The Environmental Protection Agency has shut down the operations of China Union for several environmental violations including operation without an effluent discharge license, transportation of ores via the Bong Mines railway without an environmental mitigation plan, construction of a new processing plant without an environmental permit, construction of a medium tailings processing plant without environmental permit and unregulated discharge of tailings into the nearby wetland among others.
Liberia has issued an advisory to highlight the need to establish detailed safety requirements and recommendations for entering enclosed spaces onboard vessels where there may be an oxygen deficient, oxygen-enriched, flammable and/or toxic atmosphere and ensure proper training of all crew on this subject.
The Liberia Land Authority (LLA), with support from the joint United Nations Peace Building Support Programme launched the historic land survey in Grand Cape Mount, Bomi, and Nimba counties on 15 August. The launch was held in Tahn Town, Gola Konneh District, Grand Cape Mount.
The European Union Funded Project “Leh Go Green’’, which supports Sustainable Livelihoods and Forest Conservation in Liberia, inducted 15 United Nations Community Volunteers as Project Associates.Â
On 05 – 09 August the Swedish Embassy in Liberia and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative  were on a field mission to monitor project sites in Grand Cape Mount, Gbarpolu, and Lofa Counties.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of Liberia has taken a proactive step in addressing the country's vulnerability to climate change-related hazards such as flooding, droughts, and rising sea levels.
Severe flooding in Liberia has led a group of senators to propose relocating the capital city away from overcrowded and poorly managed Monrovia, a suggestion met with a mixture of enthusiasm and hesitancy in the West African country.
Liberia's National Climate Change Steering Committee (NCCSC) is considering a moratorium on carbon trading until the government can finalize recommendations on supervising the carbon market. This move comes in the wake of a damning report by Forest Trends that highlighted widespread non-compliance and legal violations in Liberia's forestry sector.
The Technical Team of Bea Mountain Mining Corporation (BMMC) has disclosed that the ongoing sustainable water tower construction project in Kinjor is nearing completion.
