Enviroment

Ministry launches program to minimize plastic waste in Antigua and Barbuda

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Citizens and residents turned out in their numbers today to the three designated locations to have their plastic trash turned into cash. The program which...

Cash for plastic trash initiative starts today

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"Giving new life to your trash tagline will be a new incentive across the island where all PET code (1) soda and water bottles...

Launch of the Elkhorn Marine Conservancy & the Coral Reef Restoration Project

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The Elkhorn Marine Conservancy (EMC) is a newly established non-profit dedicated to enhancing the resilience and local stewardship of Antigua's marine ecosystems through restoration,...

Department of Environment’s Boggy Peak National Park Interpretation Centre Awarded Leadership in Energy...

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The Department of Environment is pleased to announce that the recently completed Boggy Peak National Park Interpretation Centre at Christian Valley was awarded the...

CARIBBEAN TREE PLANTING WEEK: Protecting Biodiversity, Restoring Ecosystems, Strengthening Cultural Roots

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Since February 2020, the Caribbean Philanthropic Alliance (CariPhilAlliance) and its network of partners have mobilized youth, community-based and non-governmental organizations across 22 Caribbean countries...

Youth Today and the Department of Environment Collaborate on Tree Planting Initiative with the...

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Youth Today and the Department of Environment combined forces to hold a tree planting initiative on Wednesday 16 June at the Sir NovelleRichards Academy....

Environmentalists up in arms over brutal slaying of nurse shark

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The brutal slaying of a harmless nurse shark over the weekend has dismayed local environmentalists. Videos and images of the mutilated creature on Seaforth Beach...

Now we can get cash for our plastic trash!

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  It's up to us to stop it from leaking into our environment. Well! Now we can get cash for our plastic trash!   Antigua and Barbuda...

Antigua’s sister-island Barbuda will run on 100 percent renewable energy

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The Chief Negotiator in the Green Barbuda Energy Project announced that the 100% green energy project that is financed by the United Arab Emirates...

Department of Environment Secures Grant to Improve Water Security

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The Department of Environment is pleased to announce that it has secured a grant totaling two-hundred-and fifty-thousand (250,000) United States dollars under the Adaptation...

PM Browne urges Business establishments to mount tree planting exercises

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Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne on Thursday, joined the First Caribbean International Bank at the University of the West Indies Five Islands Campus...

PM Browne to participate in Global Citizen Forum on Taking Action for our Oceans

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Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne will later today join world renowned entrepreneurs and philanthropists participating in a Global Citizen Forum focusing on actions...

DNA Team Leader for St. Peter, Chaneil Imhoff, conducts cleanup activity at Jordan Pier...

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Every year on the 22nd of May, International Day for Biodiversity is commemorated across the globe. This year’s theme is “We’re part of the solution...