Food systems toxicologist and health risk assessment expert, Dr Ekpor Anyimah-Ackah, has called on the President to invoke a targeted state of emergency in galamsey-affected areas.| MyJoyOnline
The Newfoundland and Labrador town of Conception Bay South had a stressful start to September when local officials feared they would run out of water before repairs could be made to a watermain break that led to a state of emergency. Just weeks out from a municipal election, the town’s businesses were ordered to close […] The post Watermain break shuts down Newfoundland town for 24 hours appeared first on Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine.| Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine
Vice Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Environment, Science and Technology, John Darko, has questioned government’s reluctance to declare a state of emergency over the worsening effects of illegal mining, known locally as galamsey.| MyJoyOnline
A Mining Engineering and Mineral Economics Consultant based in the United States, Dr Solomon Owusu, has warned that Ghana may be forced to declare a state of emergency if illegal mining, locally known as galamsey, is not tackled within the next three months.| MyJoyOnline
President John Dramani Mahama has clarified that Ghana does not currently require a state of emergency to combat illegal mining,| The Overseers - Ghana No.1 News
About 100 attendees of a quinceañera had to flee to the rooftops when flash flood waters swept into the Roswell Convention and Civic Center.| Source New Mexico
