The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) will on Thursday, 18th June 2026, convene a sensitisation forum in the Keta Municipality to engage stakeholders on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of the Port of Keta project. This forum follows the recent approval granted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the EIA of the project, […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has shut down a mining site in the Mpohor District of the Western Region allegedly linked to the former District Chief Executive (DCE) for Mpohor, Asaah Mensah, and another operator, Obed Osei, over alleged illegal small-scale mining activities and environmental breaches. The operation, conducted on Monday, May 18, formed part […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched sweeping nationwide measures to clamp down on unregulated gold leaching, warning illegal operators to comply with new environmental standards or face prosecution. The Authority describes chemical leaching as an escalating environmental hazard, citing rising cases of hazardous effluent discharge, soil contamination, and the degradation of critical water resources […]
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Protection Agency (Ghana), Professor Michael Ayamga-Adongo, has expressed concern over the growing trend of illegal gold processing taking place in residential areas in Accra, warning that it poses a serious environmental and public health risk. Speaking on the AM Show on Joy News, Professor Ayamga revealed that […]
The government has agreed to revoke the Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) Regulations, 2023 (L. I. 2462) as part of a new move in the fight against illegal mining commonly known as galamsey [gather and sell]. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has directed that the necessary steps to revoke the L.I. should be taken […]
The Minerals Commission has reshuffled regional heads following last Sunday’s explosion at a quarry site at Shama. Desmond Boahen, the Western Regional Head for the Minerals Commission has been transferred to the Eastern Region Samuel Gyabaah, the Head at the Ashanti Regional Office has been transferred from Kumasi to Takoradi to lead the Western Regional team. […]
Plans are afoot for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to return to the country’s ports for purposes of providing guidance and direction on the handling of hazardous and environmentally unfriendly goods. Executive Director of the EPA, Dr. Henry Kwabena Kokofu says an agreement has already been reached for office space to be allocated to the […]
The Ghana Port and Harbours Authority (GPHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have stepped up collaborative efforts aimed at instituting measures that will help make the port environment safer for effective and efficient operations. To this end, Executive Director of the EPA, Dr. Henry Kwabena Kokofu has paid a familiarization visit to the Management […]
The Acting Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency of Ghana, John Pwamang has described the marine environment of Ghana as undesirable and called for Government to back the organization’s proposed policy to evolve the use of plastic products, because they are a major threat to marine life and public health. “We have a lot […]
The Environmental Protection Agency, in conjunction with the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, has embarked on a thorough clean up exercise of the beach front within the Fishing Harbour enclave in Tema, to mark the World Ocean Day. World Ocean Day is a global celebration where hundreds of events around the world are organized to […]
The World Bank has approved a 35 million-dollar International Development Association (IDA) credit for Ghana’s Public Sector Reforms. The World Bank assistance is meant to improve efficiency and accountability in the delivery of public services for 16 selected Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA’s) Chief Executive of Public Sector Reforms, Thomas Kusi Boafo, revealed this at […]
Contrary to popular belief that Ghana’s illegal mining debacle is being predominantly perpetrated by Chinese nationals, it has emerged that Citizens of neighbouring Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast are also deeply involved in the practice known in local parlance as galamsey. Secretary of the inter-ministerial committee on illegal mining, Charles Bissue has revealed that some […]
