Greenstreet Boots Out GMO Foods
The Convention People’s Party presidential candidate has restated the party’s disdain for genetically modified organisms (GMOs), with a stern indication it would never taste the soils of Ghana...
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Greenstreet Boots Out GIMO Foods
The Convention People’s Party presidential candidate has restated the party’s disdain for genetically modified organisms (GMOs), with a stern indication it would never taste the soils of Ghana...
Ghana To Ban Charcoal Production
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...
Ghana Imports $135m Fish In 2015
Ghana imported $135 million worth of fish last year due to the reduction in the country’s fish stock, Sherry Ayittey, Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, has stated. Ms Ayittey, who disclosed...
Climate Change To Be Added To Education Curriculum
Plans are underway to include the study of climate change in the education curriculum to equip students to better understand the impact of climate change on the country. The Ministry of Environment...
Open Letter To President Mahama
Your Excellency President Mahama, I trust this letter finds you doing well and hearty. The purpose of this letter is to draw your attention to a couple of issues for your information and...
Winning The Sand And Losing Fisheries-A Growing Coastal Belt Problem In Ghana
For decades sand wining and gravel extraction have become prevalent along the coast, where fishing is predominant. The combined effect of the sand winning and stone extraction is resulting in the...
Angry Ashanti Chiefs Turn Heat On Ministers For Disrespect
The anger of the Ashanti region house of chiefs was stretched to its limits when the Ashanti regional minister John Alexander Ackon and the Minister of Environment Science, Technology and Innovation...
Here Is A Typical Example of Mahama’s Incompetence
Here is a typical example of Mahama’s incompetence Given President Mahama’s enthusiastic devotion to dishonouring promises, some of us were somehow on point to doubt President Mahama on his...
Here Is A Typical Example Of President Mahamas Incompetence
Given President Mahama’s enthusiastic devotion for dishonouring promises, some of us were somehow on point to doubt President Mahama on his promise to bring to a halt the activities of foreign...
GSA Urges Public To Look Out For Quality Mark On Products
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has advised the public to buy products based on their quality but not on how low or affordable the price is. This is to ensure that they get the best product that...
Three Ghanaians To Provide Scientific Solution To Ghana’s Environmental Challenge
In a bid to eradicate environmental problems in Ghana, three Ghanaians have commenced research exploring scientific ways to end the scourge that has claimed many lives in Ghana in the form of...
CLIMATE REFUGEES: LIFE IN GHANA’S FAST VANISHING LANDS
Ada Totope in the Greater Accra region is a community with a population of about 3000 persons. It is located on the Ada Peninsula, uniquely sandwiched between the sea and the Songhor Lagoon. The main...
Mahama Misses The Point
Dr Edward Nasigre Mahama, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples National Convention (PNC) does not appear to get it. He believes that there is no link between Ghana’s current state of dependence...
NPA Reduces National Sulphur Levels For Diesel
The National Petroleum Authority has revised the national sulphur specification for diesel from maximum 3000pmm (parts per million) to 500pmm effective January 2017. The NPA says the reduction is in...
UNESCO Confers Biosphere Reserve Status On Lake Bosomtwe
Ghana’s Lake Bosomtwe, the largest natural lake in West Africa, has been labelled a biosphere reserve by UNESCO, a status given to ecosystems with plants and animals of unusual scientific and...
CSO Kicks Against Coal-Fired Power Plant At Ekumfi
A civil society organisation has kicked against the decision of the Volta River Authority (VRA) to establish a coal-fired power plant at Ekumfi in the Central Region. The organisation, known as 350...
Management of Natural Resources In Northern Ghana
Management and conservation of natural resources in Northern Ghana- Adopting the PES module By Samuel Adadi Akapule The Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions have the highest incidence of...
Dirty Diesel Kills Thousands of Ghanaians Yearly – ACEP
Energy policy think tank, Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), has told Citi Business News that thousands of Ghanaians lose their lives every year, because they inhale fumes from dirty diesel....
Management and Conservation of Natural Resources In Northern Ghana- Adopting the PES Module
The Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions have the highest incidence of poverty, food insecurity and the least climate resilient. As smallholder farmers, decreasing annual rainfall, erratic...