One in four of the world’s children will be living in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040 as a result of climate change, the UN has warned. Within two decades, 600 million children...
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation on Tuesday called on Ghanaians to segregate waste to aid easy recycling that would ensure a green...
Experts at the Ghana Water Company have warned that the country risks importing water for consumption unless illegal mining activities stop. As the country joins the rest of the world to mark the WHO...
Waste Management firms are demanding tax exemptions in the importation of their equipment into the country. They lament the high tax is making the sector unattractive for investors. Managing Director...
Recycling the world's wastewater, almost all of which goes untreated, would ease global water shortages while protecting the environment, the United Nations said in a major report on Wednesday....
Since 1993, March 22 has been celebrated as World Water Day. The day was first officially added in the schedule 21 of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de...
New Zealand's strong economic growth is placing strains on the environment that threaten to undermine its "clean, green" reputation, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)...
Anarchic architecture, unchecked pollution and high costs of living are the lot of African city dwellers, experts warn, as living standards fail to keep pace with rapid urban growth on the continent....
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Tidy Up Ghana Limited, Mr Steven Kofi Ampofo, has charged the government to reduce taxes on importation of environmental sanitation equipment. That, he said,...
Premium Bank, through its business support arm the HelpStation, has assisted waste management company, TidyUp, to expand its business. The HelpStation assisted TidyUp in their service delivery by...
Government has been urged to consider waiving taxes on imports of waste management equipment and logistics. A Research Consultant of Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA), Matilda Owusu,...
The Water Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is calling for a ban on what it calls “primitive recycling of e-wastes” due to the hazardous chemicals it...
The White House clashed with environmentalists over President Donald Trump's retreat from tough future auto emission standards, with both sides predicting potentially big consequences for America's...
The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, and USAID/Ghana Private Sector Team Lead Richard Chen attended and delivered remarks. A total of 18 fishing communities,...
South African environmental activists declared a major victory Wednesday after winning the country's first climate change case and forcing the government to reassess the impact of a coal power plant....
One of Africa's oldest and largest elephants was killed by poachers in Kenya on Monday, according to a conservation group that protects the dwindling group of giant "tuskers". Richard Moller of the...
Neighbours forced their way into Mohammad Umair's home battling smoke and flames in a desperate bid to rescue his young family -- he and his wife survived, their children did not. The fire began in a...
In a wildlife sanctuary in southern Kenya the relentless sun has bleached savannah grasses and dried up rivers, turning water holes first into muddy pits and now, dust bowls. Herds of elephant,...
China will work to clear its skies by increasing investment in clean energy and punishing polluters, Premier Li Keqiang said Sunday in comments aimed at mollifying public anger over chronic smog....
Tanzania’s most notorious elephant poacher, nicknamed “The Devil”, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Boniface Matthew Maliango was responsible for killing thousands of elephants, a...
