http://news.peacefmonline.com/rss/science.xml Visit Peace FM Online for latest news, breaking news, audio and feature stories in Ghana en-us Peace FM Online 2009 2010-03-18T04:21:37+01:00 Michael Ofori Amanfo Boateng Ghana News http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201003/40339.php ActionAid Ghana (AAG), has lauded Ghana as it pledged its support to the nation for not signing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), a trade partnership agreement between EU and African/Caribbean countries. http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201003/40339.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201003/40332.php IEPER city in Belgium is to establish a waste recycling plant in Wa under its sister city relationship with the Wa Municipality. http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201003/40332.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201003/40331.php The Mass adoption of solar panels by the public as the standard lighting device in Ghana has been on the increase due to the current load shedding of electricity from the national power. http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201003/40331.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201003/40328.php The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ellembelle, Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has urged the management of Adamus Resources Limited, a gold prospecting company operating in the District, to ensure environmental safety by observing the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) standards and other rules governing mining activities. http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201003/40328.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201003/40189.php Ms. Sherry Ayittey, Minister for Environment, Science and Technology yesterday said Government is developing environmental management and safety standards towards reducing greenhouse gas emission in the country's oil fields. http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201003/40189.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201003/40058.php CARE International, a non- governmental organisation, has organised a programme on Climate Change for traditional rulers, local government authorities and affected coastal villages at Ada in the Dangbe East District. http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201003/40058.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201003/39881.php Ghanaians were on Wednesday, March 10th, treated to a rare celestial phenomenon which occurred in the skies just before midday, when a circle of light was seen around the sun. http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201003/39881.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/39275.php The Ministry of Health has supplied 80,000 doses of AC vaccines for distribution to the nine districts in the Upper West Region for vaccination against the meningitis that has so far claimed 17 lives. http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/39275.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/39194.php Hon Sherry Ayittey, Minister of Environment, Science and Technology says the government is embarking on a policy to accelerate the use of local raw materials in the building and construction industry. http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/39194.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/39048.php The entire country would be hot and sunny on Wednesday but the northern sector would be relatively dry and hotter during the day, according to the weather forecast issued by the Ghana Meteorological Agency. http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/39048.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/38906.php Researchers and Agricultural Extension Officers have been urged to initiate innovative strategies which would be diffused to address the challenges of food production in the country. http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/38906.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/38806.php The Volta Regional Office of the Forestry Services Division of the Forestry Commission, is engaged in a massive campaign to stem the spate of bushfires in the region. http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/38806.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/38740.php The European Union (EU) has released 28 million Ghana cedis to support a project that seeks to promote bamboo as a new source of energy in Ghana and Ethiopia. http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/38740.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/38565.php A large crow considered one of the most intelligent native British birds has been ruled out as the cause for a decline in the number of wading birds. http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/38565.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/38564.php Astronauts are making their third and final spacewalk of the current shuttle mission to the International Space Station. American Robert Behnken and UK-born Nicholas Patrick are on a 6.5-hour outing to put the finishing touches on the recently-fitted Tranquility Node. http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/38564.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/38562.php Scientists have analysed the DNA of ancient giant European wild cattle that died out almost 400 years ago. They have determined the first mitochondrial genome sequence from aurochs (Bos primigenius) from bone found in a cave in England. http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/38562.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/38558.php Ms. Sherry Ayitey, Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, yesterday prescribed a number of interventions to halt land degradation. http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/38558.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/38096.php Speakers at a discussion on climate change on Wednesday in Accra, exposed the region's vulnerability to the danger and stressed the need for consensus actions to reduce the looming danger. http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/38096.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/38095.php The Volta River Authority (VRA) is preparing an Environmental Management Plan (EMP) for the Akosombo and Kpong dams to ensure that both facilities are operated in an environmentally sustainable manner. http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/38095.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/37924.php Government on Monday received a new report on findings and recommendations of plastic waste management in Ghana expected to better fight the plastic menace. http://news.peacefmonline.com/science/201002/37924.php