Stop polluting or lose your permits - EPA warns large scale mining firms

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The Environmental Protection Agency has warned large-scale mining companies to prevent environmental pollution and degradation within their concessions or face…

Stop polluting or lose your permits - EPA warns large scale mining firms
The Environmental Protection Agency has warned large-scale mining companies to prevent environmental pollution and degradation within their concessions or face revocation of their environmental permits. Speaking at a compliance forum in Tarkwa on Thursday, EPA Executive Director Dr. Kingsley Krugu said the Agency will no longer tolerate breaches of environmental management plans, especially pollution of water bodies and unreclaimed mined sites. The law is clear. If you pollute rivers, destroy f…