Billions of dollars will be pumped into a massive hydro-electric project in Australia, the prime minister said Thursday, as the country faces a growing power crisis after a huge blackout and heatwave...
The incoming head of America's Environmental Protection Agency, climate skeptic Scott Pruitt, said Thursday he believes that carbon dioxide is not a primary contributor to global warming. A known...
The Nana Akufo-Addo-led administration should follow through with the plan for coal power and consolidate the gains made in the power sector, to bring down tariffs for industry, Former Deputy Power...
Today there is no need to say that climate change issue is becoming more and more of a pressing challenge which needs complex and efficient response. Landmark COP 21 and COP 22 summits have set a...
IFC and MIGA, members of the World Bank Group have announced the commitment of US$517 million in debt and guarantees to support Sankofa Gas Project, an integrated offshore oil and natural gas project...
The Volta River Authority (VRA) in collaboration with a Chinese company, Shenzhen Energy Group Company Limited (SEC) is preparing to set up two 350 MW supercritical coal-fired generating plants at...
In the past few months, it seems we’ve made great leaps in the race to curb global warming. In early October, 191 countries signed the world’s first agreement to curb greenhouse gas pollution...
The government of Ghana has rejected the proposed $1.5 billion coal project to be established in the Ekumfi Aboano District in the country’s central region. The Volta River Authority (VRA) and...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in talks with government to ban the production and sale of charcoal in Ghana. This according to the EPA will help Ghana reduce the emission of carbon...
The pledge to eradicate hunger and poverty must go hand in hand with rapid transformations of farming and food systems to cope with a warmer world, FAO said today in a new report. Agriculture,...
“Clean coal is a myth. There is no technology like that and we challenge VRA to show us examples of such technology”-350 Ghana Reducing our Carbon (G-ROC). When the news of Volta River Authority...
New York, September 20, 2016: The United Nations General Assembly kicked off yesterday, September 20 in New York City. Over 140 Heads of State were expected to attend in a yearly tradition of...
A GNA feature by Godwill Arthur-Mensah Tweakor (W/R), Sept. 18, GNA - The Coastal Sustainable Landscapes Project (CSLP) is a social intervention programme being implemented in more than 40...
A visit by Pope Francis to the UN Environment Programme headquarters in Nairobi as part of his Africa tour will come only days before the beginning of the seminal COP21 climate conference in Paris....
There could be more than 100 million additional people living in extreme poverty by 2030 if the international community does not undertake rapid, inclusive and climate-smart development, a World Bank...
