Tag: Environmental Protection Agency
EPA to close-down environmental safety non-compliance companies
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would soon embark on Safety Compliance Exercise and any company found in breach of national environmental safety standards would...
EPA champions use of waste materials for wealth creation
Dr Henry Kwabena Kokofu, the Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has called for the recycling of waste materials to generate income...
Safeguard wildlife and conserve biodiversity – EPA
Dr Henry Kwabena Kokofu, Executive Director, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday appealed to Ghanaians to protect wildlife and conserve biodiversity in order to...
Decommission obsolete machines at Tema Shipyard – EPA orders
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered immediate decommissioning of obsolete and inoperative machineries at the PSC Tema Shipyard Limited.
Dr Henry Kwabena Kokofu, EPA...
Mining communities urged to participate in EIA public hearings
Mr Kwadwo Opoku-Mensah, Western Regional Deputy Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has advised mining communities to participate in public hearings on Environmental...
Location of Cash Oil Fuel Station within parameters – EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has refuted claims that the siting of a fuel station, Cash Oil Company Limited Fuel Station, at Kotobabi in...
Covid-19: EPA shuts down Head office for fumigation
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has shut down its head office in Accra for a fumigation exercise to contain the spread of COVID-19.
The office...
EPA poised to safeguard the environment in 2021
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is poised to engage in rigorous stakeholder engagement to whip up support in implementing environmental regulations and laws to...
EPA encourages LPG Stakeholders to embrace safety
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)has urged stakeholders in the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) industry to embrace safety holistically in their everyday work, to prevent...
EPA embarks on regional training of LPG Pump Attendants
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Sunday said it field officers have moved to the regions to scale-up training of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)...
EPA works towards certification of LPG operators
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working to ensure that only properly trained persons could operate in the gas value chain.
Mr Ebenezer Appah-Sampong, the...
Players in the Gas value chain schooled on international best practices
Stakeholders in the Liquified Petroleum Gas value chain are attending a three-day training programme to update their skills and adopt international best practices in...
EPA/CDA undertake nationwide training to control LPG explosion
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in collaboration with the Communication for Development and Advocacy (CDA) Consult has scaled up pragmatic measures to control the...
EPA cautions LPG station managers, stakeholders to embrace training programmes
Mr. Henry Kwabena Kokofu, Executive-Director, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has affirmed the commitment of the Agency to deepen training programmes for Liquefied Petroleum Gas...
Ghana needs more enforcement of environmental laws
Mr Emmanuel Appoh, Deputy Director, Environmental Quality Standards of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has for active enforcement of environmental laws to reduce the...
CalBank Implements Ecofridges Green On-Wage Financial Mechanism
Environmentally-friendly refrigerators and ACs will soon become widely accessible in Ghana through the Green On-wage (GO) financial mechanism under the ECOFRIDGES program with CalBank...
Dismiss case of CSOs against government over Atewa Forest – AG
The Attorney General(AG) is praying an Accra High Court to dismiss the case of seven Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and four persons who sued...
Citizens must renew commitment towards safeguarding the environment-EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reminded the citizenry of the constitutional obligation to protect the environment.
Mr Henry K. Kokofu,...
EPA holds public hearing on proposed underground gold mining project at Abreshia
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has organized a public hearing on the proposed underground gold mining and processing project by "Gan He Mining Resources...
LPG pump attendants schooled on international best practices
To protect lives and property at Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) stations, pump attendants have been sensitised on international best practices, which makes it an...
“Don’t refill defective Gas Cylinders” – EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has directed Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Pump Attendants not to refill customers defective Gas Cylinders as it has contributed...
Save the Kpeshie Lagoon now – La Development Institute appeals
The La Development Institute (LADINST), has called on the La Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly (LADMA) to stop its decision to change the use of the...
EPA scale up efforts to license LPG Pump Attendants
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has scaled up efforts to license Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Pump Attendants as part of a broader process to...
Village savings impacting positively on rural women
The establishment of the Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) Scheme under the Sustainable Land and Water Management Project (SLWMP) is impacting positively on...
Eco-Conscious Fights Rezoning Of Cantonments Parks And Gardens
It is ironical that whilst Ghana continues to have green-focused events, such as the upcoming 3rd Green Ghana Building Summit 2020, steps are being...
EPA to prosecute people who burn e-wastes
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stated its resolve to arrest and prosecute scrap dealers and others who engage in open burning of electronic...
Liaison Group donates GHC180,000 and Protective Equipment to six hospitals
The Liaison Group, a joint regulatory institution which monitors mining in forest reserves, has donated an amount of GHC180,000 and various items to six...
EPA, US Embassy and one other, conduct research on air pollution
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is jointly conducting a research at Jamestown in Accra with the United States (US) Embassy and an NGO,...
FON advocates a comprehensive plan on oil spillage
The Friends of the Nation, an Environmentally Minded NGO has urged the EPA to take the lead role in transforming the current National Oil...
EPA launches report on Biodiversity Offset Business Scheme
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in collaboration with Advocacy for Biodiversity Offsetting Group (ABOG), have held a dissemination forum on a pilot testing...