News:
January 2, 2025
The Environmental Protection Bill, 2024 has been read the third time and passed on, Thursday, January 2, 2025.
The Bill seeks to establish the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to regulate, protect, and exercise general oversight and coordination over all matters relating to the environment and climate change.
It also seeks to re-enact the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1994 (Act 490) and introduce a Pesticide Management Fund as well as re-enacts the Hazardous and Electronic Waste Control and Management Act, 2016 (Act 917) for consolidation.
Additionally, it makes provision for the implementation of actions that position Ghana to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
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