

We’ve possessed Agbogbloshie; it’s done, no one will be allowed back there – Henry Quartey

Odaw Dredging is 70% Complete...with capacity to prevent flooding

Burning of excavators is grounded in Ghana’s constitution- Jinapor justifies

Anloga District: Coastal Erosion Hits Over 60 Houses

Several stumps of trees ‘planted’ to block Kejetia drains retrieved [Watch Video]

We cannot eradicate galamsey – Jinapor

Ajumako residents excited as over 1m fishes appear in river

Galamsey: WRC, WRI tasked to probe extent of pollution of rivers – Dapaah

Disgrace!! How Canadian Xtra Gold Mining is allegedly leasing lands to illegal miners in Ghana…

Customary Land Secretariats will prevent multiple sale of land – Lands Commission

Adeiso: One shot as sand winners clash with Okyeman taskforce

Bono Regional Security taskforce arrests two notorious illegal miners

Ghana announces the closure of the 2021 Fishing Season

Survival of the fittest: Rural women compete with animals for water

MESTI seeks reverse of environmental exploitation

Give legal backing to chiefs in fighting Galamsey

A/R: CCTV cameras to be used to monitor destroyers of planted trees

Green Ghana project: Embrace it; contribute to nat’l dev’t – Speaker urges Ghanaians

W/R: Three illegal miners jailed 45 years, fined GHS720,000

Processing palm kernel oil: Women working under harsh conditions

Collaborate with gov’t in waste to energy space- Says Akufo-Addo as Zoomlion unveils new waste trucks

Demolishing graveyard for unwanted electronics, danger still persist at Agbobloshie

Lakes Are Losing Oxygen, Major Global Study Finds

“Reimagine, recreate and restore the ecosystems” writes Ghana’s UNDP Rep as World Environment Day is marked

Zoomlion Plants Trees, Clean Environment To Mark World Environment Day

Trees, the mothership of biodiversity and our salvation: Read all their hidden lives here

Environmental Inequalities and Justice: Future generations face the risks of current polluting activities

Nine confirmed dead as rain water fills mining pit at Gbane

Galamsey: Jubilee House man picked up – Minority Leader

Illegal and unregulated fishing practices: European Commission issues yellow card to Ghana

Bolewura turns down Wa Naa’s plead for charcoal to pass through Savannah

700 excavators remove from the Atewa forest in 24 hrs: Here are the false and misleading claim by the Defence Minister

Another galamsey pit caved-in at Sekyere-Krobo, one body retrieved

Plastic Pollution Raises Beach Temperatures, Threatening Marine Life, Study Finds

C/R: Police arrests Bremang galamsey pit owners, as rescue team continue searching for missing bodies

Akufo-Addo’s endorsement of burning excavators shocking – Small-scale miners

GAF worried about high number of excavators parked in ‘galamsey’ communities

20 People trapped at galamsey pit, 3 dead, 2 in critical condition,15 still trapped

Presidency sent us to Atewa Forest – “Galamsey Operatives” go berserk in court

Galamseyers return to sites cleared by Operation Halt II team – GAF

Encroachment on wetlands: Environment Minister pushes for agencies to enforce laws

Galamsey: Chief Sends SOS message to ‘Operation Halt’ as illegal miners invade Akyem Paawadu

We’ve packed out of our concessions to avoid harassment – Small scale miners

Galamsey: About 700 excavators were removed from the Atewa Forest within 24 hrs- Nitiwul

Otumfuo shocked 22ft Owabi river now only 6ft deep due to activities of illegal miners

Protecting Ghana’s environment: Okyenhene advocates for decentralizing state agencies

A/R: Galamsey 'Chiefs' hot as Otumfou begins investigation to fish them out

Burning excavators wasn’t part of the small-scale mining dialogue- GNASSM members

Aowin: Babies being born without eyes, nose, ears due to galamsey

EPA rebranding to strengthen compliance of environmental laws

Charcoal burning the only alternative livelihood for rural women

UNDP Accelerator Lab survey: Majority of Ghanaians refuse to segregate their waste

2 Chinese illegal miners arrested, 6 others on the run in Wassa East District

S/R: Taskforce ready as deadline looms for banning of rosewood logging and commercial charcoal burning

Ghana Armed Forces commence operation remove all persons mining near water bodies

“We have put our gears to 5th to protect the environment” Ashanti Regional Minister

Zoomlion donates buses to support 'Let's Make Accra work Project'

Illegal mining: Govt bans prospecting activities in forest reserves

Earth Day: The Dangerous Couple; Illegal Mining and Water Pollution- Ghana’s Dilemma

Water shortage imminent in Tarkwa as source of drinking water is polluted by illegal miners [ WATCH Video]

MESTI Minister tours Northern Sector

MPs happy as Zoomlion makes giant stride in constructing waste treatment plants across Ghana

Ocean Dead Zones in West Africa; the cause of mass fish kills in Ghana?

