Ghana Needs Coastal Management Policy
A World Bank Representative in Ghana, Ms Kathleen Beegle, has asked Ghana to put in place a coastal management policy to reduce erosion, flooding and overfishing among other challenges. Fisheries...
Tag: environment
Ghana Health Service Intensifies Meningitis Screening At Kumasi Academy
The Ghana Health Service has intensified processes to identify more cases of pneumococcal meningitis at Kumasi Academy and its environs after it discovered 26 cases of the disease at the school....
New Zealand Floods Force Evacuations After Tropical Storm Debbie
The entire town of Edgecumbe on New Zealand's North Island has been evacuated, after severe flooding. About 600 homes and 2,000 people are affected, as tractors and boats help take locals to safety....
Advocacy Group Commends Akufo-Addo
An Advocacy group on good governance based in the Upper East Region has commended President Nana Akufo-Addo for appointing some indigenes from the region as ministers. The group known as BONABOTO, an...
Ghana Institution of Engineers To Partner Government In Fight Against Galamsey
The Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE) has pledged to work closely with the government and relevant agencies to deal with the menace of illegal mining, popularly known as “galamsey”. The...
Ghana Woos Investors For Renewable Energy Production
The Ministry of Energy is optimistic of meeting its ambitious ten percent target of installed renewable energy capacity by 2020, with the completion of the relevant policy and regulatory framework....
Kofi Annan Backs Fossil Fuels To Light Africa
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has backed African governments’ use of fossil fuels – especially the continent’s large endowment of coal – to bridge Africa’s huge energy gap. In the...
Galamsey Affecting Power Supply In Eastern Region – ECG
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has revealed that the destructive activities of illegal miners are affecting its operation in some parts of the Eastern region. The company explained that the...
SA Court ‘ends Ban On Rhino Horn Sales’
More than 700 rhinos were killed in South Africa in the first half of last year South Africa's top court has dismissed an appeal by the department of environmental affairs to keep a moratorium on the...
Relief As Flood Peak Passes In Australia Town
Residents bracing for major flooding in an Australian town breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after a swollen river peaked lower than forecast, although hundreds of homes were still inundated. There...
Gene Sleuths Open Line of Attack On Coral-Killing Starfish
The beast goes by the Latin monicker of Acanthaster planci, but it is known to us as the crown-of-thorns -- a venomous starfish that is ravaging our precious coral reefs. One of many threats to...
Illegal Mining Affecting Our Operations
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disclosed that the destructive activities of illegal miners are affecting its operation in some parts of the Eastern region. The company explains that, the...
Nigeria Starts Vaccination Drive Against Meningitis Outbreak
Nigeria has started a mass vaccination programme in a bid to stop an outbreak of meningitis. More than 300 people have died of the disease since late last year. Medical officials are focusing efforts...
Ghanaians Share Their Views On How Government Should Deal With the Galamsey Menace.
The imminent threat of Ghana’s water resources running dry in a few years gets scarier by the day. Water treatment plants are being shut down one after the other almost every time, due to...
S.Africa’s Top Court Opens Up Domestic Trade In Rhino Horn
South Africa's highest court Wednesday rejected a bid by the government to keep a ban on domestic trade in rhino horn, a court document showed. The ruling by the Constitutional Court effectively...
Galamsey Affecting Power Supply – ECG
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has revealed that the destructive activities of illegal miners are affecting its operation in some parts of the Eastern region. The company explained that the...
Galamsey Affecting Power Supply In the Eastern Region – ECG
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has revealed that the destructive activities of illegal miners are affecting its operation in some parts of the Eastern region. The company explained that the...
NASA’s Cassini Probe of Saturn Prepares For Last Plunge
NASA's unmanned Cassini spacecraft is preparing for its final plunge into Saturn later this year, after two decades of helping Earth-bound scientists make new discoveries about the sixth planet from...
Neglect of Mining Communities Promoting Galamsey – CDD
A research fellow at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Kojo Asante, has observed that illegal mining has become a norm in recent times because societies are aggrieved that a chunk of...
Millions In the Southeast Part of U.S At Risk of High Winds, Tornadoes and Large Hail
A storm barreling toward the Southeastern United States is expected to leave nearly 55 million people at risk of tornadoes, damaging winds and thunderstorms Wednesday, according to a CNN forecast. A...