Most people believe taxis, commercial vehicles, and mismanaged subsidies are the cause of Ghana’s massive LPG shortage, which is expected to last more than a year and cause a lot of suffering. However, the Minority in Parliament is now attributing the widespread shortage to the government’s deliberate interference at the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) and […]

A petitioner and consumer protection advocate recently spoke out against Islamabad’s High Court Chief Justices this week, challenging the recent price increases for propane and other petroleum products, International News reported. Kokab Iqbal issued a petition arguing the government is violating Pakistan’s Constitution and a 1994 Supreme Court decision mandating the government must provide the […]

Like Nepal, India, and many other nations throughout Asia and Africa, officials from the National Petroleum Authority announced yesterday that Ghana now faces a propane shortage that could last a year at the very least, Business News reported. Both private households and local industries are expected to suffer from the lack of LPG availability and […]

As droughts, climate change, and record-breaking heat waves take their toll this summer, a majority of states across the East Coast are experiencing dangerous declines in air quality. Emergency room visits have spiked with people suffering from respiratory flare-ups, heat stroke and heat exhaustion. The dry, dirty air also inspired burn bans in multiple states […]

Officials in several parts of Texas have extended the burn ban that went into effect last Monday until July 25, the Herald Democrat reported. Burn bans are frequently enacted across the country in the summer, most often in an effort to curb air pollution. Grayson County approved the ban for different reasons, but the rules […]