EPA to license LPG Station Attendants

Ghana News Agency - Dec 11, 2019 0

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Pump Attendants will soon be licensed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of the broader procedures to inject...

EPA rolls-out mechanisms to reduce LPG hazards

Ghana News Agency - Dec 7, 2019 0

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rolled-out educational and sensitisation mechanisms aimed at reducing the hazards associated with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) usage. The EPA...

Complainant responds to Lebanese threatening letter to News Ghana Editor

News Ghana - Nov 6, 2019 0

A Ghanaian living in the Elite Apartment facility, located at Airport West has responded to the Lebanese national, Bassam Elhusseni who has threated legal...

Danger looms at Airport West following bad odour from Elite Apartment facility

News Ghana - Nov 4, 2019 7

· Resident wants refund and compensation · Lebanese manager ignores calls for remedy The health of residents living in the Elite Apartments located at Airport West,...

Need for concerted effort to address threat of invasive species – EPA

Ike Dzokpo - Oct 31, 2019 0

Mr John Pwamang, the Acting Executive Director, Environmental Protection Agency has called for a holistic effort to address the threat of invasive species...

Time bomb: Heavy Gas leakage spreads Spintex community

News Ghana - Oct 24, 2019 0

Gassing us to death slowly? The first time I smelled gas in my bedroom, I rushed to the kitchen. In spite of my wife’s assurances that...

Auto sprayers must acquire environmental permit – EPA

Ghana News Agency - Oct 9, 2019 0

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its customer service week, has engaged auto sprayers in Tema to sensitize them on the need...

Ghana partners Norway to deal with plastics marine litter

Ghana News Agency - Oct 9, 2019 0

Ghana, has in partnership with the Norwegian government, launched a new plastic management project under the Basel Stockholm and Rotterdam Convention, to find solutions...

EPA Says Ghana is not in position to enforce outright ban on plastics

Ghana News Agency - Jun 9, 2019 0

Mr John Pwamang, the Acting Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says the country cannot put a total ban on plastics due...

Entrepreneur Charge EPA to Make Available Data on Air Pollution

Ghana News Agency - Apr 10, 2019 0

Mr Muntaka Chasant, a Social Entrepreneur, has expressed worry over the lack of adequate information on air pollution in the country, which is affecting...

Private Investors Must Put Their Monies into Ghana’s Climate Actions

Ghana News Agency - Mar 29, 2019 0

Mrs Angelina Ama Tutuah Mensah, the Environmental Communication and Head of Public Relations at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has urged private investors to...

Ghana Needs US$22.6 Billion to Address Climate Change Effects

Ghana News Agency - Mar 18, 2019 0

Ghana is seeking a total amount of 22.6 billion dollars as its budget to implement her 31 national actions to mitigate and adapt to...

EPA to Hunt Down Unauthorised Agro Chemical Dealers

Ghana News Agency - Mar 8, 2019 0

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is to undertake a nationwide enforcement exercise clampdown on unlicensed agro-chemicals dealers. Mr Joseph Edmund, the Deputy Director of the...

EPA Unveils Baseline Report on Ghana’s Environmental Resources

Ghana News Agency - Mar 2, 2019 0

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday, launched the 2016 State of the Environment (SoE) Report to serve as the baseline for examining trends...

Climate Change Response Measures Working Group Rebuild by EPA

Ghana News Agency - Feb 21, 2019 0

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reconstituted the Climate Change Response Measures Working Group and Technical Session, to lead discussions and implementation of policy...

EPA cracks the whip on ship breaking activities in Dzita

Ghana News Agency - Jan 11, 2019 0

The Environmental Protection Agency is to halt an ongoing ship breaking activity on the shores of Dzita in the Keta Municipality of the Volta...

Access to water should be considered as a fundamental right- Tefle Chief

Ike Dzokpo - Nov 7, 2018 0

Ghana as a country has attained 60 years; yet has woefully failed to prioritize the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector which is critical...

Ghana government prepares to allocate new oil blocks

Adnan Adams Mohammed - May 27, 2018 0

As part of preparedness to deepen transparency in the allocation of oil blocks, the Ministry of Energy has inaugurated a committee to oversee the...

MOFA advised to give a disclaimer on Rockstar

Ghana News Agency - May 21, 2018 0

Professor Michael Aaron Oquaye, Speaker of Parliament has directed the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) to issue with immediate effect, a disclaimer on...

New Board Of Directors Sworn in

Ghana News Agency - May 21, 2018 0

Trax Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) operating in the Northern part of Ghana has sworn in an eight-member Board of Directors into office in...

EPA cautions public to use Charcoal but not Palm oil in cases of poison

Ghana News Agency - May 16, 2018 0

Dr Sam Adu-Kumi, the Registrar of Pesticides at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has cautioned the public to desist from drinking palm oil to...

A drone sprays pesticide in a field in Duchang County of Jiujiang City, east China's Jiangxi Province, July 2, 2015. (Xinhua/Fu Jianbin)

Fumesua: Workshop on pesticide handling ends

Ghana News Agency - May 12, 2018 0

A day’s workshop to establish linkages along the agricultural value chain to foster knowledge-sharing and information dissemination on the appropriate handling and use of...

EPA Hunts for Top Toxin Company Over Killer Pesticides

Ghana News Agency - Apr 27, 2018 0

Officials of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are working to track down and bring to book the company with the registered tradename of Toptoxin,...

illegal fuel sales point closed down by EPA

Ghana News Agency - Apr 13, 2018 0

The Environmental Protection Agency(EPA), has closed down a container structure being used to sell fuel in beer bottles and gallons at Kojokrom in the...

Trade Expert Advise Governments on EPA for Post-Cotonou Agreement

Ghana News Agency - Mar 22, 2018 0

Mr Tetteh Hormeku, Head of Programmes at the Third World Network, has advised governments in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to use...

EPA inaugurate committee to safeguard Ghana’s environment

ABK - Nov 29, 2017 0

To safeguard Ghana’s environment from the harm of pesticides and chemicals transportation and usage, two Committees have been inaugurated by the Environmental Protection Agency...

Ghanaian Contingents Expected To Join COP 23 in Bonn

ABK - Nov 11, 2017 0

More participants continue to arrive at the COP 23 in Bonn, Germany with various environmental organisations and interest groups still discussing climate change mitigation...

New EPA Board Charged to Restore Healthy Team Spirit’

News Ghana - Aug 18, 2017 0

Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, on Thursday tasked the newly inaugurated Governing Board of the Environmental Protection Agency...

More Hands Are Required At EPA – Prof. Boateng

News Ghana - Aug 11, 2017 0

Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, has expressed support for the need to employ more staff for the Environmental...

EPA to close down Adaklu’s greenhouse quarry

News Ghana - Aug 11, 2017 0

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to close down Greenhouse International Development Ghana Limited, a Chinese company operating a quarry at Adaklu-Abuadi in the...

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