March 07, 2023
Ghana: Schools in La Nkwatanang Can't Pay Cost of Desludging Septic Tanks
Basic Schools in the La Nkwantanang Madina Municipality of the Greater Accra Region say they are paying between GH¢800.00 and GH¢ 1500.00 every month for septic… Read more »
Ghana: EPA Christens Ho 'Oxygen City'
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has described the Volta Regional capital Ho, as Oxygen City of Ghana for attaining the highest Air Quality Index (AQI) level… Read more »
Ghana: Ghana 'Amanfoɔ', Our Very Survival Is Now At Stake!
The news from Cairo, where the conference on global warming has been taking place, is not comforting at all. Read more »
March 06, 2023
Ghana: NGOs Offer 2,000 Adolescent School Girls in GA Sanitary Pads
A total of 2,000 adolescent school girls in Greater Accra have been provided with free sanitary pads by Share Foundation and Rymas International, both NGOs, to help them manage… Read more »
March 02, 2023
Ghana: FRWB to Plant More Trees On KNUST Campus
Friends of Rivers and Water Bodies (FRWB), an environmental non-governmental organisation, is undertaking a well-crafted tree planting programme at the Kwame Nkrumah… Read more »
Ghana: Climate Caravan Educates Communities On Land, Water Security
The Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles, West Africa in collaboration with Youth Volunteers for Environment Ghana (YVE), has organised a three-day Post-Conference… Read more »
March 01, 2023
Ghana: Avenor Fire Outbreak Renders 600 Homeless, Destroys 450 Wooden Structures, Metal Containers
At least 600 people have been displaced following fire outbreak at Avenor market near the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange in Accra, Tuesday dawn. Read more »
February 18, 2023
Ghana: 100 Displaced, 300 Structures Destroyed Following Timber Market Fire Outbreak
At least one hundred people were displaced and 300 wooden structures destroyed during a fire outbreak at the Timber Market, near Old Fadama, in Accra, on Wednesday. Read more »
February 10, 2023
Ghana: Million-Dollar Project on Safe Mining Launched
The Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Industrial Organisation (UNIDO), yesterday launched in Accra a $6.3m… Read more »
January 30, 2023
Ghana: Forestry Commission Decries Rampant Wildfires Within Transitional Zones
The Forestry Commission (FC) has expressed worried about the rampant spate of wildfires within the transitional zones of the country. Read more »
January 26, 2023
Ghana: Safeguard World Bank Carbon-Emission-Reduction Assistance
The experts say that when forests are cleared or degraded, they can become a source of greenhouse gas emissions by releasing stored carbon. Read more »
Ghana: For Reducing Emission From Deforestation, Forest Degradation - WB Pays Ghana Over U.S.$4.8 Million
Ghana has received $4,862,280 from the World Bank for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. Read more »
January 25, 2023
Ghana: 6-Week Maritime Security Training Opens in Accra
A Six-Week maritime affairs and security training which forms part of efforts to combat maritime insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea was opened at the Regional Maritime University… Read more »
January 24, 2023
Ghana: Fire Guts Parts of Timber Market At Moose
Fire yesterday gutted parts of the Timber Market at Moose near Ofankor in the Ga North Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. Read more »
Ghana: 200 Students of Wa SHTS Displaced By Fire Outbreak
At least 200 female students at the Wa Senior High Technical School (SHTS) in the Upper West Region have been displaced, following fire outbreak that razed the top floor of a… Read more »
January 19, 2023
Ghana: At UAE Business Forum - Ghana Targets Net Zero Emission
The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the government would collaborate with stakeholders around the world to explore the Ghana's minerals resources in an environmentally… Read more »
January 16, 2023
Ghana: Carpentry Shops, Pepper Mill Gutted By Fire At Sofoline Kumasi
At least three carpentry shops and a pepper mill were razed down following a fire outbreak at Sofoline Kumasi, late Friday. Read more »
December 19, 2022
Ghana: Establish Recreational Parks Nationwide - Kalmoni
Group Chairman of fast food giant Papaye, Dr Samir Kalmoni, is advo-cating the establishment of rec-reational natural parks and green spaces nationwide to improve not only the… Read more »
December 16, 2022
Ghana: Ghana to Get U.S.$I.5 Million WB Grant to Tackle Pollution
The World Bank has secured a $1.5 million grant for Ghana for the imple-mentation of the "Improving Framework Conditions for Reducing Marine Litter and Pollution in Greater Accra… Read more »
December 15, 2022
Ghana: EPA Launches 10-Yr Strategic Plan to Manage Waste, Chemicals
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a 10 -year strategic plan to manage waste and chemicals in the country. Read more »
Ghana: Strengthen Legal Framework on Chemical, Waste Control
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December 14, 2022
Ghana: Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Visits Anglogold Ashanti Obuasi Mine
The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Dr Kwaku Afriyie and the Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, Dr Henry K. Kokofu and… Read more »
Ghana: Pentsos Provide Mechanised Borehole for Kpalworgu C'nity in Wa East
The Pentecost Social Services (Pentsos) of the Church of Pentecost has provided a mechanised borehole water system for the Kpalworgu community in the Wa East District of the Upper… Read more »
Ghana: Ghana Gets U.S.$486.2 Million From Carbon Sale
Ghana has obtained $486.2 million as first payment from carbon sale. Read more »
December 13, 2022
Ghana: Let's Prepare for Earthquakes!
Yesterday, some parts of Accra, par-ticularly the western part, including Weija and Gbawe, experienced three tremors, the foreshock at 11:49 a.m. with a magni-tude of 2.1, the… Read more »