Stopping illegal mining in Atewa: Concerned Citizens of Atewa Landscape urged Okyenhene to walk the talk

Re-engineering Kpone Landfill site takes shape, as Sanitation Minister praises Zoomlion

Boost for liquid waste treatment: Accra Sewerages Systems to expand its operations

“We are taken palm oil to expel any poison”- residents who consumed suspected poisonous fish claim

Eco-Conscious Citizens move to ensure enforcement on noise laws tomorrow

Over 60 dolphins washed ashore dead along the coast of Axim gone missing [Watch Video]

Waste management mogul, Jospong is several times richer than me”- Ken Agyapong concedes

NGO mediates to stop spiraling farmer-herder violence

Ending imported deforestation in the cocoa sector: Ghana urged to introduce new reforms

US Research Institution urges Ghana’s Parliament to revise legislation that created GIADEC

Destruction Unabated: Illegal miners move activities to Kyebi Hillside, blasting with dynamite, one killed

Zambia Envoy calls for Inter-trade among Africans; as he tours Jospong Group Project sites

"1Million Waste Bin Project": Daasebre Oti Boateng commends Zoomlion Ghana Limited

A disgrace: Chinese owned Nixin Recycling Company discharges chemical waste into Ghana’s major Ramsar Site [ WATCH VIDEO ]

Face masks are a ticking plastic timebomb

SONA 2021: Akufo Addo snubs resistance on Atewa bauxite mining, hints of selecting strategic investor soon

Zoompak declares its readiness to deal with medical waste after vaccination

Opinion: Scary!!! The moment Jinapor promises to solve illegal mining with community mining

EU disappointed as unresolved outstanding issues push Ghana’s bid to secure FLEGT license

Why Nature Sounds Help You Relax, According to Science

Excavators to be banned, mining washing plants to be criminalized- Minister designate proposes

University Students targeted for Wetlands sustainability in Ghana

Nestlé, Hershey, Mars and Other Chocolate Makers Named in Child Slavery Class Action Lawsuit

Coca-Cola company trials first paper bottle

Air pollution caused by fossil fuels kills millions

Save us from sharing water with animals- Communities in dire need of water appeal

It is possible to get lasting solution to land guard menace- KSK Group MD

Densu River on the brink as illegal miners defy police arrest

Zoomlion disinfects Ahafo Region Police Installations

Ghanaian Activist among 8 honored as Plastic Action Champion

Ghana Celebrates World Wetlands Day with focus to tackle growing fresh water crisis

Air pollution could increase risk of irreversible blindness- Study

Eco-Conscious Citizens petition Ghana’s President to act against illegal mining

Blame Politicians for the uncontrollable illegal mining- GNASSM fights back

Jerry John Rawlings the Revolutionary: His passion for green revolution and the environment

Kibi Water Treatment Plant Shut down as Birim River is polluted again

Illegal miners chased away by aggrieved indigenes of Bosome-Freho

Researcher demands answers from the military for protecting Chinese illegal miners

Zoomlion's disinfection exercise: Rodents killer or covid-19 prevention

CSOs, NGOs, Condemn Military Protection of Illegal miners at Manso forest

DCE Accuse of shielding illegal miners bares teeth at Journalist

Community Mining Under Siege: Police Arrest Miners for destroying River Densu

Government taskforce arrests 7 illegal Chinese miners; seizes 10 excavators

AfDB President named champion of Africa’s Great Green Wall climate-adaptation initiative

Gov’t Dissolves Ministerial Committee On Illegal Mining, But Group Said It’s Long Overdue

Is there a need for another National Conversation on illegal mining in Ghana?

Protecting Ghana’s Mineral Resources: Transparency International Warns London Stock Exchange To Reject Agyapa Listing

Confusion Rocks Ghana’s Goldman Prize Awardee

Will The Year 2021 Be A Tough Year For Environmental NGOs In Ghana?

Gov't, Zoomlion, woo Ghanaians to protect natural habitat

NDC administration will investigate activities of Operation Vanguard, Galamstop – Mahama

I Will Grant Amnesty To Jailed Small-Scale Miners - John Mahama

RMI 2020 Report: Newmont Gets High Rating for community wellbeing

Ghana launches National Healthcare Waste Management and Guidelines Policy

Covid-19: Markets in Bono, Bono East and Ahafo disinfected again

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