The government is moving to establish a regulatory body that will have primary responsibility for environmental policing, compliance monitoring and enforcement. A Green Paper has been developed for the establishment...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, says it is important that developing countries, like Jamaica, implement mitigation strategies to reduce their emission of green house...

Minister of Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, has underscored the importance of internationally accepted standards, in a world undergoing social, economic and environmental changes. The Minister...

The Government will be moving swiftly to assess and address the poor sanitary and environmental conditions at Pedro Cays. This was the word from Minister of Water, Land, Environment and...

The Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL), of the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, has undertaken 20 water catchment projects in the parish of St. Elizabeth, since January...

The Palisadoes coastal strip in Kingston and Half Moon Bay at Hellshire in St. Catherine are to undergo a major clean-up on Saturday, September 15, as part of  activities by...

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has cleared some 65 illegal mini dump sites across the island as part of efforts to strengthen the campaign against rodent infestation and...

Twenty-six facilities that supply water to areas of Kingston and St. Andrew, will soon be improved and rehabilitated, following Cabinet's approval of a US$18 million contract to Kier Construction Limited....

The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is reporting that its separation of plastic containers pilot project has been successful, with over 2,700 pounds of plastic containers collected. The initiative...

The Government is crafting a hillside development manual, which will provide guidelines and set standards for the use of hillside lands for housing and other construction. The aim is to...

Director General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Ronald Jackson, says the development of a comprehensive national risk reduction strategy to build resilience to disasters, is...