environment
‘Shots Fired’ As Lagos Slum Demolished
An informal settlement in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, has been razed to the ground in defiance of a court...
Amandi Orders 200MW Power Plant To Shore Up Ghana’s Energy Deficit
General Electric (GE), the world’s premier digital industrial company, has announced the order of a 200MW...
Canada Gives $120 Mn For Famine-Hit Africa, Yemen
Canada's government pledged Can$120 million (US$90 million, 84 million euros) Friday to help relieve food crises in...
Assign Deputy Minister To Handle Local Content – Energy Minister Urged
The Federation of Indigenous Ghana Oil Service Providers (FIGOSP) has asked Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko to designate...
Waste Managers Decry Low Investment In Industry
It appears efforts targeted at waste management in the major cities of the country are yet to receive the required...
Coral Reefs Discovered In Ghana
Ghana’s tourism sector is expected to rake in more foreign exchange following the discovery of Coral Reefs in its...
UN Urges China To Act As Bird Flu Deaths Spike
The UN's food agency on Friday urged China to step up efforts to contain and eliminate a strain of bird flu which has...
Japan Court Rules Government Liable For Fukushima Disaster
A Japanese court on Friday ruled for the first time that the government bears responsibility for the 2011 Fukushima...
$700m Won’t Totally Tackle Accra Flooding – Environmental Service Providers
The Environmental Service Providers Association says spending $700 million to construct new drains and dislodge choked...
$700m Won’t Totally Tackle Accra Flooding
The Environmental Service Providers Association says spending $700 million to construct new drains and dislodge choked...
Waive Taxes On Sanitation Equipment — Researcher
Government has been urged to consider waiving taxes on imports of waste management equipment and logistics. A Research...
Zoomlion To Rid Zongos of Filth By Partnering Inner-City & Zongo Dev’t Ministry
Integrated waste management solution champions, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has announced plans to partner newly created...
World Bank Indirectly Backs Harmful SE Asian Projects
World Bank investments in commercial financial institutions are indirectly allowing land-grabs, evictions and pollution...
Indonesia Summons UK Envoy Over Coral Reef Destruction
Indonesia summoned the British ambassador Friday after a cruise ship on a voyage organised by a London-based company...
Nuclear-Hit Fukushima Gets Nod For 2020 Baseball
Nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima won formal approval to host baseball during the Tokyo Olympics on Friday -- and may have...
Japan Launches Latest North Korea Spy Satellite
Japan launched a new spy satellite on Friday, the country's space agency said, as the region grows increasingly uneasy...
CSIR Pokes Action Against Burning of E-Waste At Agbogbloshie
The Water Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is calling for a ban on what...
Cocoa Industry Agrees Plan To Tackle Deforestation
Major chocolate makers, including Ferrero, Nestle and Mars, agreed Thursday a landmark initiative to tackle...
Trump Budget ‘cripples’ Environment, Science, Critics Say
US President Donald Trump's proposed 2018 budget would slash funding for science, health and environmental programs at...